Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute at the University of Illinois

Community-engaged researchers are invited to submit a project for the Summer 2025 Community-Academic Scholars Program. This program provides substantive support for community-engaged research, transformational learning opportunities for students, and impactful community collaboration. All #Illinois community-engaged researchers are encouraged to apply, as the program seeks to address the multiple dimensions, determinants, and expanse of areas that affect human health and well-being. Applications are due January 12, 2025. Learn more and apply through our website https://lnkd.in/ggvhQUtb Interested? Learn about about program benefits, project selection, and insights from College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois Prof. Minakshi Raj & Prof. Meaghan McKenna about their experiences as academic mentors, at our upcoming information session Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. If you cannot attend the info session, please register for Zoom details to receive a notification when the recording is available: https://lnkd.in/gh4UwGAT *** About The Community Academic Scholars Program: Now in its seventh year, the Community-Academic Scholars program matches researchers with undergraduate research assistants who receive training, guidance, and a stipend to support their success. Beyond the summer program, researchers are invited to engage with IHSI to continue developing their projects. Community-Academic Scholars have diverse interests and skillsets, and all share a commitment to making an impact in our community. Preference is given to undergraduates with a demonstrated passion for or personal connection to the research being conducted. Previous mentors have shared that their scholars’ contributions and insights have been invaluable to their research projects, and that these mentoring relationships have also been personally rewarding. CAS is made possible in part with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Illinois

Last year, we hired an amazing cohort of new faculty working on climate impacts, risks, and inequality from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. (More on the cohort soon!) One of these stellar faculty - Tracy Lawson has teamed up with our very own Andrew Leakey to lead the Alliance for Socially-acceptable and Actionable Plants (ASAP) Global Center. We're so excited about it, and it's yet another example of campus and Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois leadership in climate and sustainability solutions. https://lnkd.in/gbquJCZ7

Cholera is a deadly diarrheal disease that, as a pandemic of inequity, infects 1.5 million people annually in developing countries. In my lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, we take a systems level approach to understand how the pathogen that causes cholera evolves and to identify novel therapeutic strategies to treat and prevent infections. To this end, first year graduate students rotating in my lab are using wax worms as a model to investigate fundamental questions. I’m excited to see the discoveries made in my group!

Congratulations to Special Education at Illinois Teaching Assistant Professor Emily Tarconish on being recognized as a member of The News-Gazette Forty Under 40 class of 2024.

Community-engaged researchers at #Illinois are invited to join for an information session Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. to learn more about the Community-Academic Scholars Program. This program provides substantive support for community-engaged research, transformational learning opportunities for students, and impactful community collaboration. During the info session, participants will learn more about the program and hear from researchers who have participated in the program. College of Applied Health Sciences at Illinois' Mina Raj and Meaghan McKenna will discuss their experience as academic mentors. Here are quotes from a few other academic mentors who have participated in the program as well! All Illinois community-engaged researchers are encouraged to apply, as the program seeks to address the multiple dimensions, determinants, and expanse of areas that affect human health and well-being. You can find a link to the application in our Linktree! If you cannot attend the info session, please be sure to register for Zoom details to receive a notification when the recording is available: https://lnkd.in/gtgmSqTh *** About The Community Academic Scholars Program: Now in its seventh year, the Community-Academic Scholars program matches researchers with undergraduate research assistants who receive training, guidance, and a stipend to support their success. Beyond the summer program, researchers are invited to engage with IHSI to continue developing their projects. Community-Academic Scholars have diverse interests and skillsets, and all share a commitment to making an impact in our community. Preference is given to undergraduates with a demonstrated passion for or personal connection to the research being conducted. Previous mentors have shared that their scholars’ contributions and insights have been invaluable to their research projects, and that these mentoring relationships have also been personally rewarding. CAS is made possible in part with the support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Illinois.