On November 2nd, 2022, Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, and Technology (CHART) hosted the Illinois Department on Aging (IDOA) at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home. The purpose of this meeting was for the IDOA to meet with staff from CHART, the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD), and the McKechnie Family LIFE Home. The […]
CHART organized an Illinois Networking Dinner at the Gerontological Society of America conference in Indianapolis. The dinner was hosted at the Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe and was attended by Illinois students, faculty, alumni, and many collaborators from other universities. Many thanks to our cosponsors, the department of Kinesiology and Community Health and TechSAge. It was a wonderful […]
By: Tonya Muzhylko and Alyssa Stanfield The McKechnie Family LIFE Home hosted an event during this year’s Active Aging Week. Community members were invited to come and take a tour of the LIFE Home and see demonstrations of the various technology that this research facility offers. The McKechnie Family LIFE Home is a cutting-edge research […]
By: Kennedy Campbell The Alzheimer’s Association hosted the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, September 17th at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana. The Alzheimer’s Association is a 501(c)3 organization focused on supporting the research efforts of Alzheimer’s disease. 287 Participants and 73 Teams participated in Saturday’s walk. The Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, & Technology […]
Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement Website CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999. It is dedicated to ensure that the benefits of technology can be realized by older adults to support and enhance the independence, productivity, health, safety, social connectedness and quality of life of older people. The […]
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 Institutes of Health) for the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). University of Illinois Professor Wendy Rogers—of the Dept. of Kinesiology and Community Health within […]
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 from both departments to share research related to this year’s theme “Human Factors in Health Technology.” Dr. Wendy Rogers, CHART Director, was part of the final presentation, with Dr. Girish […]
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 with a Bachelors in Community Health Promotion in 2020. She also serves as the Assistant Director for the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD) and the Operations Manager of […]
We are studying how impaired heart health affects the brain while walking. This one-day study will take ~3.5 hours in the lab and you will receive a check payment of $30. If you are >55 years old, do not have any medical condition, and are willing to participate in a walking and balance study, then […]
Are you/were you a caregiver to a veteran with a brain-related injury? Are you 60 years of age or older? If the answer is yes, now is your chance to be part of the first-ever study that is trying to understand the needs and experiences of older caregivers of veterans with traumatic brain injury to […]