CHER Chicago Team
Principal Investigators, Co-Investigators, Operations Staff, and Community Partners
Director of the Institute for Minority Health, Research Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD
Contact Multi-Principal Investigator
Associate Vice Chancellor for Community-Based Practice, Director of the University of Illinois Cancer Cente
Robert A. Winn,
MD
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
Co-Lead
Research Scientist, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Administration Department, UIC School of Public Health
Sage Kim,
PhD
Co-Lead
Research Specialist at Institute for Minority Health Research
Cecilia Castro-Diehl,
MD,
Center Director
Research Associate II at Institute for Minority Health Research
Jasmin Sanchez,
MPH
Center Coordinator
Co-Director, Recruitment, Retention and Community Engagement Program, Associate professor of Nursing at the UIC College of Nursing
Phoenix
Matthews,
PhD
Co-Lead
Chancellor Emerita and Professor of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Paula
Allen-Meares,
PhD
Co-Lead
Professor of Medicine, Dean for Faculty Affairs at The University of Chicago
Karen E.
Kim,
MD
Co-Lead
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago
Angela
Odoms-Young,
PhD
Co-Lead
Associate Professor in the Health Systems Science Department, College of Nursing, at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Wendy
Bostwick,
PhD, MPH
Co-Lead
Associate Director Community Engagement OCEAN HP
Angela
Ellison,
MS.Ed.
Co-Lead
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
