Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton receives NIH R01 for Food Is Medicine study
Congratulations to C3EN Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton, assistant professor at UIC College of Nursing, on receiving an NIH R01 for FIM+DASH: A randomized Food Is Medicine trial to promote healthy eating and blood pressure control in hypertensive Black women with obesity!
C3EN’s Tricia Johnson and Aloka Patel receive third R01 to support study to increase breast milk for preterm babies
Congratulations to C3EN Administrative Core co-director Tricia Johnson, Professor of Health Systems Management at Rush University, and Multi-PI Aloka Patel, Glore Family Professor of Neonatology at Rush University, on receiving a third NIH R01 grant in support of their ReDiMOM (Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother’s Own Milk) study!
Pilot Awardee Chuka Emezue named the inaugural John L. and Helen Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar at Rush College of Nursing
Congratulations to C3EN Pilot Awardee Chuka Emezue on being named the inaugural John L. and Helen Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar at Rush College of Nursing! This autumn, Emezue’s EMERGE Innovations Lab continues their annual Technology and Adolescent Mental Health Internship (TAMI) program for high school students — a program initiated with a $3000 C3EN community grant.
C3EN’s Second FQHC-Researcher Convening Shares Firsthand Advice on Research Partnerships
On September 18, 2025, C3EN hosted the second of two FQHC-researcher convenings in partnership with the Institute for Translational Medicine at Rush University. Facilitated by Doriane Miller, C3EN Community Engagement Core co-director and Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, the event included presentations and a panel discussion intended to support collaboration between researchers and federally qualified health centers.
