April 04, 2023 | Bruce Adams Willard R. Zemlin was fascinated by how speech and hearing work. He brought an array of skills and interests to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Born in Two Harbors, Minn., he worked in radio and television repair and electronics, was a locomotive engineer with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron […]
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CHAD symposium returns with thanks for pilot grants
March 03, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Pilot grants reignite Chad Symposium, fostering research collaboration and innovation The first Center for Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD) symposium since 2017 was a celebration of the research accomplished with the help of the Pilot Grant Program. Three researchers from the College of Applied Health Sciences—Naiman Khan, an associate […]
2023 AHS Distinguished Lecturer Series—Dr. Travis T. Threats
Feb. 09, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Differences versus Disparities: Use of the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Framework to Critically Evaluate Health Outcomes About the Presentation In looking at different populations, it is important to distinguish between differences and disparities. With a differences orientation we look at the population’s own perceived […]
Boppart research to boost astronaut fitness on NASA’s mission to Mars
Dec. 15, 2022 | Jenna Kurtzweil Harnessing the power of cells could be key to preserving astronauts’ fitness in low-gravity conditions. Exercise looks a little different en route to the Red Planet, so Professor Marni Boppart got creative. Boppart and her colleagues at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology received $1 million from […]
Andrew Bender appointed director of operations at Chez Veterans Center
June 02, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Andrew Bender has been hired as Director of Operations at Chez Veterans Center, effective July 1. Bender, who served in the U.S. Army and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, comes to Chez from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Career Center, where he has been serving as the associate […]
Bruce Willis’ diagnosis brings aphasia to forefront
May 23, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo More than 2 million people live with aphasia in the U.S. Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects understanding and expression. It can make it difficult to speak, write, listen, and read. But despite its dire impact on people, aphasia is not a well-known condition. In fact, according to […]
Chez Center hosts program to ready veterans for higher ed
Aug. 1, 2024 | Ethan Simmons While Adam Sherman Jr. sat for the two-hour bus ride from Chicago O’Hare Airport to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, a pit was forming in his stomach. He’d spent six years in the Navy, stationed in Japan and California for three years apiece, sometimes working out at sea […]
AHS well-represented in Undergrad research event
April 29, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The Undergraduate Research Symposium returned to the Illini Union this year. Sixty-five students representing all five undergraduate majors in the College of Applied Health Sciences made presentations about their work at the campus-wide 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium. It was the largest contingent of AHS students to take part in […]
2022 AHS Distinguished Lecturer Series—Dr. Ingrid E. Schneider
April 13, 2022 | AHS Staff Watch Ingrid Schneider’s talk on COVID-constrained leisure. Dr. Ingrid E. Schneider, Ph.D.Professor, University of Minnesota“Wrangling the waves: Coping with COVID-Constrained Leisure and its Impacts on Leisure-Time Physical Activity”Recorded Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Related news
Distinguished Lecturer: Green Spaces are Essential to Good Health
April 07, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Research has shown that leisure time physical activity in outdoor spaces has more positive health benefits than physical activity done indoors. Fully one-third of the U.S. population, however, has no access to green spaces, nor to the associated health benefits. These were among the findings shared during the 2022 […]