The ADL congratulates Professor Kristen DiFilippo for receiving the 2025 Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching!
This well-deserved recognition celebrates her dedication to creating an engaging, supportive, and inspiring learning environment.
We’re proud to have such an outstanding educator as part of our community!
We’re thrilled to celebrate the well-deserved promotions of Professor Andiara Schwingel and Teaching Associate Professor Kristen DiFillipo from the Aging and Diversity Lab!
Your dedication to mentorship, impactful research, and inclusive teaching continues to shape the field and inspire everyone around you. This milestone is a testament to your leadership and commitment to excellence.
Congratulations on this exciting new chapter!
Cheers to Ana Selzer for winning the Carita Robertson Scholarship! Your work bridging research and real-world impact reflects the core mission of the Aging and Diversity Lab. Well done!
Congratulations to Deanivea Felix for receiving the Joanne M. and Charles M. Carraway Scholarship! Your energy, creativity, and commitment to research shine through in all you do. Keep up the amazing work!
Huge shoutout to Diana Morales for being honored with the Benjamin H. Massey Memorial Award at this year’s HK Awards! Your initiative and passion for research are inspiring to everyone in the lab and beyond.
Hats off to Rafael Guimarães for receiving the Howard S. Hoyman Student Award at the 2025 HK Awards! Your dedication and curiosity continue to move research forward. We’re so proud to have you in the lab
This is Ashli Childs, she majored in Community Health concentrating in Health Education and Promotion, and the course she enjoyed most was CHLH 409: Women’s Health. She has a primary interest in studying health inequities and disparities in women’s health and studying the health outcomes of Black women, who are affected by these inequities.
This is Jason, a Community Health major with a concentration in Rehabilitation. He is a first-generation college student from Chicago, Illinois, and spent his final semester contributing to the Aging and Diversity Lab through translating educational materials into Spanish to improve accessibility for low-literacy audiences. His work helped ensure underserved communities could benefit from health education resources.
Meet Dr Babatope Ogunjesa (aka Kunle). Kunle holds a PhD in Community Health and his passion lies at the intersection of health service utilization and caregiving research. His doctoral work explored how machine learning (ML) can be leveraged to better understand patterns in health service use, paving the way for more responsive and equitable care support. Driven by curiosity and a deep commitment to public health innovation, Kunle also finds joy in traveling and connecting with diverse communities. He is now preparing to embark on an exciting new chapter as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Peoria where he looks forward to expanding his research impact and contributing to meaningful health system change
Meet Dr Ana Laura Selzer Ninomiya.