Harnessing Technology to Support Successful Aging

Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, & Technology, or CHART, is an interdisciplinary research program comprised of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty, community members, and healthcare providers devoted to supporting research efforts that promote aging successfully through the use of technology.

Our Mission

To enable successful aging through:

  • Fundamental research
  • Advanced technology development
  • Education of researchers, developers, healthcare professionals, and older adults
  • Guidance for policy decision-making
  • Translation of these efforts to positively affect the lives of older adults.

Publications

Nguyen, L.T., Marini, F., Shende, S.A., Llano, D.A., Mudar, R.A.  Investigating EEG theta and alpha oscillations as measures of value-directed strategic processing in cognitively normal younger and older adults. Behavioural Brain Research. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112702

Chaparro, G.N., Sosnoff, J.J. & Hernandez, M.E. Effects of aerobic fitness on cognitive motor interference during self-paced treadmill walking in older adults. Aging Clin Exp Res 32, 2539–2547 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01479-2

Mejía, S. T., Giasson, H. L., Smith, J., & Gonzalez, R. (2020). Concurrent and enduring associations between married partners’ shared beliefs and markers of aging. Psychology and Aging, 35 (7), 925–936. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000515