Bill Text: IL HR0362 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) on its 50 years of service, education, and research.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0362 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0362-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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6 | WHEREAS, For half a century, UICOMP has fulfilled a | ||||||
7 | three-part mission of service, education, and research; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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