Illinois Kids Development Study - IKIDS

One of the IKIDS investigators, Dr. Karen Tabb, is leading this important work!

Paper: Policy reforms urgently needed to mitigate racial disparities in perinatal mental health conditions Significant reforms in U.S. health care and economic policies are needed to mitigate the stark disparities in perinatal mental health diagnoses and treatment that place racial minority women at greater risk of mortality and morbidity, according to a team of researchers that cowrote a paper published...

Beckman Open House 2024!

Another news story about IKIDS:

The IKIDS study is uncovering how prenatal exposure to chemicals can affect a child’s development - IPM Newsroom Chemicals and other environmental exposures are affecting the neurodevelopment of babies and children, according to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research study IKIDS. IKIDS, which stands for Illinois Kids Development Study, follows pregnant people from their first trimester and mea...

Please come check out our table at the upcoming Beckman Open House!

One month until the Beckman Institute Open House!

Visit go.beckman.illinois.edu/OpenHouse to learn more.

Dr. Schantz is a co-author on the study mentioned in this CNN article!

Chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to rise in premature births, study says | CNN Chemicals used in clear plastic food packaging and other products may be responsible for up to 10% of premature births in the US during 2018, a new study found.

Higher acetaminophen intake in pregnancy linked to attention deficits in young children A new study links more frequent acetaminophen use during pregnancy to attention problems in 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds.

Congratulations to Drs. Aguiar, Tabb, and Geiger on this new grant!

Beckman announces 2023 research seed grant recipients The Beckman Institute brings researchers from many disciplines together to collaborate. The result: scientific advances that couldn’t occur any other way.

Read about the I-MOMS project!

Women’s Health: MSU researcher exploring effects of chemical exposure during pregnancy, beyond MSU scientist Rita Strakovsky leads the I-MOMS project, which evaluates mothers four to seven years after giving birth.

Happy to share this great news with everyone!! IKIDS has been awarded funding to continue our study for 7 more years!

IKIDS child health research gets another boost in funding With new , Illinois Kids Development Study will continue its work to understand the relationship between environmental exposures and child and maternal health and development.

Several of our IKIDS undergraduate students graduated this May. Please join me in congratulating them on this BIG accomplishment! 🥳👩‍🎓

Happy Mother's Day!

The IKIDS Team had a lunch outing at Farren's Pub & Eatery today. Thank you to those who were able to make it! It was great to see you all
I wanted to thank Bre for organizing our get together! And, congratulations to those of you who are graduating this semester!!

Come check out our booth at the 2023 Beckman Open House!

Thank you for the delicious cookies, Dr. Sue Schantz! We all received this wonderful box of cookies from Sue! 🍪🍪🎄🎄

Happy Friday! I wanted to share a picture from Dr. Sarah Geiger's recent outing with her students. Dr. Geiger would like to wish everyone happy holidays!

In the picture:
Grace Kim* (second from left), undergraduate
Kaisy Geonzon* (third from left), undergraduate
Cai Zhang* (third from right), PhD student
Fatima Naveed* (far right), undergraduate
Maddie Lamphear (far left), undergraduate
Anamika Yadav (4th from left), master's student
Marcus Shapiro (4th from right), master's student
Grace Tolentino (2nd from right), undergraduate

*Grace, Kaisy, Cai, and Fatima are part of the IKIDS Team.

Please help us welcome Jasmine Solis to the IKIDS Team! She has been working with us as a caller/recruiter since this Fall.

Here are some fun facts about her:
-I received my undergraduate degree in clinical psychology at UIUC in 2022
-I am receiving my Master in Social Work from UIUC, with a concentration in Mental Health, graduating in December of 2023
-Once I finish my MSW, I will work towards my Licensed Clinical Social Worker to create my own private practice to deliver individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and many other mental health services.
-My entire family is originally from the Philippines, but I have NEVER been to the Philippines!
-I can speak a bit of Tagalog (Filipino language), but I do wish to visit the Philippines soon.
-In my free time, I love to work out, do weightlifting, watch movies, and go on walks.

Welcome Dr. Nick Cragoe!
We are excited to have Nick join our team as a postdoctoral research associate.

Here are some fun facts about him:
-I got my Sociology PhD in 2017 from UIUC, specializing in Transnational Studies and Indigenous Studies.
-I've lived in eight different states since I was 18.
-I live in Champaign with my wife, three kids, and three cats. The kids are obsessed with dinosaurs, fairies, and dragons (respectively). I'm not sure what the cats are into.
-In my tiny moments of free time, I'm a working artist making Celtic and Norse illustrations and paintings and building traditional wood longbows.
-My face says "grump" but my constant puns suggest otherwise.

Congratulations to Diana Pacyga for being selected for this year's ISEE SNRN lecture!

https://twitter.com/ISEE_NAC/status/1526235936131911680?s=20&t=YGELZ3ig2nw_Z5c72ivSsg

ISEE North American Regional Chapter on Twitter “Please join us for our annual webinar. This year's winner is from ! Register here: https://t.co/wvs0An9zcV”

IKIDS was involved in a recent publication describing rising exposure to harmful chemicals among pregnant women in the U.S.

Check out Dr. Schantz in this press release discussing findings from this important study: https://beckman.illinois.edu/about/news/article/2022/05/10/long-term-study-of-pregnant-women-finds-increasing-chemical-exposure

The paper can be accessed at: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c08942

Long-term study of pregnant women finds increasing chemical exposure We offer a cafe with drinks and daily specials, events from yoga to research lectures, and plenty of study and meeting spaces.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing I-KIDS moms!

2022 is just around the corner!

What are your resolutions for the new year? Maybe...participating in more amazing research? Keep an eye out for calls and emails from the IKIDS team inviting you to your next study visit!

We hope you have a warm and wonderful holiday season!

See you soon for IKIDS fun!

Happy Thanksgiving from your IKIDS staff and researchers!
We are SO thankful for you!

It was a huge day for IKIDS: Megan defended her dissertation!

Biggest congratulations and best wishes to the new Dr. Woodbury!

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