This study is the first to highlight family chaos as a mediator of asthma outcomes, with important clinical implications. Dr. Molly Martin, principal investigator of Asthma Action at Erie, is the study's senior author.
Jun Ma and colleagues report on what may be the first and largest randomized clinical trial of integrated collaborative care for coexisting obesity and depression. The researchers enrolled 409 participants in the RAINBOW study and report their 12-month findings in JAMA.
New research by Rachel Gordon and colleagues examines academic anxiety, stereotypes, social status and social values reported by recent high school graduates and finds some new views not held by previous generations.
Under the direction of Frank Chaloupka, UIC will advance evidence-based policy on tobacco taxation worldwide in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.
In an Illinois PRC project, Dilip Pandey and colleagues in UIC Neurology are enrolling 100 patients with epilepsy to test a new patient education tool.
In a recent series of studies that examined how zoning regulations influenced physical activity in a community, Jamie Chriqui found the involvement of urban planning students critical to her research.
The Midwest Roybal Center has awarded pilot funding to two UIC doctoral candidates -- one from the College of Applied Health Sciences, the other from the College of Nursing -- for their dissertation research.
