AHS Faculty Receive Grants
AHS E-News September 2021
External agencies:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Dr. Justin Aronoff
- Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- “The Contributions of Interaurally Correlated Signals and Interaurally Symmetric Place of Stimulation for the Binaural Auditory System”
- Dr. Brian Monson
- Assistant Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- “The Ecological Significance of Extended High-frequency Hearing in Humans”
National Institutes of Health Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Opportunities and Infrastructure Fund
- Dr. Sarah Geiger
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- "Relationship Between Prenatal Chemical Exposure, Maternal Stress, and Child Sleep Outcome"
HUD 2019 Healthy Homes Technical Study Grant Program
- Dr. Sarah Geiger
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- "Drinking Water Lead Remediation Strategies for Illinois Homes with Domestic Wells"
RRF Foundation for Aging
- Dr. Raksha Mudar
- Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Dr. Mina Raj
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- Dr. Wendy Rogers
- Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Video Technology-based Social Engagement Intervention for Family Care Partners of Persons with Dementia”
Campus
Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program
- Dr. Andiara Schwingel
- Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- "Online Certificate Programs for Community Health Workers (CHW): From Overlooked and Under-researched Employees to Well-equipped Frontline Agents in the Fight to Reduce Health Disparities in Communities of Color"
- Dr. Monika Stodolska and Dr. Kim Shinew
- Professors, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism
- “Combating Systemic Racism in Access to Nature, Open Spaces, and Parks and Recreation Resources”
Jump ARCHES
- Dr. Manuel Hernandez
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Remote State Anxiety Detection and Monitoring Using Multimodal Wearable Sensors”
- Dr. Wendy Rogers
- Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Soft and Dexterous Service Robot Configurations to Support Healthcare at Home For Older Adults”
- Dr. Hyojung Kang
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Optimal Deployment of Cancer Prevention Through Digital Health Workers”
- Chung-Yi Chiu
- Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Building a Motivational, Interviewing Conversational Agent (MintBot) for Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination Among People with Multiple Sclerosis”
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
- Dr. Sean Mullen
- Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “A New Start to TIPSTART with a Diversified Stride”
College
Center on Health, Aging, and Disability
- Dr. Jacob Allen
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Effects from a Prebiotic, Lifting, and Aerobic iNtervention (GAMEPLAN)”
- Dr. Mina Raj
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Towards the Development of Guidelines for Inclusive Foods in Long-term Care”
- Dr. Manuel Hernandez
- Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- “Artificial Intelligence Energy-regulation Modeling to Predict and Classify Fatigue Levels and Types in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Study”