WVON: Food Is Medicine
Thursday, July 9, 2026
You can still listen to WVON 1690 AM’s “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason,” when his guest was University of Illinois Cancer Center member Saria Lofton, PhD, RN, whose research centers on food-is- medicine interventions in underserved communities for managing cardiovascular disease risk and chronic illness.
The July 5 segment was co-hosted by UI Health Mile Square Health Center Chief Executive Officer Karriem Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH, a fellow Cancer Center member in the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program.
The first Sunday of every month is the Cancer Center and Mile Square segment on "Dr. in the House," where guests discuss cancer research and care, as well as general healthcare and services provided at UI Health. The Cancer Center and Mile Square, a Federally Qualified Health Center with a network of clinics in and around Chicago and Rockford, are both part of UI Health, the academic health system at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC).
