National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago

01/27/2016

We have a fantastic evening planned for tomorrow! We will be displaying "Inside the Mind of Medical Artists: 2014 & 2015" - medical visualizations from University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Student Association of Medical Artists. John Daugherty (Program Director, UIC Biomedical Visualization) and Vanessa Ruiz (Founder of Street Anatomy) will be our guest speakers. We can't wait!

Register below!

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The National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago and its education division, CodeAbode, are happy to announce January's Month of MedTech, a medicine & technology exhibition and event series. Each event will feature two exhibits and special guest speakers who will present, then open the floor for Q &…

01/21/2016

Don't miss tonight's MedTech meetup! We'll have the “Traumatic Brain Injury” and “Redefining the Game” exhibits on display. Philicia Deckard (Executive Director-Brain Injury Association of Illinois) and Keri Serota (Executive Director & Co-founder of Dare2Tri Paratriathlon Club) will be our Guest Speakers for the night, and we also have a couple Special Guests - Para-Athletes Genevive Nutely and Jose Alejandre!

These meetups are free, but please register at the link below. We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/month-of-medtech-at-nmhm-chicago-traumatic-brain-injury-and-redefining-the-game-tickets-20079973742

The National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago and its education division, CodeAbode, are happy to announce January's Month of MedTech, a medicine & technology exhibition and event series. Each event will feature two exhibits and special guest speakers who will present, then open the floor for Q &…

01/14/2016

Join us tonight for our Month of MedTech meetup! Exhibits on display will be “Bringing Art to Life: Expressive Art in Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Patient Care” and “Response Art: Artwork of the Art Therapist”. Guest Speakers include Dr. Elizabeth Barber, PhD (Barber Innovations LLC), Dr. Jennifer La Civita (Director of Art Therapy, Adler University), and Aileen Rangel (developer for Painted Memories app).

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The National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago and its education division, CodeAbode, are happy to announce January's Month of MedTech, a medicine & technology exhibition and event series. Each event will feature two exhibits and special guest speakers who will present, then open the floor for Q &…

01/07/2016

We're looking forward to tonight's Month of MedTech meetup - featuring the "Reinventing the Wheel" and "TechAbility" exhibits. Guest speakers are Reveca Torres (founder of BACKBONES) and Carlos Arturo Torres (creator of the IKO Prosthetic System).
Register here!

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The National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago and its education division, CodeAbode, are happy to announce January's Month of MedTech, a medicine & technology exhibition and event series. Each event will feature two exhibits and special guest speakers who will present, then open the floor for Q &…

01/04/2016

NMHM Chicago & CodeAbode staff hope that your holidays were wonderful! We can't wait to see you all at our upcoming Month of MedTech events!

http://nmhmchicago.org/index.php/events-mm/upcoming-ev

The National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago, and its educational division CodeAbode, are happy to announce a medicine-and-technology exhibit series. Each Thursday evening in January, we are hosting an event featuring two of our previous exhibits and a presentation related to the exhibit topic…

12/08/2015

CodeAbode's scholarship campaign is running through January. Have you donated? All funds will go towards providing coding scholarships! - http://bit.ly/1Pp6swq

Please consider a contribution to Coding Scholarships at CodeAbode by Heather Robbins on DepositaGift.com.

12/07/2015

We are happy to announce our new official logo -- designed by UIC BVIS student Samantha Olson. Learn more about the logo on our website - http://www.nmhmchicago.org/index.php/media-abt/our-new-logo

Earlier this year, we were lucky enough to partner with UIC’s Biomedical Visualization program to redesign our logo. Students from their Advanced Graphic Design course, led by Donna Hughes, visited NMHM Chicago and talked with our staff members to get a behind-the-scenes look at what we do and why w…

11/09/2015

View scientific/medical art created by first and second year masters students in the University of Illinois at Chicago Biomedical Visualization's program at the SAMA Fall Art Show - this Saturday!

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University of Illinois at Chicago's Biomedical Visualization・Student Association of Medical Artists presents SAMA Art Show - Fall 2015 This exhibition was produced by first and second year masters students in the University of Illinois at Chicago Biomedical Visualization's program. The BVIS program…

10/13/2015

Join us for the exhibit opening celebration for Response Art: Artwork of the Art Therapist - October 23 from 6-9pm! This event is free, but please register here!

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Response Art: Art Work of the Art Therapist features digital imagery of art therapists created in response to the people they work with, the systems they work within, and the stories that they witness while “at the work place”. Join us for the exhibit opening night celebration. “Response art can hel…

10/07/2015

I'm currently rehabbing from two reconstructive spinal surgeries that were required due to my Charcot Arthropathy of the lower spine that was first diagnosed in 2005. This has been a very challengi...

09/12/2015

ReelAbilities Film Festival is underway here at the museum! ReelAbilities: Chicago Film Festival

09/08/2015

ReelAbilities: Chicago Film Festival was on the radio this morning! The Festival starts tomorrow! We're so excited! Which films are you looking forward to seeing at the Fest?

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Reelabilities Film Festival organizers want festival-goers to see that people living with disabilities are experiencing the world in similar ways to many others, and their unique stories are not just because they live life with a disability.