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Smart pills dumb down medical care, experts warn

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on September 20, 2018

Eric Swirsky and Andrew Boyd caution healthcare providers and policymakers to slow down in allowing this technology in patient care settings

For-profit hospitals correlated with higher readmission rates

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on September 19, 2018

Study co-authored by Andrew Boyd compares public, non-profit, for-profit hospitals

Craig Horswill partners with UIC climate scientist to measure athlete energy expenditure

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on August 30, 2018

What do calories and ecosystems have in common? Water can be used to answer questions about both

National Cancer Institute funds research on computer-generated patient care summaries

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on August 30, 2018

Research team co-led by Andrew Boyd aims to develop computer-generated patient care summaries as a tool for reducing hospital readmission rates

AnnaMaria Baraglia and Carol Gottlieb smile at each other while sitting next to one another

A life well lived

Kelsey Schagemann | Posted on August 13, 2018

Memorial scholarship empowers students in the Department of Disability and Human Development

Kaitlin Stober paints yellow danelions on lighthouse sculpture

Kaitlin Stober promotes disability inclusion and disability rights through art

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on August 07, 2018

DHD researcher’s art selected for "Lighthouses on the Mag Mile" exhibit

Effects of deportation, forced separation extend beyond individuals, families

Sharon Parmet | Posted on August 01, 2018

Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar is co-author of a report published by the American Journal of Community Psychology

Daily fasting is an effective tool to reduce weight and lower blood pressure

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on June 18, 2018

Daily fasting is an effective tool to reduce weight and lower blood pressure, according to a new study published by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers in the journal Nutrition and Healthy Aging.…

Andrea LeFlore named Schweitzer Fellow

Sharon Parmet | Posted on June 15, 2018

OTD student to empower women with disabilities as change agents through the development of targeted programs and interventions

Yue Xu named Schweitzer Fellow

Sharon Parmet | Posted on June 15, 2018

Disability Studies doctoral student to create an educational program for Chinese immigrant caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Rachel Poretsky and Craig Horswill (from left to right) stand in front of an indoor swimming pool

Exercise training, energy balance and the gut microbiome

Francisca Corona | Posted on June 14, 2018

Craig Horswill and fellow UIC researchers are studying how microbes affect athletic ability

The Metabolic Kitchen containing stainless steel industrial kitchen appliances and white stone countertops

A dream kitchen

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 04, 2018

The Metabolic Kitchen will serve as a campus-wide resource for researchers running studies that require tightly controlled diets

Valerie Prater standing in the middle of a group of two students who sit behind desktop computers and three students who are standing beside her

Valerie Prater receives 2018 UIC Silver Circle Award

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 22, 2018

The best possible going-away gift

PT holds inaugural white coat ceremony

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 10, 2018

As nearly 200 faculty, family and friends looked on, 54 DPT students strode onstage to receive their white coats

An AHS researcher and elementary school-aged student sit in front of health monitoring equipment

AHS hosts National Biomechanics Day event

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 10, 2018

KN faculty advance biomechanics science and education among fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders

Kharma Foucher appointed to NIH study section

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 03, 2018

KN biomechanics expert to make recommendations on grant applications and survey the status of pertinent research

A group of fifteen student winners stand in two rows holding their award certificate

High-impact student research

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 03, 2018

Three AHS students won first place in their categories at the 2018 UIC Student Research Forum and Impact Day

UIC clinical instructor Lindsey Strieter (center) talks to a group of Altus Academy students during a lesson on breakfast in the UIC Health and Wellness Academy.

AHS students run health, wellness program for Chicago schools

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on April 26, 2018

Program collaborates with schools in Chicago to teach kids about healthy decision-making and encourage healthy behaviors

Learning to innovate, collaborate under pressure

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on April 06, 2018

The inaugural Health Tech Jam brought together nearly 40 PT and BVIS students, and issued a challenge: develop a technological solution to a common healthcare problem — and do it in just six hours

Phyllis Bowen tends to her vegetable rooftop garden above her garage at her home in Oak Park.

Professor emerita Phyllis Bowen leaves a legacy, dies at 77

Sonya Booth | Posted on March 24, 2018

Human nutrition researcher and visionary leaves a legacy

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