May 08, 2026 | Ethan Simmons At the spring college meeting for the College of Applied Health Sciences, our faculty and staff gathered to celebrate this year’s college award winners, and give send-offs to two faculty leaders who are entering retirement: Speech and Hearing Science Professor and former Department Head Pamela Hadley and AHS Professor […]
Tag: Jeff Woods
Jeff Woods’ retirement closes a chapter in the College of Applied Health Sciences
May 08, 2026 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Woods leaves a legacy of groundbreaking research and inspired mentorship After a noteworthy tenure spanning more than three decades at the University of Illinois, Jeffrey Woods, Ph.D., the associate dean for research in the College of Applied Health Sciences and a national leader in exercise physiology research, has announced his retirement, marking the end of an […]
CHAD symposium returns with thanks for pilot grants
March 03, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Pilot grants reignite Chad Symposium, fostering research collaboration and innovation The first Center for Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD) symposium since 2017 was a celebration of the research accomplished with the help of the Pilot Grant Program. Three researchers from the College of Applied Health Sciences—Naiman Khan, an associate […]
Expert Q&A: KCH’s Jeff Woods on COVID-19 and epidemiology questions
July 01, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The College of Applied Health Sciences has experts in many areas that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Periodically we will ask these experts about how their areas of expertise have been impacted and what we can expect in a post-COVID-19 world. Today, we ask KCH professor Jeff […]
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 […]
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