Bright and early on the morning of Saturday, September 21, 2024, the CHART organized team, CHART – Illinois, gathered at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana, IL… Read more: Team CHART – Illinois Raises Awareness for Alzheimer’s Care, Support, and Research at the Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s

CHART members Samuel Olatunji, PH.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harshal Mahajan PH. D., Research Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Research at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home,… Read more: CHART Members Win the Innovation Research on Aging Bronze Award from the Mather Institute

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Marianne Downey and Betoel Escobar, Community Advisory Panel members met with Wendy Rogers, CHART Director and Carrie Wennerdahl, CHART Coordinator to… Read more: CHART Community Advisory Panel Comes Together for Spring 2024 Meeting

On January 11, 2024 CHART Director Wendy Rogers, CHART Coordinator Carrie Wennerdahl, and CHART members Harshal Mahajan, Shannon Mejia, and Raksha Mudar visited the Illinois Assistive… Read more: Members of CHART and ClarkLindsey Tour IATP in Springfield

During the evening of Thursday, November 9, 2023, CHART faculty, postdocs, students, alumni, and collaborators attended the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting… Read more: Illinois Hosts Reception at 2023 GSA Conference

From September 28-30, 2023, CHART welcomed Dr. Kathleen Insel, Ph.D., RN, and Dr. Jeannie Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASHP, Visiting Scholars from the University of Arizona for research… Read more: CHART Welcomes Visiting Scholars from the University of Arizona

On September 25, 2023, CHART Director, Wendy Rogers and Coordinator, Carrie Wennerdahl welcomed and provided Amy Brennen, Executive Director of the Illinois Caregiver Coalition and Susan… Read more: McKechnie Family LIFE Home Tour and Collaboration

National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Grant #R44 AG072982 On January 31st, 2023, McKechnie Family LIFE Home hosted… Read more: Stretching Their Reach: Robotic Support for Older Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Early Alzheimer’s Dementia, and Mobility Impairments

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… Read more: CHART Hosts Illinois Department on Aging

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… Read more: CHART organizes a networking dinner at GSA

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… Read more: CHART Hosts Community Members for Active Aging Week

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… Read more: CHART Participates in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s

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… Read more: University of Illinois Part of Team Receiving $14.7 Million Grant to Study Emerging Technologies for Older Adults

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… Read more: Chittenden Symposium

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… Read more: New CHART Coordinator Alyssa Stanfield

CHART was featured as a program on the cutting edge of optimizing technology for older adults in a recent American Psychological Association Monitor article. The article… Read more: CHART Featured in APA Monitor Article

Drs. Raksha Mudar, Mina Raj, and Wendy Rogers received funding from the Retirement Research Foundation for a proposal which seeks to test the impact of video… Read more: Mudar, Raj, and Rogers receive RRF Grant

The CHART Steering Committee re-convened in April to continue planning for the future while reviewing past activities. The committee discussed the importance of collaboration with external… Read more: CHART Steering Committee Re-Convenes

An increasing number of older adults live independently but have health conditions that must be managed—both chronic and acute. A grant awarded to an interdisciplinary team… Read more: Grant permits interdisciplinary research team to explore how soft robots can support healthcare

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now a member of the Age-friendly University Global Network, which Wendy Rogers took the initiative to incorporate the U… Read more: Wendy Rogers, director of CHART, featured in the Illini News as the University of Illinois joins the Age-friendly University Global Network

The Center on Health, Aging, and Disability welcomed Ron Zimmer – CEO, Greg Walker – Research Director, and Andrew Glennie – Member Services Coordinator representing the… Read more: Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) Presents at CHAD Seminar

Raksha Mudar and Wendy Rogers’ efforts to increase older adults’ access to technology couldn’t be more timely in our COVID-19 world. Mudar and Rogers, professors at… Read more: CHART Researchers Raksha Mudar and Wendy Rogers Featured by ASHA

The CHART YouTube channel was recent launched and now includes videos providing tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Amazon Echo device.  Make… Read more: CHART YouTube Channel Provides Amazon Echo Tips and Tricks

CHART researcher Dr. Shannon Mejia, and Human Factors & Aging Laboratory Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr. Allura Lothary were invited speakers in the Clark-Lindsey Village Ageism Virtual… Read more: Drs. Shannon Mejía and Allura Lothary Present on Ageism Topics to Clark-Lindsey Village Staff and Residents

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Never has there been a more important time to help older adults stay connected. A grant awarded to two University of Illinois researchers aims to advance… Read more: AHS researchers get grant to study social engagement over video technology