College of AHS at Illinois
@ahsillinois.bsky.social
The College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Working to enhance health and wellness across the lifespan. ahs.illinois.edu
This week, meet Speech and Hearing Science Clinical Associate Professor Clarion Mendes, whose work spans research, teaching and her role at the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Clinic.
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This week, meet Speech and Hearing Science Clinical Associate Professor Clarion Mendes, whose work spans research, teaching and her role at the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Clinic.
An upcoming AHS study on the health needs of individuals with Down syndrome is listening to the community every step of the way.
“We realized that the research as a whole is missing that perspective from individuals with Down syndrome themselves."
Story: ahs.illinois.edu/health-study...
“We realized that the research as a whole is missing that perspective from individuals with Down syndrome themselves."
Story: ahs.illinois.edu/health-study...
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
An upcoming AHS study on the health needs of individuals with Down syndrome is listening to the community every step of the way.
“We realized that the research as a whole is missing that perspective from individuals with Down syndrome themselves."
Story: ahs.illinois.edu/health-study...
“We realized that the research as a whole is missing that perspective from individuals with Down syndrome themselves."
Story: ahs.illinois.edu/health-study...
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In her latest policy analysis, Mina Raj, assistant professor at
@ahsillinois.bsky.social explores the impact of the CARE Act and how it improves outcomes for patients, strengthens health systems, and benefits states.
Read the full analysis here: ow.ly/Lfx250X0htC
@ahsillinois.bsky.social explores the impact of the CARE Act and how it improves outcomes for patients, strengthens health systems, and benefits states.
Read the full analysis here: ow.ly/Lfx250X0htC
IGPA - The University of Illinois System is the people's university, and IGPA is the people's policy think tank.
The University of Illinois System is the people's university, and IGPA is the people's policy think tank.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In her latest policy analysis, Mina Raj, assistant professor at
@ahsillinois.bsky.social explores the impact of the CARE Act and how it improves outcomes for patients, strengthens health systems, and benefits states.
Read the full analysis here: ow.ly/Lfx250X0htC
@ahsillinois.bsky.social explores the impact of the CARE Act and how it improves outcomes for patients, strengthens health systems, and benefits states.
Read the full analysis here: ow.ly/Lfx250X0htC
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Aging. It happens to all of us yet we don’t fully understand how it happens.
Marni and Stephen Boppart from @ahsillinois.bsky.social are developing a new microscopy platform that can illuminate the role of extracellular vesicles in cellular aging. #FrontierScience alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
Marni and Stephen Boppart from @ahsillinois.bsky.social are developing a new microscopy platform that can illuminate the role of extracellular vesicles in cellular aging. #FrontierScience alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
Real-time label-free dynamic imaging of extracellular vesicles in live tissues
Researchers Marni and Stephen Boppart will use next-generation, multimodal, nonlinear optical microscopy techniques to obtain real-time, dynamic images of EVs in living tissues and use this advanced p...
alleninstitute.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Aging. It happens to all of us yet we don’t fully understand how it happens.
Marni and Stephen Boppart from @ahsillinois.bsky.social are developing a new microscopy platform that can illuminate the role of extracellular vesicles in cellular aging. #FrontierScience alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
Marni and Stephen Boppart from @ahsillinois.bsky.social are developing a new microscopy platform that can illuminate the role of extracellular vesicles in cellular aging. #FrontierScience alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
That first week of class feeling. ✨
August 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That first week of class feeling. ✨
We're so ready for this year to begin! 🧡
Fall Welcome is just three days away ... see you soon, Class of 2029.
Fall Welcome is just three days away ... see you soon, Class of 2029.
August 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We're so ready for this year to begin! 🧡
Fall Welcome is just three days away ... see you soon, Class of 2029.
Fall Welcome is just three days away ... see you soon, Class of 2029.
New research co-authored by a Health and Kinesiology professor reveals an alarming rise in U.S. fatalities from misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.
Read about this emerging public health issue: go.illinois.edu/nitrousoxidestudy
@rachelhoopsick.bsky.social @yockeyandrew.bsky.social
Read about this emerging public health issue: go.illinois.edu/nitrousoxidestudy
@rachelhoopsick.bsky.social @yockeyandrew.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New research co-authored by a Health and Kinesiology professor reveals an alarming rise in U.S. fatalities from misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.
Read about this emerging public health issue: go.illinois.edu/nitrousoxidestudy
@rachelhoopsick.bsky.social @yockeyandrew.bsky.social
Read about this emerging public health issue: go.illinois.edu/nitrousoxidestudy
@rachelhoopsick.bsky.social @yockeyandrew.bsky.social
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Our latest paper, led by @yockeyandrew.bsky.social, examines CDC mortality data and shows that nitrous oxide poisoning deaths, though relatively few, have risen dramatically in the US in recent years. We are at the bottom of a hill with a steep ascent, and now is the time to act.
US Nitrous Oxide Mortality
This cohort study describes national trends in nitrous oxide poisoning mortality in the US from 2010 to 2023.
jamanetwork.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Our latest paper, led by @yockeyandrew.bsky.social, examines CDC mortality data and shows that nitrous oxide poisoning deaths, though relatively few, have risen dramatically in the US in recent years. We are at the bottom of a hill with a steep ascent, and now is the time to act.
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Max Wallace started with one program at IHSI. Now he’s helping lead community-driven public health work across our community and the state. 🤝📣
🌟 Meet Max: The Connector, Collaborator, Community Champion and Two-time @ahsillinois.bsky.social alum!
healthinstitute.illinois.edu/news…
🌟 Meet Max: The Connector, Collaborator, Community Champion and Two-time @ahsillinois.bsky.social alum!
healthinstitute.illinois.edu/news…
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Max Wallace started with one program at IHSI. Now he’s helping lead community-driven public health work across our community and the state. 🤝📣
🌟 Meet Max: The Connector, Collaborator, Community Champion and Two-time @ahsillinois.bsky.social alum!
healthinstitute.illinois.edu/news…
🌟 Meet Max: The Connector, Collaborator, Community Champion and Two-time @ahsillinois.bsky.social alum!
healthinstitute.illinois.edu/news…
Our Spring 2025 newsletters have arrived! 🗞️ 🔶
First up, our college-wide AHS Newsletter, featuring stories on new research, professorships, student accomplishments, and much more: go.illinois.edu/AHSspring25
Read it and share widely! 📖
First up, our college-wide AHS Newsletter, featuring stories on new research, professorships, student accomplishments, and much more: go.illinois.edu/AHSspring25
Read it and share widely! 📖
May 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our Spring 2025 newsletters have arrived! 🗞️ 🔶
First up, our college-wide AHS Newsletter, featuring stories on new research, professorships, student accomplishments, and much more: go.illinois.edu/AHSspring25
Read it and share widely! 📖
First up, our college-wide AHS Newsletter, featuring stories on new research, professorships, student accomplishments, and much more: go.illinois.edu/AHSspring25
Read it and share widely! 📖
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At the next cookout, does it matter if you choose a cheeseburger or a veggie protein option for building muscle mass? 🍔🥗
New research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Illinois shows that either option will work out. 💪
Learn more: ow.ly/JfA850VOO7r
New research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Illinois shows that either option will work out. 💪
Learn more: ow.ly/JfA850VOO7r
May 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
At the next cookout, does it matter if you choose a cheeseburger or a veggie protein option for building muscle mass? 🍔🥗
New research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Illinois shows that either option will work out. 💪
Learn more: ow.ly/JfA850VOO7r
New research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Illinois shows that either option will work out. 💪
Learn more: ow.ly/JfA850VOO7r
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🚨 Calling all aspiring research leaders! 🚨Nominations are OPEN for the 25–26 Emerging Research Leaders Academy! Ready to lead large grants & major research efforts? ERLA offers the training needed to succeed!
Accepting nominations until May 16!
🔗 redcap.healthinstitute.illinois.edu/surveys/?s=3...
Accepting nominations until May 16!
🔗 redcap.healthinstitute.illinois.edu/surveys/?s=3...
April 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 Calling all aspiring research leaders! 🚨Nominations are OPEN for the 25–26 Emerging Research Leaders Academy! Ready to lead large grants & major research efforts? ERLA offers the training needed to succeed!
Accepting nominations until May 16!
🔗 redcap.healthinstitute.illinois.edu/surveys/?s=3...
Accepting nominations until May 16!
🔗 redcap.healthinstitute.illinois.edu/surveys/?s=3...
A huge congratulations to all our undergraduates who presented at last week's Undergrad Research Symposium! 🔬
Fascinating studies all throughout Applied Health Sciences.
Fascinating studies all throughout Applied Health Sciences.
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A huge congratulations to all our undergraduates who presented at last week's Undergrad Research Symposium! 🔬
Fascinating studies all throughout Applied Health Sciences.
Fascinating studies all throughout Applied Health Sciences.
Huff Hall is ready for spring break. 🌼
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Huff Hall is ready for spring break. 🌼
Hey, Illini! Stay tuned for Orange & Blue Crowdfunding Week.
🧡💙
Starting March 3, we're powering campaigns that make a difference right here on campus: like supporting student veterans, AHS abroad, students with disabilities and leaders at I-LEAP.
Check out go.illinois.edu/orangeandblue today!
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Starting March 3, we're powering campaigns that make a difference right here on campus: like supporting student veterans, AHS abroad, students with disabilities and leaders at I-LEAP.
Check out go.illinois.edu/orangeandblue today!
Orange and Blue Week 2025
Go #OrangeAndBlue with me and support your favorite project at Illinois!
go.illinois.edu
February 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hey, Illini! Stay tuned for Orange & Blue Crowdfunding Week.
🧡💙
Starting March 3, we're powering campaigns that make a difference right here on campus: like supporting student veterans, AHS abroad, students with disabilities and leaders at I-LEAP.
Check out go.illinois.edu/orangeandblue today!
🧡💙
Starting March 3, we're powering campaigns that make a difference right here on campus: like supporting student veterans, AHS abroad, students with disabilities and leaders at I-LEAP.
Check out go.illinois.edu/orangeandblue today!
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LAST CHANCE to sign up! REGISTER BY 2/21! calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5212?...
February 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
LAST CHANCE to sign up! REGISTER BY 2/21! calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5212?...
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Our latest paper in Armed Forces & Society suggests that reservists' motivations for joining the military may play a role in post-deployment mental health: doi.org/10.1177/0095...
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our latest paper in Armed Forces & Society suggests that reservists' motivations for joining the military may play a role in post-deployment mental health: doi.org/10.1177/0095...
The AHS annual magazine Moving Forward has arrived! This year's theme: How the college practices what we teach. 📚
Visit the link to read the digital version of Moving Forward 2025: ahs.illinois.edu/moving-forwa...
Visit the link to read the digital version of Moving Forward 2025: ahs.illinois.edu/moving-forwa...
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The AHS annual magazine Moving Forward has arrived! This year's theme: How the college practices what we teach. 📚
Visit the link to read the digital version of Moving Forward 2025: ahs.illinois.edu/moving-forwa...
Visit the link to read the digital version of Moving Forward 2025: ahs.illinois.edu/moving-forwa...
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Did you know February is #Tinnitus Awareness Month? Watch this video to learn how Beckman researcher Fatima Husain uses #MRI to study it. 👂🧪
#TinnitusAwarenessMonth2025
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#TinnitusAwarenessMonth2025
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February 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Did you know February is #Tinnitus Awareness Month? Watch this video to learn how Beckman researcher Fatima Husain uses #MRI to study it. 👂🧪
#TinnitusAwarenessMonth2025
@ahsillinois.bsky.social
#TinnitusAwarenessMonth2025
@ahsillinois.bsky.social
Great chance for health equity discussion in just a couple weeks! Register at the Zoom link in the post 🔽
How can you advance #healthequity throughout the research cycle?
Sima Sharghi, Senior Statistician at Akron Children's Hospital, will discuss how to embed justice, equity, & inclusion in your work from research design to dissemination.
Register for Zoom details: illinois.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sima Sharghi, Senior Statistician at Akron Children's Hospital, will discuss how to embed justice, equity, & inclusion in your work from research design to dissemination.
Register for Zoom details: illinois.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Great chance for health equity discussion in just a couple weeks! Register at the Zoom link in the post 🔽
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We are NOW ACCEPTING applications for IHSI's Community-Academic Scholars Program. CAS matches undergrads with community & academic mentors to address issues affecting our community.
Check out the thread below for a list of research project topics!
Apply by Feb. 6! go.illinois.edu/CAS_Info
Check out the thread below for a list of research project topics!
Apply by Feb. 6! go.illinois.edu/CAS_Info
January 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We are NOW ACCEPTING applications for IHSI's Community-Academic Scholars Program. CAS matches undergrads with community & academic mentors to address issues affecting our community.
Check out the thread below for a list of research project topics!
Apply by Feb. 6! go.illinois.edu/CAS_Info
Check out the thread below for a list of research project topics!
Apply by Feb. 6! go.illinois.edu/CAS_Info
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Marni Boppart, a CDB affiliate faculty member, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.
go.mcb.illinois.edu/PECASE
go.mcb.illinois.edu/PECASE
January 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Marni Boppart, a CDB affiliate faculty member, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.
go.mcb.illinois.edu/PECASE
go.mcb.illinois.edu/PECASE
Health and Kinesiology Prof. Marni Boppart received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career researchers in this field.
🔶 Congratulations, Marni! 🔷
🔶 Congratulations, Marni! 🔷
January 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Health and Kinesiology Prof. Marni Boppart received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career researchers in this field.
🔶 Congratulations, Marni! 🔷
🔶 Congratulations, Marni! 🔷
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The celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues with events across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
Calendar ➡ go.illinois.edu/mlk2025
Calendar ➡ go.illinois.edu/mlk2025
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues with events across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
Calendar ➡ go.illinois.edu/mlk2025
Calendar ➡ go.illinois.edu/mlk2025
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Check out "Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Legacy of Boston Personalism" by J. Edward Hackett in The Pluralist Vol. 17, Iss. 3.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Check out "Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Legacy of Boston Personalism" by J. Edward Hackett in The Pluralist Vol. 17, Iss. 3.