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Animation created by BVIS alumna Hannah Koffman wins first place in 2023 Image of Research

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 05, 2023

Animation was created to be part of an educational video series on different aspects of the body’s inflammatory response

Book by Akemi Nishida analyzes social justice and injustice in health care as experienced by people with disabilities and their caregivers

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 05, 2023

Nishida combines disability studies, critical race theory and feminism in her research, education and activism

A group of UIC occupational therapy participating students.

Occupational therapy students help Glencoe junior high schoolers build therapy toys for children

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 24, 2023

The students were developing prototypes of toys to be used in occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy

After an advance strengthening and conditioning collaborative session with ARU and UIC students and faculty, including Vered Arbel (kneeling far right), kinesiology graduate chaperone Kiyah Reed (center) and ARU lecturer Mike Ferrandino (kneeling left).

Student exchange agreement established with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 26, 2023

Kinesiology students now have two new opportunities to study abroad

Amy Jandek receives 2023 Silver Circle Award

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 26, 2023

AHS graduating seniors picked Jandek to receive the campuswide honor given to one faculty member in each college

DHD alumna Sandy Guttman opens a Chicago art gallery

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 17, 2023

The gallery will host events and exhibitions for artists and organizations concerned with disability culture

Kathy Pisabaj in the UIC Nutrition Culinary Lab.

The other side

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Nutrition alumna, a gun violence survivor, wants to use her traumatic experience in helping others

Lieke van Heumen named 2023 fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Fellows are selected for their contributions to the field of intellectual disability and their participation in the association

Mary Khetani was named to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2023 Roster of Fellows

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Award honors occupational therapists who have achieved a long history of contributions to the profession, the association and consumers of OT services

Krista Varady named 2023 UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year in the Clinical Sciences

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 05, 2023

KINES researcher studies the effectiveness and health benefits of intermittent fasting diets in treating obesity

Online bachelor’s degree program in health information management is ranked second in the nation

Posted on March 21, 2023

The ranking also includes two other UIC online bachelor’s programs, in business administration and nursing

A photo from a car backseat perspective that shows a ride share drive behind the wheel of a car

Precarious work associated with high BMI

Posted on March 08, 2023

Study adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may be related to poor health outcomes

Alternate-day fasting a good option for patients with fatty liver disease

Posted on February 27, 2023

Nutrition researchers found that the diet, combined with exercise, improved the health of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

“Hanging at the shop,” a painting in the Black Culture Collection by Alan and Aaron Hicks.

Art as healing

Sonya Booth | Posted on February 16, 2023

Biomedical visualization alumni, twin brothers, use what they learned in the classroom to spreadfaith, hope and inspiration

Giamila Fantuzzi elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erika Chavez | Posted on January 31, 2023

KN professor recognized for her distinguished contributions to the field of adipose cell and cytokine biology, particularly in the study of inflammation and inflammatory pathologies

Online MS in Health Information Management receives Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education accreditation

UIC Extended Campus | Posted on January 25, 2023

Program meets the quality standards set forth by the organization to ensure application of the AHIMA model curricula

College of Applied Health Sciences

College News

Animation created by BVIS alumna Hannah Koffman wins first place in 2023 Image of Research

Book by Akemi Nishida analyzes social justice and injustice in health care as experienced by people with disabilities and their caregivers

Occupational therapy students help Glencoe junior high schoolers build therapy toys for children

Student exchange agreement established with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England

Amy Jandek receives 2023 Silver Circle Award

DHD alumna Sandy Guttman opens a Chicago art gallery

The other side

Lieke van Heumen named 2023 fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Mary Khetani was named to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2023 Roster of Fellows

Krista Varady named 2023 UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year in the Clinical Sciences

Online bachelor’s degree program in health information management is ranked second in the nation

Precarious work associated with high BMI

Alternate-day fasting a good option for patients with fatty liver disease

Art as healing

Giamila Fantuzzi elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Online MS in Health Information Management receives Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education accreditation

Ashley Brondell wins American Health Information Management Association Foundation scholarship

Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon Jr. among Crain’s Chicago Business 2022 Notable Black Executives and Leaders

David Marquez leads $500,000 Prevention Research Center Special Interests Projects grant study

AHS Research Day returns