Du, S.
Patel, A.
Sanders, Kai
Luna, Estefania Perez https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7328-9914
Mao, Chunija
Perez, Nicole A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4773-201X
Hirshfield, Laura E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-2994
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Illinois College of Medicine
The Hidden Dream
Article History
Received: 2 May 2025
Accepted: 17 December 2025
First Online: 26 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The project was reviewed and granted IRB exemption by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Illinois Chicago (STUDY2023-0054).
: All participants provided informed consent to take part in this study.
: The authors report no declaration of interest.