“Mental health is health,” says C3EN Pilot Awardee Rachel Boutté. “There is no way to separate mental health from physical health because they’re connected in the same way that all of us have a brain that is connected to a body.”
Congratulations to Cycle 3 C3EN Pilot Awardees Victoria Flores, Melissa Gutierrez Kapheim, Shilpa Iyer, Anne Hoffman and Lauren Little (co-PIs), Milkie Vu, and Mohan Zalake!
On August 30, NBC Chicago featured Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton’s Food Is Medicine project — watch here
“No one is going to die from sinus disease. It’s just annoying: they can’t smell, they can’t taste, they can’t breathe. Treatment is really about working with patients to improve their quality of life.”
I want my research to contribute to positive changes for individuals with cognitive disabilities, their families, and the teams providing their care.