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Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Robert A. Winn Associate Vice Chancellor for CommunityBased Practice Director, University of Illinois Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago Challenges in 21 st Century Medicine An accomplished physicianscientist and proponent of the “bench to community” model, Dr. Winn works tirelessly to bridge the gap between basic science and communitybased health care in order to ensure equal access to cuttingedge research and treatments and to eliminate health inequities. He has received national and international acclaim for his innovative efforts to empower underserved patient populations, improve health care delivery, and develop meaningful research programs that can be integrated into the community and that can enhance the overall wellbeing of the community. He is a principal investigator on several communitybased NIH and NCIfunded projects, including the All of Us Precision Medicine Initiative. Cosponsored by the Health Ethics, RCR/RI and STEM special interest sections

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Please  join  us  for  a  presentation  by  

Dr.  Robert  A.  WinnAssociate  Vice  Chancellor  for  Community-­‐Based  Practice

Director,  University  of  Illinois  Cancer  CenterProfessor  of  Medicine,  Division  of  Pulmonary,  Critical  Care,  Sleep  and  Allergy

Clinical  Professor  of  Surgery  University  of  Illinois  at  Chicago

Challenges  in  21st Century  Medicine  

An  accomplished  physician-­‐scientist  and  proponent  of  the  “bench  to  community”  model,  Dr.  Winn  works  tirelessly  to  bridge  the  gap  between  basic  science  and  community-­‐based  health  care  in  order  to  ensure  equal  access  to  cutting-­‐edge  research  and  treatments  and  to  eliminate  health  inequities.  He  has  received  national  and  international  acclaim  for  his  

innovative  efforts  to  empower  underserved  patient  populations,  improve  health  care  delivery,  and  develop  

meaningful  research  programs  that  can  be  integrated  into  the  community  and  that  can  enhance  the  overall  well-­‐being  of  the  community.  He  is  a  principal  investigator  on  several  

community-­‐based  NIH-­‐ and  NCI-­‐funded  projects,  including  the  All  of  Us  Precision  Medicine  Initiative.  

Co-­‐sponsored  by  the  Health  Ethics,  RCR/RI  and  STEM  special  interest  sections