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News, announcements and updates for and by AHS students, faculty and staff.

OT research team publishes article in Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Susan Magasi | Posted on April 07, 2021

Team examines the lived experiences of Latinx cancer survivors and their family caregivers during survivorship

Ashley Hughes joins Frontiers in Health Services editorial board

Erika Chavez | Posted on April 07, 2021

Human factors researcher joins editorial board of multidisciplinary open-access journal

Ross Arena is the lead author of article in Current Problems in Cardiology

Erika Chavez | Posted on April 07, 2021

Statement provides a current synopsis of the major focus areas of the HL-PIVOT network, examples of best practices in education, policy and implementation, and recommendations for the future

GRE PREP Program for AHS undergraduate students

Ken Morgan | Posted on April 07, 2021

AHS and the Urban Health Program are offering a free, 10-week summer program

Health Humanities Portrait Project website is live

Sandy Sufian | Posted on April 07, 2021

This patient-centered curricular intervention emphasizes patient experiences of illness, contemporary social problems, and their mutual interaction

Delphine Labbé is co-author of chapter in new book about growing older in Canada

Delphine Labbé | Posted on April 06, 2021

The chapter sheds light on older adults’ experience of their urban environment

Mario Diaz joins AHS as assistant dean for recruitment

Eileen Doran | Posted on April 05, 2021

Mr. Diaz will partner with our academic units to expand our undergraduate student recruitment and outreach initiatives

Sangeetha Madhavan receives NIH grant to study home-based brain stimulation for people with ALS

Sangeetha Madhavan | Posted on March 31, 2021

Team will study the feasibility and effectiveness of a brain stimulation paradigm to slow progression of disease and preserve motor function

Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky receives $250,000 research grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and Pfizer Global Medical Grants

Erika Chavez | Posted on March 31, 2021

BHIS researcher to lead team on developing human-centered patient and provider education for a new breast cancer medication

Emilie Lacy selected for the 25th class of Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows

Susan Magasi | Posted on March 31, 2021

Doctoral student to create book club for book club for women with spinal cord injuries as a vehicle for socialization and frank conversations about sexual health and pleasure

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