Researchers across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus are creating solutions and advancing the health sciences from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Here we highlight some of the researchers who are making strides in the areas of clinical and translational neuroscience, health disparities, and maternal and child health.
Clinical & Translational Neuroscience
Catherine Best-Popescu, PhD
Department of Bioengineering
Jefferson Chan, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Catherine Christian, PhD
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Hee Jung Chung, PhD
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Fatima Husain, PhD
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
John Polk, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Laura Rice, PhD
Department of Kinesiology & Community Health
Sepideh Sadaghiani, PhD
Department of Psychology
Health Disparities
Reginald Alston, PhD
Department of Kinesiology & Community Health
Karen Tabb Dina, PhD
School of Social Work
Craig Gundersen, PhD
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Daniel Morrow, PhD
Department of Educational Psychology
Chelsea Singleton, PhD
Department of Kinesiology & Community Health
Ryan Wade, PhD
School of Social Work
Kate Wegmann, PhD
School of Social Work
Robin Fretwell Wilson, J.D.
College of Law
Maternal & Child Health
Meghan Burke, PhD
Department of Special Education
Karen Tabb Dina, PhD
School of Social Work
Jodi Flaws, PhD
Department of Comparative Biosciences
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, PhD
Department of Kinesiology & Community Health
Microbial Systems
Stephen Boppart, MD, PhD
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
Shannon Sirk, PhD
Department of Bioengineering