Jan. 18, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Health and Kinesiology assistant professor Rachel Hoopsick talks to Illinois media specialist Vince Lara about her research inspirations, COVID-19 and her future plans. Editor’s note: To reach Vince Lara-Cinisomo, email vinlara@illinois.edu. Related news
Dec. 13, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Can voice assistants support users’ motivation to be independent? The newly dedicated McKechnie Family LIFE Home is getting ready to play host to several research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in 2022. As with most of the research agenda for the LIFE Home, the focus is to support […]
Dec. 21, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Alumni of the College of Applied Health Sciences have myriad career options thanks to the tremendous diversity of programs. We periodically will put the spotlight on an alum to find out what they’re doing now, what experiences they had and what AHS means to them. This week, we talk […]
Jan. 05, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Alumni of the College of Applied Health Sciences have myriad career options thanks to the tremendous diversity of programs. We periodically will put the spotlight on an alum to find out what they’re doing now, what experiences they had and what AHS means to them. This week, we talk […]
Dec. 06, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Community Health Workers, or CHWs, are an underrecognized layer of the health care system For Department of Kinesiology and Community Health researchers Andiara Schwingel and Susan Aguiñaga, the concept of helping place Community Health Workers has a personal meaning. Schwingel, a KCH associate professor, and Aguiñaga, an assistant professor […]
Oct. 18, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Kinesiology and Community Health Professor Wendy Rogers is no stranger to robots. She began working with robots more than two decades ago at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a professor in the School of Psychology, and director of the Human Factors & Aging Laboratory. It was […]
Oct. 08, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The McKechnie Family LIFE Home is a cutting-edge research center focused on innovations in home environments Even for someone as accomplished as Kinesiology and Community Health Professor Wendy Rogers, the night of Oct. 7 represented a milestone. Rogers has so many appointments and affiliations—she is a Khan Professor of […]
Sept. 20, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The idea of caregiving has long been a way of life for two AHS alumni Denise Brown and Katherine Lim attended the University of Illinois more than three decades apart, but they have plenty in common. Both Brown, an Illinois alum, and Lim, a senior in the Department of […]
July 12, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The College of Applied Health Sciences has experts in many research areas. Today, we ask Laura Rice, interim director of the Master of Public Health Program, interim director, Master of Science in Health Administration Program and associate professor, Kinesiology and Community Health, about COVID-19, vaccinations and returning to campus. Q: […]
June 21, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo No controlled studies have looked at the fiber-exercise combination KCH Assistant Professor Jacob Allen received a grant from the Center on Health, Aging & Disability for his project, “Gastrointestinal And Metabolic Effects from a Prebiotic, Lifting, and Aerobic iNtervention (GAMEPLAN).” Allen received $30,000 from CHAD for the 18-month project, […]