Our staff
Our research centers, clinical and community programs, and units
UIC DHD Academic Programs
Director: Sarah Parker Harris
Contact:
DHD Office of Academic Affairs
dhdosa@uic.edu
312-355-1695
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: Susan Kahan
Contact:
skahan@uic.edu
312-413-2652
Great Lakes ADA Center
Program on Disability Art, Culture and Humanities
Director: Carrie Sandahl
Contact:
csandahl@uic.edu
312-996-1967
UIC DHD Directory
For a full listing of DHD/IDHD staff and faculty check out the UIC Applied Health Sciences Directory
IDHD/LEND Consumer Advisory Committee
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
- Nora Handler
- Brittany King
- Vincent Smith
- Jada Mercedes Thompson
- Monica Thorns
Organizational representatives
- Tara Ahern/Adam Wiser, IL Self Advocacy Alliance
- Samantha Alloway, The Arc of Illinois
- Rachel Arfa/Lauren Hooberman, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
- Kathy Carmody (Chair), Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
- Ryan Croke, Illinois Department of Human Services
- Donald Dew, Habilitative Systems, Inc.
- Thane Dykstra, Trinity Services, Inc.
- Thomas Jerkovitz/Patricia Perez, UIC- Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
- Kimberly Mercer-Schleider/Mariel Hamer-Sinclair/Margaret Harkness, 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
Institute on Disability and Human Development
1640 W. Roosevelt Road,
MC 626,
Chicago,
IL
60608
Phone: (312) 413-1647
Fax: (312) 413-1630