{"id":26003,"date":"2025-03-27T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=26003"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:53:11","slug":"dr-zalakes-research-featured-in-ccts-podcast","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/dr-zalakes-research-featured-in-ccts-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohan Zalake&#8217;s research featured in CCTS Podcast"},"template":"","news_categories":[16,18],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-26003","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-ahs-in-the-media","news_categories-research"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"Digital Dentistry: Engaging families with virtual agents","intro_text_body":"<p class=\"\">This episode of\u00a0<em>the Collaborative Endeavors<\/em> series dives into &#8220;Digital Dentistry,&#8221; where an interdisciplinary team from the University of Illinois Chicago is developing a <strong>customizable virtual assistant<\/strong>\u00a0to help children and families build oral hygiene habits<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Podcast &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/collaborative-endeavors.simplecast.com\/episodes\/ivory\">https:\/\/collaborative-endeavors.simplecast.com\/episodes\/ivory<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <strong>Featuring Researchers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Mohan Zalake, PhD<\/strong> \u2013 Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Nikita Soni, PhD<\/strong> \u2013 Computer Science, UIC College of Engineering<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>David Avenetti, DDS, MSD, MPH<\/strong> \u2013 Pediatric Dentistry, UIC College of Dentistry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udd0d Learn how this project bridges healthcare, AI, and family-centered design\u2014all powered by a 2024 Pilot Grant from the <strong>UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"Mohan Zalake","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/26003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/26003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26113,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/26003\/revisions\/26113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=26003"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=26003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}