Honors Fellows aid in researching a grant aimed to support underserved caregivers
Via UIC Today article:
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are looking for new ways to support underserved caregivers, especially those who have language or cultural barriers.
UIC’s College of Applied Health Sciences Institute on Disability and Human Development, in partnership with Brandeis University, has been awarded a five-year, $4.3 million Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Family Support grant from the Administration for Community Living’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Sumithra Murthy, the project’s principal investigator, said the institute has long been known for its efforts to meld aging and disability research, practice and policy. However, she added, more work is needed to understand the experiences of Hispanic, Black and LGBTQ+ caregivers.
Additional UIC researchers on the project include Kelly Hsieh, David Camacho (Honors Fellow), Randa Abdelrahim, Jae Jin Pak and Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon, Jr., in the department of disability and human development; Tanvi Bhatt in the department of physical therapy; and Spyros Kitsiou (Honors Fellow) in the department of biomedical and health information sciences.