How to join CHAD

The Center on Health, Aging, and Disability Advisory Committee encourages College of Applied Health Sciences’ faculty, as well as interested researchers from across the campus, to become members of the Center. Applying is simple. If you are interested in becoming a member please send us the following:

A letter expressing interest in becoming a Center member. This letter should be about one page in length, and express specifically why you are interested in Center membership. The letter should also describe how your research (or future research interests) helps advance the Center's goals:

The Center's goals

• Promote health and wellness; healthy aging across the lifespan; healthy communities; and optimal participation of individuals with disabilities.
• Nurture inter-disciplinary research projects that are innovative and creative.
• Facilitate translational research that directly involves the populations impacted by the research.

Please address your letter to Dean Tanya M Gallagher, PhD., Director of the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability.

A current version of your curriculum vitae.

Once your application materials are received, they will be reviewed by the CHAD Advisory Committee.

Learn about the benefits of becoming a CHAD member. If you have other questions regarding membership please contact Michele Guerra at (217) 333-4995 or mguerra@illinois.edu.