Our staff Heading link
Our research centers, clinical and community programs, and units Heading link
UIC DHD academic programs
Director: Sarah Parker Harris
Contact:
DHD Office of Academic Affairs
dhdosa@uic.edu
312-996-1508
Community Health and Disability Inclusion
Evaluation and Public Policy Unit
Director: Kueifang (Kelly) Hsieh
Contact:
hsieh@uic.edu
312-413-1530
Developmental Disabilities Family Clinic
Director: Tamar Heller
Contact:
theller@uic.edu
312-413-1490
Great Lakes ADA Center
Program on Disability Art, Culture and Humanities
Director: Carrie Sandahl
Contact:
csandahl@uic.edu
312-996-1967
UIC DHD Directory Heading link
For a full listing of DHD/IDHD staff and faculty check out the UIC Applied Health Sciences Directory
IDHD/LEND Consumer Advisory Committee Heading link
Our advisory committee is comprised of individuals with disabilities, family members, and partner organizations in Illinois. The IDHD advisory committee provides information, feedback, and advice to our staff on how to advance the lives of people with disabilities in the state through their work.
- Advise and guide the work of the IDHD
- Help create and move toward the vision of the IDHD
- Serve as an informal bridge between the community and the university in our state
Individual and family advocates
- Jessica Buettner
- Lisa Cesal
- Sarah Demissie
- Marty Fox
- Alba Gharib
- Michael Grice
- Nora Handler
- Brittany King
- Dorelia Rivera
- Cathy Saunders
- Vincent Smith
- Jada Mercedes Thompson
- Monica Thorns
Organizational representatives
- Rachel Arfa/Lauren Hooberman, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
- Kathy Carmody (Chair), Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
- Donald Dew, Habilitative Systems, Inc.
- Thane Dykstra, Trinity Services, Inc.
- Ryan Croke, Illinois Department of Human Services
- Thomas Jerkovitz, UIC- Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
- Kimberly Mercer-Schleider, Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Leanne Mull, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
- Sarah Myerscough-Muller/Tonya Piephoff/Meg Cooch, Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities
- Zena Naiditch/Nicol Beaumont, Equip for Equality
- Teresa Parks, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
- Clint Paul, The Hope Institute for Children and Families
- Rocio Perez, Director of the Illinois Life Span Program at The Arc of IL
- Jessica Sipovic, Illinois Center for Transition and Work, UIUC
- Laura Wilhelm, Disability:IN Chicago
Institute on Disability and Human Development Heading link
1640 W. Roosevelt Road,
MC 626,
Chicago,
IL
60608
Phone: (312) 413-1647
Fax: (312) 413-1630