A Few Minutes With … Rachel Hoopsick

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

Mejia plans voice-assistant study at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home

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 […]

Alumni Spotlight—Jamaal Rahman

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 […]

KCH researchers get grant to help Community Health Workers

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 […]

It’s not a Stretch to see future opportunities for this robot

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 […]

McKechnie Family LIFE Home opening a milestone for Wendy Rogers

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 […]

Expert Q&A: Laura Rice on COVID-19, vaccinations and returning to pre-pandemic life

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: […]

Allen gets grant to study additive effects of fiber and exercise

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, […]

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