May 23, 2023 | Ethan Simmons While cannabis use is increasing for military Veterans, most aren’t getting it from medical sources By ETHAN SIMMONS Twenty-one states have legalized recreational cannabis, and 88 percent of American adults are in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana for medical and recreational use, according to a recent Pew […]
Category: Community Health
Geiger to assess effects of some chemicals on children’s sleep
Feb. 14, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Endocrine disrupting chemicals are found in many common household items, and our blood Multiple studies have shown that children who regularly get an adequate amount of sleep have improved attention, behavior, learning, memory, and overall mental and physical health. Not getting enough sleep can lead to high blood pressure, […]
Stretching their Reach: Robotic support for older individuals
Jan. 09, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The goal is to create a scalable, affordable, flexible Stretch Cognitive and Physical Assistant that can improve the quality of life for older adults with a range of cognitive and physical impairments University of Illinois researcher Dr. Wendy Rogers is stretching her work with Stretch the Robot. The Kinesiology […]
Nutrition has many meanings for MPH student Drake Materre
June 01, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Drake Materre credits his mother for his introduction to (and interest in) nutrition Master of Public Health student Drake Materre is a man of many interests: education, politics, music, organizing, religion. But the one probably closest to his heart is nutrition. Except when Materre thinks about nutrition, it means […]
Geiger wants to address rural urban disparity
May 02, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo In some rural counties of Illinois, nearly half of sampled homes with private wells had dangerous lead levels When KCH Assistant Professor Sarah Geiger received a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study private water wells, her primary focus was finding a way […]
MS-HT’s first class finds quick employment
March 02, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Besides being the first six graduates of the Master of Science in Health Technology (MS-HT) program in the College of Applied Health Sciences, the inaugural class had another thing to celebrate. The six students, Marlene Robles Granda, Gabrielle Choo-Kang, Asif Huq, Tia King, Amrutha Kumaran and Neva Manalil, celebrated […]
MS-HT’s Class of 2021: Tia King
March 11, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The first graduates of the Master of Science in Health Technology program in the College of Applied Health Sciences all landed jobs within four months. We spoke to some of them about why they picked MS-HT, how MS-HT helped them decide on their career, and what they most enjoyed […]
MS-HT’s Class of 2021: Marlene Robles Granda
Feb. 11, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The first graduates of the Master of Science in Health Technology program in the College of Applied Health Sciences all landed jobs within four months. We spoke to some of them about why they picked MS-HT, how MS-HT helped them decide on their career, and what they most enjoyed […]
Students show creativity in robot competition
Feb. 11, 2022 | Anna Flanagan Students in the Grainger College of Engineering, Gies College of Business, and College of Applied Health Sciences emerged victorious in the Stretch Robot Pitch Competition sponsored by TechSAge in collaboration with Hello Robot and P&G. A collaboration between the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, […]
Community Health student encourages Illinois governor to continue education investment
Feb. 09, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Community Health senior urges Governor Pritzker to sustain education funding Community Health senior Hadiya Jagroop’s grandmother once told her, “Education is the key to success.” But when the Guyana-born Jagroop moved to Oakwood, Ill., when she was 10, she knew “right away acquiring the dream was not going to […]