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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor and Department Head of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Muscle Biology and Meat Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Biology and Biomechanics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago
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Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago
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Adjunct Lecturer in Communication, University of Illinois Chicago
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Research assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign