Vitoux News and Events
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Each year, in the most highly anticipated event of the Vitoux Program Annual Retreat, a renowned expert in the field of aging and prevention will be invited to present their most eminent work.
Inaugural Vitoux Distinguished Lecture
October 19, 2021
Distinguished Speaker: Dr. James Sallis, PhD
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The Vitoux Program hosts an annual retreat in the fall that is open campus wide to those conducting aging and prevention research. The goals of the annual retreat are to share ongoing research around aging and prevention, to network and bring together scholars with similar research interests, to generate novel ideas for future work, and to recognize scholars for their important work accomplished over the past year. A highlight of the retreat will be the distinguished researcher lecture where a renowned expert will be invited each year to present their outstanding work and contributions to the field.
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News Releases Heading link
- AI voice coach shows promise in psychotherapy for depression and anxiety (UIC Today 5/16/2023)
- Personalized prediction of depression treatment outcomes with wearables (WUSTL 9/8/2022)
- Behavioral intervention reduces depression, anxiety in adults with obesity (UIC News 8/2/2022)
- Adaptive weight loss intervention study to test telehealth behavioral interventions (UIC News 8/1/2022)
- Health experts caution against ‘new normal’ strategies for COVID-19 (UIC Today 05/10/2022)
- How doctors can help their patients make heart-healthy lifestyle changes (AHA News 11/04/2021)
- Adults with asthma needed for healthy diet study (UIC News 10/13/2021)
- UIC researcher to test voice-activated AI to manage mental health symptoms (UIC News 9/14/2020)
- Integrated therapy treating obesity and depression is effective (UIC News, 3/5/2019)
- Tailoring behavioral therapy for depression, obesity based on how the brain responds (UIC News, 9/4/2018)
- Researchers track how behavioral therapies change brain function (UIC News, 9/30/2015)