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 […]
Category: Master of Science in Health Technology
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 […]
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 […]
Grant permits interdisciplinary research team to explore how soft robots can support healthcare
Jan. 29, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The main objective of the one-year project is to explore the potential for soft robots for telehealth monitoring of older adults An increasing number of older adults live independently but have health conditions that must be managed—both chronic and acute. A grant awarded to an interdisciplinary team including KCH […]
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 […]