Research

Research at the intersection of health, disability and rehabilitation

The UIC College of Applied Health Sciences is consistently ranked among the top 10 nationwide in research funding for colleges of allied health.

AHS researchers are awarded grants from a variety of federal and state agencies and foundations. Their research includes laboratory-based studies, community-based projects and scholarship in the humanities.

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Fiscal year 2022 by the numbers

Stats and Facts

130
grants awarded to AHS researchers as principal investigators
$388,525
in sponsored program expenditures per tenured-track faculty (FTE)
$15,696,407
total sponsored program expenditures

Sponsored program expenditures (per fiscal year)

  • 2022
    70%
    14%
    17%
  • 2021
    69%
    14%
    17%
  • 2020
    74%
    12%
    14%

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Participation

Removing barriers to social participation among people with disabilities by empowering them with entrepreneurship training

Policy

Evaluating the psychosocial and economic impacts of deportation and forced separation

Human factors

Applying human factors principles and approaches to improve patient safety and quality

Health disparities

Dismantling the policies and systems that lead to disparate health outcomes among racial and ethnic groups

Obesity

Studying the effects of time-restricted feeding on body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors

Disability

Empowering cancer survivors to manage the long-term effects of their illness and treatment

Recovery

Offering safe alternatives to medication and providing strategies that can help patients live a full life

Access

Helping people with intellectual disabilities build skills for a career, not a job, but a path for people to see their future

Balance

Providing training to help prevent falls

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AHS Office of Research

From brainstorming ideas to preparing mountains of forms, the AHS Office of Research staff is dedicated to supporting our researchers. We let you focus on scientific development while we manage the review and submission of your proposals.

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