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PT holds inaugural white coat ceremony

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

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

High-impact student research

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

Learning to innovate, collaborate under pressure

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

Jessie Chin head shot

Using smart home devices for health

BHIS professor Jessie Chin is collaborating on a project that examines the use of smart home devices for health promotion among older adults

Data-driven

Mary Khetani is developing apps to improve the quality of life for young children with developmental disabilities

Amatayakul in the open area near the College of Medicine East Tower

Funding the future

Alumna Margret Amatayakul makes a transformational gift

Jenna Heffron stitting with a group at a table looking at papers

Jenna Heffron

Jenna Heffron who earned a PhD in Disability Studies from DHD in 2016, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Department at Ithaca College in New York.  Jenna is passionate about…

Joe Caldwell in front of the US Capitol Building

Joe Caldwell

Joe Caldwell (PhD ’05) credits his time at DHD with helping him understand how “to apply research to make a difference in people’s lives.” He is well-positioned to improve the lives of people…

Joe Caldwell in front of the US Capitol Building

DHD Alumni as Leaders in Policy and Practice

DHD’s interdisciplinary approach to studying disability yields dividends for its alumni, who  go on to propel their fields forward. These rewards aren’t only for alumni, however.  Joe Caldwell (PhD ’05), for instance, credits…

Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant Awardees 2017

Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD (BHIS) has been selected from the Fall 2017 round of applications to receive an AHS Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant.  She will collaborate with two experts from UI Health: Mary Dawn Koenig,…

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