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Five AHS faculty earn promotions, tenure

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 19, 2020

Five well-earned promotions were announced by Dean Fernhall during the spring 2020 college meeting

Fabricio Balcazar is selected as a 2020-21 University Scholar

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 19, 2020

The University Scholars Program honors and rewards outstanding faculty members at the University of Illinois System

Ashley Hughes is a co-author of paper by SAFE-T Lab student researcher

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 19, 2020

Researchers examined the mediating role of perceived vulnerability in the relationship between exposure to COVID19 news on mainstream media and depression

Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky writes about the impact that “chemo brain” had on her life

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 19, 2020

BHIS researcher shares how the unexpected side effect of chemotherapy was the most challenging for her to manage

Creating a healthy environment while working from home

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 18, 2020

Spring 2020 AHS College Meeting faculty presentations

Research group led by Zhenyuan Song publishes a research paper in the Journal of Hepatology

Zhenyuan Song | Posted on May 13, 2020

KN researchers collaborated with researchers from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University

Allison Anderson and Jillian Prough win student awards from regional nutrition associations

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 13, 2020

Nutrition students are recognized for their emerging leadership and achievement

Giamila Fantuzzi is interviewed by Italian Swiss Radio

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 13, 2020

AHS researcher talks about the role of nutrition in the disparities in rates of death by COVID-19 in African Americans, Latinx and Native Americans

Lieke van Heumen appears on May 12 episode of This is Getting Old podcast

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 13, 2020

Disabilities expert talks about the issues and challenges impacting the health and well-being of older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Andrew Boyd is quoted in Helio.com

Erika Chavez | Posted on May 13, 2020

AHS researcher weighs in on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the search for COVID-19 vaccines, cure