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Thanks for visiting this page where we work together to capture the various facets of our team's journey to date. For posts older than 2020, please see this website.

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Mary Receives AWIS Chicago 2021 Motivator Award

Posted on October 20, 2021

Mary is the recipient of the 2021 Motivator Award by the Chicago Area Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), awarded to individuals with demonstrated service, support, and mentorship of women in science.

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Reconnecting with CPERL Alum Dianna Bosak

Posted on October 14, 2021

Our team was honored to have our esteemed alum, Dianna Bosak, join our lab meeting earlier this fall to talk about and get feedback on her journey post CPERL.

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Vera Becomes a NIDILRR Switzer Merit Research Fellow

Posted on October 07, 2021

Vera was awarded the NIDILRR Switzer Merit Research Fellowship, a prestigious award that supports highly qualified individuals to build momentum for their research careers to support the full participation of individuals with disabilities.

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CPERL welcomes Marlene

Posted on September 24, 2021

CPERL welcomes Marlene to our team! Marlene is a junior at UIC majoring in kinesiology and part of the Honors College. She is very passionate about becoming a pediatric occupational therapist, and found…

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New CCTS article and podcast feature

Posted on August 24, 2021

CPERL partners to produce an article and podcast on our academic-community partnership for YC-PEM implementation in early intervention practice.

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Zuri models the way for transitioning up in CPERL

Posted on August 11, 2021

Zuri is our very first CPERL team member to transition up from undergraduate to graduate study at UIC. This past May, Zuri graduated from her honors undergraduate program of study with a major…

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New Lab Website

Posted on April 30, 2021

We are excited to share that we have just launched a new and improved CPERL website.

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Vivian Receives Most Promising Pediatric Clinician Award

Posted on March 24, 2021

We are excited to announce that Vivian is an awardee of a Most Promising Pediatric Clinician Award presented by Chicago Occupational Therapy. This award recognizes students with excellent clinical competence, academic performance, and…

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Vera Defends Dissertation Proposal

Posted on February 12, 2021

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we proudly announce that CPERL has its first PhD candidate! Last Fall, Vera completed her preliminary exam and got busy designing her dissertation proposal, which she successfully…

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CanChild Contract Renewed

Posted on February 01, 2021

CPERL renews sponsored contract to support research and development activities relevant to the CanChild portfolio.

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CPERL Welcomes Julia

Posted on January 22, 2021

We welcome Julia Sim to the CPERL team! Julia is currently completing her junior year as a psychology major, where she is also a part of the Honors College program. Julia will be completing her honors capstone in our lab.

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CPERL Celebrates 10 Years Strong

Posted on January 13, 2021

Our lab began the year with our annual lab retreat, followed by an evening event to celebrate our first (but not last) decade of accomplishment and growth.

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Vivian Defends OTD

Posted on November 13, 2020

Last week, Vivian successfully defended her capstone project to earn her clinical doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD), with her family, colleagues, mentors, and friends in attendance via Zoom.

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Vera Passes PhD Preliminary Exam

Posted on October 20, 2020

Vera, CPERL's first PhD student, passes her preliminary exam and advances to designing her dissertation proposal this Fall.

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Partnering to Launch New Trial, Pandemic Style

Posted on October 15, 2020

CPERL together with our partners at Rocky Mountain Human Services (RMHS) are launching a new pragmatic trial researching the implementation of the Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM) in early intervention.

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Publication Alert: Building an Anti-Racist CPERL

Posted on October 07, 2020

AWIS Magazine publication exploring the importance of building an anti-racist research lab, how to action plan for an anti-racist research lab, and where CPERL plans to go in the near future.

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Grant Alert: New AHRQ R01

Posted on September 09, 2020

Mary Khetani and CPERL team will contribute to an exciting interdisciplinary AHRQ R01 project on early intervention

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CPERL Welcomes Varun

Posted on August 27, 2020

We extend a warm welcome to Varun Maheshwari to the CPERL team!

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Semi-Farewell to Kyle

Posted on August 14, 2020

Our newest CPERL member, Kyle Truevillian, has completed his summer internship with us and is headed back down to begin his junior year at Emory University this Fall.