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Executive Committee

Daniel Block, PhD
Chicago State University
Areas of interest: Food access, food security, geographic information systems

Joseph Harrington
Chicago Department of Public Health
Areas of interest: Public health

Angel La Luz, Jr.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Area of interest: Food access

Joan Leafman, PhD
Northeastern Illinois University, Action for Healthy Kids
Areas of interest: School-based interventions, physical activity, wellness policy

Emily Surico Luedde
El Valor
Areas of interest: Children's health and wellness, early childhood education

Maryann Mason, PhD
Children's Memorial Hospital
Areas of interest: Data surveillance, physical activity, school-based interventions

Jane Mentzinger
Communities In Schools of Chicago
Areas of interest: Schools, school-based nutrition and physical activity programs

Jonathan Necheles, MD, MPH
Children's Healthcare Associates
Areas of interest: Clinical interventions for obesity, physical activity, the use of participatory research methods to better understand influences of health behaviors

Angela Odoms-Young, PhD
School of Allied Health Professions, Northern Illinois University
Areas of interest: Food access and nutrition, community-based participatory research, African-American families

Nancy Plaskett
Chicago Children's Museum
Areas of interest: Community connections, the arts, play and learning, education

Anthony Raden, PhD
City of Chicago, Department of Children and Youth Services
Areas of interest: Public policy, child health and well-being, neighborhood development, community-based programs and interventions

Rob Sadowsky
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Areas of interest: Bicycling, walking, public transportation, public space and its ability
to encourage active living

Christiane Stahl, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Areas of interest: Adolescent medicine, primary prevention and risk reduction counseling, obesity, physical activity, media use, adherence to treatment, school-based health centers

Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Occupational Therapy
Areas of interest: Participatory action research, empowerment evaluation, designing and evaluating community health initiatives, multicultural issues and diversity

Barbara Taylor
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Areas of interest: Early childhood, family support, unstructured physical activity and physical activity programs, healthy eating, quality programming, behavior change

 

 

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