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.
News & Events
- University of Illinois Part of Team Receiving $14.7 Million Grant to Study Emerging Technologies for Older Adults
The University of Illinois is part of a consortium that has been awarded a five-year, $14.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (National […] - Chittenden Symposium
The Chittenden Symposium is a collaboration between Kinesiology and Community Health (KCH) and Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (ISE). This year’s symposium brought together faculty […] - New CHART Coordinator Alyssa Stanfield
Alyssa Stanfield was brought on as the CHART Coordinator in January 2022. Alyssa grew up in the Champaign-Urbana area and graduated from Illinois State University […]
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
Wendy A Rogers, PhD, Widya A Ramadhani, MArch, Maurita T Harris, MS Defining Aging in Place: The Intersectionality of Space, Person, and Time. Innovation in Aging, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2020, igaa036 https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa036
