Wearable tech being used to assess healthcare worker stress

Jan. 25, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo A pilot grant is helping a Health and Kinesiology professor to track healthcare workers’ anxiety Kinesiology and Community Health Professor Manuel Hernandez is among the researchers across campus who recently received funding through the Jump ARCHES (Applied Research for Community Health through Engineering and Simulation) research and development program. […]

Public health training gives chaplain a different perspective

Jan. 19, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Systematic reviews have found that religion is associated with decreases in depression, faster recovery from depression, less drug dependence, less drug abuse, better physical health, longer life, and an increased sense of purpose, well-being, hope and optimism Kristin Godlin is an ordained Presbyterian minister and a chaplain at Carle […]

MPH student Faith Washington talks about her contact tracing work

Dec. 10, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Public Health program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how they are doing […]

MPH student Maggie Hamielec talks about working as a contact tracer and COVID

Dec. 07, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Public Health program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how they are […]

MSHA alum Zaid Ahmed talks about his COVID-19 contact tracing work

Dec. 06, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Students in the Master of Science in Health Administration program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois have been asked by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Dept. to apply the skills they are learning as contact tracers. Periodically, we will speak with them about how […]

SHS freshman Abbie Keasler talks about campus and COVID

Nov. 30, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Freshmen are entering college in a unique environment, and that includes students in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois. The AHS communications staff spoke with new AHS students about campus life, why they decided to come to campus—or stay home—and how COVID-19 changed their […]

Mobile app aims to help older adults manage medications

Oct. 05, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo A team of researchers will seek to improve medication adherence rates in older adults with a novel app Despite known benefits of taking prescription medications on time and with regularity, estimates indicate about half are not taken, leading to increased health care costs and mortality. With new federal funding, […]

Study suggests that social engagement technology has the potential to broaden older adults’ social networks

Sept. 29, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo OneClick.chat is a web-based video chat platform that provides users with easy, accessible ways to connect with others OneClick.chat, a video chat platform, announced positive outcomes in the study of older adults, with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), who used their video chat technology to engage in social […]

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