CHER Chicago Team
Principal Investigators, Co-Investigators, Operations Staff, and Community Partners
Associate Vice Chancellor for Community-Based Practice, Director of the University of Illinois Cancer Center
Robert A. Winn,
MD
Contact Multi-Principal Investigator
Director of the Institute for Minority Health, Research Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD
Multi-Principal Investigator
Professor and Director, Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Jesus Ramirez-Valles, PhD
Multi-Principal Investigator
Director, OCERIS, University of Illinois Cancer Center, and Instructor, Community Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health
Karriem S. Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH
Multi-Co-Investigator
Research Scientist, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Administration Department, UIC School of Public Health
Sage Kim,
PhD
Multi-Co-Investigator
Interim Director (OCERIS Projects Manager)
Erica Martinez,
MPH,
MBA
Interim Director
Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Cancer Center
Jasmin Sanchez,
MPH
Research Associate
Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Cancer Center
Maria Alejandra Salas-Baltuano,
MSW (c)
Research Associate
Co-Director, Recruitment, Retention and Community Engagement Program, Associate professor of Nursing at the UIC College of Nursing
Phoenix
Matthews,
PhD
Principal Investigator
Chancellor Emerita and Professor of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Paula
Allen-Meares,
PhD
Co-Investigator
Professor of Medicine, Dean for Faculty Affairs at The University of Chicago
Karen E.
Kim,
MD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago
Angela
Odoms-Young,
PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor in the Health Systems Science Department, College of Nursing, at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Wendy
Bostwick,
PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Associate Director Community Engagement OCEAN HP
Angela
Ellison,
MS.Ed.
Principal Investigator
Director, Diet and Behavior Shared Resource (DBSR), Assistant Professor in the Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics of the Department of Medicine in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Lisa Tussing-Humphreys,
PhD, MS, RD
Principal Investigator
Associate Director, Cancer Research Enhancement and Education, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at College of Medicine
Paul Grippo,
PhD
Co-Investigator
Research Scientist, Assistant Professor, UIUC School of School of Social Work
Rosalba Hernandez,
PhD
Co-Investigator
Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Tia Schering,
MPH(c)
Graduate Research Assistant
Healthy Cities Collaborative Coordinator at OCEAN HP
