College News

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Service in learning

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 10, 2022

Students use their classroom-acquired knowledge about disability studies for a real-world project with a community organization

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Amanda Montoney named 2022 UIC Student Employee of the Year

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 26, 2022

DHD student organizes online and in-person tutoring sessions as ASAP tutor administrator

UIC students and faculty team up to study demographics, health risk factors and behaviors, and other factors for health professional students.

A research study by, for, and about UIC health professions students

Jacqueline Carey and Sonya Booth | Posted on April 19, 2022

Study measures demographics, health risk factors and health behaviors, and other factors for health professional students

Meet the 2021 AHS Alumni Awards winners

Sonya Booth | Posted on March 22, 2022

AHS is proud to honor four alumni who are forging award-worthy contributions

Sandra Sufian publishes book on the social history of disability and difference in American adoption

Sonya Booth | Posted on March 22, 2022

The book, published by University of Chicago Press, took over 11 years to complete because of its scope and complexity

AHS Gives

Sonya Booth | Posted on March 17, 2022

AHS faculty and staff lead by example

Whitney Harris wins 2022 Provost’s Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award

Sonya Booth | Posted on March 14, 2022

Kinesiology adviser recognized for exemplary skill in academic advising and a commitment to student success

Online BS in HIM ranked No. 3 in U.S. by U.S. News & World Report

Sonya Booth | Posted on January 26, 2022

For the 10th consecutive year, the AHS online program in health information management is one of three UIC online bachelor’s degree programs ranked among the best in the nation

Study results show COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among health care workers

Sonya Booth | Posted on December 16, 2021

Vaccine decisions were more likely to be influenced by colleagues than by mass media marketing campaigns

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Mapping the disability experience

Sonya Booth | Posted on December 08, 2021

Project explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted (or not) disabled people’s use and understanding of space

The multi-specialty collaborative care complex will be located at 5525 S. Pulaski Road. This building was previously owned by Mercy Medical Center.

The College of Applied Health Sciences is a partner in a new health care collaborative led by UI Health

Sonya Booth | Posted on November 29, 2021

AHS faculty and students will provide physical therapy, occupational therapy and nutrition services

New master's in kinesiology concentration

Sonya Booth | Posted on November 29, 2021

There are now four concentrations in the kinesiology master's degree program

New certificate in disability legal studies developed by DHD and UIC School of Law

Sonya Booth | Posted on November 11, 2021

Certificate is the first in the Midwest and one of only two in the U.S.

Dean Bo Fernhall to return to the faculty

Sonya Booth | Posted on October 27, 2021

AHS dean will step down to return to teaching and research full time

Timothy Koh wearing a white lab coat standing inside a research lab.

Collaborating at the cellular level

Sonya Booth | Posted on October 26, 2021

Timothy Koh is using single-cell analysis to dive deeper into their functions in wounds

Research review shows intermittent fasting works for weight loss, health changes

Lori Botterman | Posted on October 11, 2021

KN research team led by Krista Varady conduct a review of intermittent fasting and sleep human trials

Robert Motl joins the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences

Sonya Booth | Posted on October 08, 2021

Internationally known researcher on the effects of exercise and physical activity for people with multiple sclerosis, will join AHS Nov. 1

Helping teens with disabilities prevent and treat depression, anxiety

Jackie Carey | Posted on October 06, 2021

Kristin Berg is co-principal investigator of study awarded $7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Kalyan Pasupathy named professor and head of the Department of Biomedical and Health information Sciences

Sonya Booth | Posted on September 17, 2021

Pasupathy, whose appointment was effective Aug. 16, succeeds former department head Anthony Faiola

Andrew Boyd selected to lead new Office of Research Data Initiatives and Information

Erika Chavez | Posted on September 16, 2021

Office established to ensure that campus researchers have access to the tools, insights, regulatory systems and data they need to conduct secure world-class research