Center on Health, Aging, and Disability Announces New Phase

The Center on Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD) is proceeding into its next phase of development. According to Dean Tanya Gallagher, the Center is building upon the solid foundation established in its first year and is working with the campus to implement the recently launched campus-wide Health and Wellness Initiative.

Housed in Huff Hall, the Health and Wellness Initiative, in conjunction with CHAD will:

Mission

• Bring together scholars from a wide-range of units with expertise in health research
• Expand capacity and prominence of health and wellness research at Illinois though innovative work, new partnerships and large, multi-investigator efforts
• Position the institution for highest levels of success in securing external support for innovative scholarship in health and wellness arena.

Members of the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability's Advisory Committee are: Ken Watkin, Edward McAuley, and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, with Dean Tanya Gallagher serving as the director of the Center.

The Center is holding its second annual symposium on Friday, March 13, 2009. The theme of the symposium is The Science of Behavior Change. The Health and Wellness Initiative is a co-sponsor of this event. View more information or register for the symposium.

The Center will also be sponsoring a series of brown bag sessions for faculty, beginning in April. These sessions will be organized to provide information and a forum for discussion about research in health, aging, and disability. In addition, the Center is working on a research seminar series featuring external speakers that will commence in the fall.

For more information about CHAD contact Michele Guerra at (217) 333-4995, or mguerra@illinois.edu.