Faculty and students in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences are partnering with a Chicago community agency to encourage healthy lifestyles for Latino youth with disabilities and their families. The project, Familias…
Krista Varady knows a good way to lose weight: fast. Varady, associate professor of nutrition in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences, developed a diet called alternate-day fasting that sheds pounds and…
Clive Pai makes older adults trip and fall, but it’s for their own good. Strapped safely into a harness, they stride along a special walkway in Pai’s Clinical Gait and Movement Analysis Lab.…
“After a stroke, almost 60 percent of people are not able to walk independently,” says Sangeetha Madhavan, assistant professor of physical therapy in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences. Madhavan, director of…
Nearly 30 million Americans are living with diabetes, a life-altering disease that affects how the body uses blood sugar. The many complications of diabetes include damage to the tissues of the foot. When…
"It's more than just a club—it's a lifestyle!" is a motto for the Kinesiology Club, an organization for students in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences.
Occupational therapy professor Joy Hammel views her 2016 University Scholar award as an honor — and an opportunity. The UIC University Scholars Program, now in its 32nd year, honors faculty members for superior research…
Ross Arena, professor and head of the department of physical therapy, is co-editor-in-chief of the first international journal dedicated to P4 medicine, an individually focused approach to health care. “Progress in Preventive Medicine,”…
Working to bridge the gap and train elementary, middle school and high school educators to be leaders in assistive technology interventions, assessments and policies.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often overlooked by the business world. So UIC researchers are training them to become business owners themselves.
Associate professor of kinesiology David Marquez has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve on the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. Comprised of 17 nationally recognized…
