Collaborative Endeavors

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Kate Merrill, PhD Assistant Professor Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine   FEATURED PARTNERS Centro Romero The Kedzie Center The LoSAH Center of Hope Corazon Community Services Gads Hill Center Girls in the Game Center for Clinical and Translational Science 2024 Pilot Projects   Learn how you c...

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Mohan Zalake, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences UIC College of Applied Health Sciences Nikita Soni, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences UIC College of Engineering David Avenetti, DDS, MSD, MPH Associate Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dentistry UIC College of Dentistry   Center for Clinic...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Dr. Jessica Rothstein, PhD, MSPH Assistant Professor Department of Community Health Sciences UIC School of Public Health FEATURED PROJECT Dr. Reshma Shah’s Laboratory Sit Down and Play: A Preventive Primary Care-Based Program To Enhance Parenting Practices CCTS KL2 Clinical and Translational Science Scholars Program   Learn how you can get involved in translational research at...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Ariel Smith-Malonga, RN, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Population Health Nursing Science College of Nursing University of Illinois Chicago Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Mayra Guerrero, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology UIC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences   Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Gran...

Community Level is the official podcast of the Community Health Sciences Division at the UIC School of Public Health.  Each month, we bring you insightful conversations with public health researchers, community leaders, and organizations dedicated to making a positive impact. From groundbreaking research to grassroots initiatives, Community Level explores the stories, challenges, and successes dri...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Perry Tsai, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry UIC College of Medicine FEATURED PROJECT Dr. Alex Leow's BiAffect : The first study on mood and cognition using mobile typing kinematics Check out our episode on BiAffect ! Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Tr...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Julia Anglen Bauer, PhD, MS Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics UIC School of Public Health FEATURED PROJECT The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Site PI:  Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD, MPH Learn more about the CCTS's K Award program Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illin...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Charles Gaber, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy Member, University of Illinois Cancer Center Learn more about the CCTS's K Award program Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translati...

FEATURED RESEARCHER David Tofovic, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology UIC College of Medicine Find Dr. Tofovic on X @tofovic   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic.edu. Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illi...

New academic year, new season! Join me, Lauren Rieger, as we meet transdisciplinary research teams from a range of academic and non-academic backgrounds, all working to improve our physical and mental well-being and community vitality. Learn how you can get involved in translational research at ccts.uic.edu.   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science is supp...

Featured Researchers Marwah Farooqui, DO Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology UIC College of Medicine Gelila Goba, MD, MPH, FACOG Associate Professor Director of the Global Women’s Health Fellowship Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology UIC College of Medicine Lewis Hsu, MD, PhD Professor Director of Pediatric Sickle Cell CenterProfessor Department of Ped...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Alex Leow, PhD Professor of Psychiatry  University of Illinois Chicago On X @alexfeuillet and  LinkedIn FEATURED PARTNER Gregg F. Martin, PhD MajorGeneral, U.S. Army (Ret.) Author of  Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness On X @GenGreggMartin &  LinkedIn   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic....

FEATURED RESEARCHER Alex Leow, PhD Professor of Psychiatry  University of Illinois Chicago On X @alexfeuillet and  LinkedIn FEATURED PARTNER Gregg F. Martin, PhD MajorGeneral, U.S. Army (Ret.) Author of  Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness On X @GenGreggMartin &  LinkedIn   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic....

FEATURED PARTNER Gregg F. Martin, PhD Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.) Author of  Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness REFERENCED MATERIAL NIMH Understanding Psychosis NIMH Bipolar Disorder Misdiagnosis Rates   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic.edu . Interested in volunteering to participate in health research...

FEATURING Major General Gregg Martin, PhD (retired) The Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness   The University of Illinois Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Grant UL1TR002003. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessar...

FEATURING Dr. Katrine Wallace Twitter @DrKatEpi TikTok @epidemiologistkat Jacqueline Carey Twitter @JCareyUIC Michael Wesbecher Twitter @ThisIsUIC And me,  Lauren Rieger Twitter @UIC_CCTS   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic.edu. Interested in volunteering to participate in health research? Today’s researchers want to make s...

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Marc Atkins, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology  Director, CCTS Community Engagement and Collaboration Core Grace Cua Senior Research Specialist, CCTS Community Engaged Collaboration Core Graduate Student, Educational psychology, UIC FEATURED PARTNER Jim Poole Chief integration Officer NAMI Chicago   To learn more about burnout, you can read this 2016 article from Worl...

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Claire Decoteau, PhD Professor, Department of Sociology College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of Illinois Chicago Iván Arenas Associate Director Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy University of Illinois at Chicago LEARN MORE “Deadly Disparities in the time of COVID-19: How Public Policy Fails Black and Latinx Chicagoans,” December 2021 View panel discussi...

FEATURED RESEARCHER Alex Leow, MD, PhD Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Bioengineering University of Illinois Chicago Twitter: @alexfeuillet BiAffect Project:  https://www.biaffect.com Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech:  https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505   If you would like to see your interdisciplinary team featured on the podcast, reach out to me at laurenw@uic.edu....

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Naoko Muramatsu, PhD Professor, Community Health Sciences UIC School of Public Health Twitter:  @naoko_muramatsu LinkedIn Bio Kelly Quinn, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Communication UIC College of Liberal Arts & Science Twitter: @_kquinn_  David Marquez, PhD Professor Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition UIC College of Applied Health Sciences Twitter: @DrD...

FEATURED RESEARCHERS Amy Lasek, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Gregory Thatcher, PhD Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology R. Ken and Donna Coit Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona Manel Ben Aissa, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of...

FEATURED RESEARCHERS & PARTNERS Tara Mehta, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology Department of Psychiatry, UIC College of Medicine Consultant, CCTS Community Engagement & Collaboration Core Urban Initiatives 650 W. Lake St., Suite #340 Chicago, IL 60661 info@urbaninitiatives.org Learn more about the CCTS Pilot Grant program at ccts.uic.edu/funding   If you would like to see your interdis...

Featured researchers: Hana Hinkle, PhD, MPH Interim Director and Department Head, National Center for Rural Health Professions Associate Director, Illinois Area Health Education Center Network Program Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Michael Glasser, PhD (retired) Former Director, National Center for Rura...

Featured researchers: Mary A. Khetani, PhD Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy University of Illinois Chicago, College of Applied Health Sciences Vera Kaelin Research Assistant, PhD Candidate University of Illinois Chicago, College of Applied Health Sciences   Organizations & Initiatives: UIC Children's Participation in Research Lab, Follow us on Twitter Rocky Mountain Human Services Early I...