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Illinois PRC investigators at the CDC Prevention Research Centers kickoff meeting in November 2014. From the left: Lisa Powell, Sandy Slater, and Karen Peters.

Dr. Powell is professor and director of the Division of Health Policy and Administration in the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She is a health economist whose research has focused on the impact of economic, policy and environmental factors on physical activity and obesity for more than a decade. Learn more about her research.

The Illinois PRC is focused on advancing policy, systemic and environmental solutions to promote healthy behaviors and prevent chronic disease, especially in vulnerable communities.

To this end, our center has extensive multidisciplinary capacity in the area of policy and environmental systems-related community-based health prevention research.

Our combined expertise includes public health, new economics, policy analysis, medicine, dentistry, nursing, epidemiology, nutrition, kinesiology, psychology, law,  sociology, statistics, urban planning, communications, training, and evaluation. We have an excellent track record of successful collaborations in community-based research. Our home is a multidisciplinary research institute through which we can draw faculty-scientists across the entire University of Illinois at Chicago campus into new scientific projects that address community health.

CENTER DIRECTION

LISA POWELL, PhD Principal Investigator, Illinois PRC

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AMBER USKALI, MPH Deputy Director, Illinois PRC

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INVESTIGATORS

LISA BROSSEAU, ScD
Co-Principal Investigator, Worker Health (WHRN) project

JAMIE CHRIQUI, PhD, MHS
Principal Investigator, Physical Activity (PAPRN) project
Co-investigator, Co-lead on Illinois PRC Community Engagement
Co-investigator, Nutrition (NOPREN) project

ANDREW DYKENS, MD, MPH
Co-Principal Investigator, Global Health (GTHRN) project

LINDA FORST, MD, MPH
Co-investigator, Worker health project

SOFIA LEE. HUGHES, DSW
Co-investigator, Analysis

TRACY IRWIN, MD, MPH
Co-investigator, Global health project

VERONICA JOHNSTON
Co-investigator, Lead on Illinois PRC Communications

YEVGENYA KAYDANOVA, MD, PhD
Co-investigator, Epilepsy (MEW) project

JEFFREY LOEB, MD, PhD
Co-investigator, Epilepsy project

DAVID X MARQUEZ, PhD
Principal Investigator, Healthy Brain (HBRN) project
Co-investigator, Physical activity project

NAOKO MURAMATSU, PhD
Co-principal investigator, Worker health project

LISA POWELL, PhD Principal Investigator, Illinois PRC

Principal Investigator, Nutrition project

ANGELA ODOMS-YOUNG, PhD Co-investigator, Co-lead on PRC Community Engagement

Co-investigator, Nutrition project

DILIP PANDEY, MD, PhD, FAHA
Principal Investigator, Epilepsy project

KAREN PETERS, DrPH
Co-Principal Investigator, Global health project
Co-investigator, Lead on Illinois PRC Evaluation

OKSANA PUGACH, PhD
Co-investigator and Biostatistician

SANDY SLATER, PhD
Principal Investigator, Parks Study
Co-Principal Investigator, Physical activity project

EMILY STEIHL, PhD
Co-investigator, Worker health project

CHRISTINA WELTER, DrPH
Co-investigator, Lead on Illinois PRC Training

SHANNON ZENK, PhD, MPH, RN Co-investigator, Nutrition project

Co-investigator, Parks study

OTHER RESEARCH TEAM MEMBERS

ANITA BONTU, MPH
Project Manager, Parks study

EMMA BOYLAN
Graduate Research Assistant, Illinois PRC

ROCIO BUENO, CRA
Manager of Research Operations, Illinois PRC Finances

AMBER USKALI, MPH
Research Coordinator, Nutrition project

GUDDI KAPADIA, MS, MPH
Training, Illinois PRC

YU LI
Graduate Research Assistant, Nutrition project

RANI SAXENA, MPH
Training, Illinois PRC

TINA SHUH
Graduate Research Assistant, Global health project

CHELSEA R. SINGLETON, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutrition project

EMILY THRUN, MUPP
Research Specialist, Physical activity project

Learn about our research projects.