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Release Date: 06/09/2025

ACCESS for Mental Health Lab members collaborate with the Chicago Park District…

Melanie Tran, MA. Elyse Shenberger, PhD, Margarete Wallner, MD, and Tara Mehta, PhD are working with the Chicago Park District Wellness Committee members,


Release Date: 06/09/2025

Tara Mehta, PhD, UIC Psychiatry Faculty, presented, with her Chicago Park…

Tara Mehta, PhD, UIC Psychiatry Faculty, presented, with her Chicago Park District colleague Colleen Lammel-Harmon, MPH, RD, Health & Wellness Officer, Chicago Park District, presented an overview of research in the parks describing projects from a 20 year collaboration between Dr. Mehta and the Chicago Park District .


Release Date: 10/18/2021 Source: Collaborative Endeavors

Dr. Tara Mehta & Urban Initiatives: A partnership to promote children’s…

Dr. Tara Mehta and her partners at Urban Initiatives talk about their efforts to improve children’s mental health by teaching recreational staff how to promote social-emotional learning during recess.


Release Date: 09/12/2021 Source: Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Tara Mehta, co-authors make dissemination and implementation recommendations to…

Integrating dissemination and implementation sciences within Clinical and Translational Science Award programs to advance translational research: Recommendations to national and local leaders.


Release Date: 10/07/2020 Source: 11th Annual Research Forum (aka Extravaganza) Video

Reducing the burden of mental health: How do we get there from here?

On 7th October 2020, Dr. Tara Mehta was one of the speakers in Faculty Blitz for 11th Annual Research Forum (aka Extravaganza) entitled 'Reducing the burden of mental health: How do we get there from here?'.