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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
AMBER USKALI, MPH Deputy Director, Illinois PRC
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.
