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Thursday, June 12, 2025
The Dissemination & Implementation Science Summer Program in Chicago (D&I in CHI) is a 10-week internship designed to provide undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students with hands-on research experience and mentorship in the growing field of Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) science. This program, hosted by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at UIC
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
On June 4, the UIC Center for Global Health celebrated the graduation of 14 residents and fellows from UIC’s Graduate Global Health Program. Some of the graduates included physicians from the Department of Medicine Divisions of Academic Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism!
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
The Dissemination & Implementation Science Summer Program in Chicago (D&I in CHI) is a 10-week internship designed to provide undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students with hands-on research experience and mentorship in the growing field of Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) science. This program, hosted by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at UIC
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Study tracks 6 years of mood and cigarette use in youth, revealing surprising patterns in emotional stability.Dr. Ashley D. Kendall and others are leading a new longitudinal study published in Addiction examining whether increased cigarette use improves emotional stability in adolescents. The study followed 255 youth across six years using
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Feasibility Testing a Meditation App for Professionals Working With Youth in the Legal System: Protocol for a Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness-Implementation Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialDr. Ashley D. Kendall and CDIS faculty members are leading a new study evaluating Bodhi AIM+, a meditation app tailored for professionals working with youth in
Monday, April 21, 2025
Exploring the nuanced relationship between meditation app use and psychological distress among justice-involved youthCDIS faculty members Dr. Ashley D. Kendall and Dr. Bethany C. Bray co-authored a new study published in Clinical Psychological Science examining how different ways of measuring “dosage” of a meditation app relate to changes in psychological
Monday, April 21, 2025
IMAGE study explores a culturally grounded approach to community-based sexual health programming.Black girls in the U.S. continue to face disproportionately high rates of HIV and STIs. Meanwhile, Black male caregivers are often underutilized in prevention efforts, despite their unique role in shaping family relationships. A newly published protocol paper in
Monday, April 14, 2025
A qualitative study explores how to adapt and implement a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina teens and their caregivers.A new study led by Dr. Kate Merrill and co-authored by CDIS researchers and community partners explores how the Floreciendo program was adapted to better serve Latina teens and their
Monday, April 7, 2025
Using Implementation Science to Deliver Culturally Grounded Sexual and Reproductive Health ProgramsA recent study led by Dr. Kate Merrill and co-authored by CDIS researchers and community partners outlines a strategy for implementing Floreciendo, a culturally grounded sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers. This program
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) named Dr. Momen Abbasi as one of the two recipients of its 2025 Clinical Scientist in Nephrology (CSN) fellowship program on March 25, 2025, in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Abbasi, a nephrology fellow at the University of Illinois Chicago, is pioneering non-invasive kidney disease assessment by
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Study Highlights the Importance of Culturally Adapted Assessments for Depression, Anxiety, and PTSDA recent study co-authored by CDIS researchers, including Dr. Erin Emerson and Dr. Geri Donenberg, has been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The research focuses on assessing the psychometric properties of mental health screening tools among
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Publication: JAMA Internal Medicine Published on: 2024 Dec 30 Multicenter NIH-funded Clinical Trial Finds that Intervention Improved Pain for Adults Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis Drs. Michael Fischer and Ardith Doorenbos led the UIC-team in a multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of pain coping skills training for pain among adults
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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