Eduardo E. Bustamante
Community Engagement Award - Emerging Awardee (2024)
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition
About
Dr. Eduardo Bustamante is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Nutrition at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) where he directs the UIC Healthy Kids Laboratory. The UIC HKL works with parks, schools, and out-of-school time providers to develop and disseminate health promotion interventions among children and families in underserved communities. By training, Dr. Bustamante is an Exercise Psychologist (PhD from UIC in 2013), and consequently, he has a special focus on how physical activity influences mental health. His work has been funded by the Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion, the National Institute of Mental Health, the UIC Center for Health Equity Research, and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities.