Dec. 12, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Kinesiology and Community Health assistant professor Naiman Khan speaks with AHS media relations specialist Vince Lara about his research on the impact of diet on cognitive health. Related news
Category: Health and Kinesiology
Jeff Woods Named First Mottier Family Professor
Nov. 06, 2019 | Anna Flanagan The professorship was made possible through an estate gift of Charles and Audrey Phyllis Mottier Dr. Jeff Woods, internationally renowned scholar in the area of exercise physiology, was named the first Mottier Family Professor of Applied Health Sciences in an investiture ceremony in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on […]
AHS to launch first-of-its-kind degree
Dec. 12, 2019 | Anna Flanagan Following the approval this week of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, AHS will welcome its first cohort of students into the new Master of Science in Health Technology (MS-HT) degree program in the fall of 2020. The degree, designed to advance applied health technology design and implementation, resulted […]
Rogers, Mudar receive $4.6M grant to establish center focused on older adults with cognitive impairment
June 27, 2024 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The funding is for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center entitled ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, and Community Engagement) The University of Illinois is part of a team receiving a $4.6 million grant aimed at helping adults with cognitive disabilties deal with challenges associated with everyday activities. The grant […]
Renovating for the Future
May 06, 2019 | Anna Flanagan Projects in Freer Hall and the Speech and Hearing Science Building will create new classroom, research and administrative space. Conducting 21st century research and instruction in 20th century space can be challenging. Architects designing buildings 40 to 100 years ago could never have imagined the scope of the investigations in which faculty would be engaged, […]
A Celebration of Excellence
May 06, 2019 | Anna Flanagan Dr. Amy Woods, the first James K. and Karen S. McKechnie Professor in the College of Applied Health Sciences, says a pivotal event in her childhood set her on her career path. When Dr. Amy Woods was in third grade, school was a place where you were expected to […]
Partnership focuses on autism
May 06, 2019 | Anna Flanagan Microsoft knows first-hand the excellence of the STEM disciplines at Illinois, thanks to its director of university relations, three-time alumnus Harold Javid. In hopes of gaining more outstanding employees, the company funded a year-long initiative called Accessibility Lighthouse Program that seeks to build a clear career path for students […]
Exercise can improve gut health, study shows
Two Studies – one in mice and the other in human subjects – offer the first definitive evidence that exercise alone can change the composition of microbes in the gut