Full Text of HR0362 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the University of | 4 | | Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) on the | 5 | | occasion of its 50th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, For half a century, UICOMP has fulfilled a | 7 | | three-part mission of service, education, and research; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP was founded as the Peoria Medical School | 9 | | by a group of local physicians and community leaders in 1970 | 10 | | with the goal to train physicians who would remain in Peoria | 11 | | and central Illinois communities to practice medicine; over | 12 | | the past 50 years, their vision has come to fruition in | 13 | | preparing future physicians, providing clinical services, and | 14 | | conducting impactful research; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Today, UICOMP plays a significant role in the | 16 | | regional economy, with healthcare being the largest employment | 17 | | sector in Greater Peoria; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, According to data from the Greater Peoria | 19 | | Economic Development Council, UICOMP includes 708 healthcare | 20 | | establishments that employ 29,731 people, providing 16% of | 21 | | area jobs; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP trains over 500 medical students, | 2 | | residents, and fellows annually in Peoria, including 244 | 3 | | students in the four-year curriculum; it enrolls 271 residents | 4 | | and fellows in 13 different residency programs and 29 fellows | 5 | | in its eight fellowships; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP's faculty includes 1,369 faculty members | 7 | | responsible for educating and training the future physicians | 8 | | and, of those, 170 are full-time, 80 are part-time, and 1,119 | 9 | | are volunteer; its faculty provides clinical services at OSF | 10 | | Saint Francis Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Illinois, | 11 | | and Carle Health Methodist Hospital, with faculty covering a | 12 | | wide spectrum of clinical services, from pediatrics to | 13 | | neurosurgery to psychiatry, including serving the community | 14 | | both in hospital and ambulatory practice; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP conducts clinical research and outcomes | 16 | | research, and its primary basic science research department is | 17 | | the Cancer Biology and Pharmacology (CBP) Department, where | 18 | | faculty conduct research on cancer biology, neuroscience, and | 19 | | ion channel biology; ongoing research is focused on brain | 20 | | tumors, breast and prostate cancer, Alzheimer's, dementia, | 21 | | stroke, and spinal cord injury, among other areas; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP relies on strong ties and collaboration |
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| 1 | | with its community partners, with two affiliate hospitals | 2 | | within walking distance of campus, providing medical students | 3 | | and residents access to broad clinical experiences with more | 4 | | than 950 licensed hospital beds; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, UICOMP will celebrate its anniversary at its | 6 | | Golden Gala event, which will be held at the Peoria Civic | 7 | | Center on Saturday, September 30, 2023; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate the University of Illinois College of Medicine | 11 | | at Peoria (UICOMP) on its 50 years of service, education, and | 12 | | research; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to UICOMP as an expression of our esteem and | 15 | | respect.
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