The UIC-SPH CoE-MCH Advisory Committee serves as a liaison to CoE faculty and staff and provides support to the UIC CoE-MCH in achieving its mission. Advisory Committee members specifically assist with recruitment, student’s educational experiences, and alumni relations. The Advisory Committee is composed of health and human service MCH professionals, former students, and community members. The backgrounds of Advisory Committee members are multidisciplinary including public health, medicine, nursing, social work, nutrition, health policy, epidemiology, and advocacy.

UIC CoE-MCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chad Abresch, PhD, Executive Director, CityMatCH
Kruti Acharya, MD, Assistant Professor; Director, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities
Josephine Ansah, MPH, Public Health Advisor, U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Craig Becker, MSSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker, University of Wisconsin Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Amanda Bennett*, PhD, CDC Assignee in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Women’s Health and Family Services
Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH Clinical Associate Professor; Director, University of Illinois at Chicago School, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health
Alexii Collins, BBA, MOL, Racial Justice Director, YWCA of Northwest Ohio
Shirley Fleming, PhD, Rev., Co-Director, UIC Center for Faith Community Health Transformation
Arthur James*, MD, Clinical Associate Professor Obstetrician-Gynecologist, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Debra Kane*, PhD, RN, MCH Epidemiologist – CDC Assignee, Iowa Department of Public Health
Sue Kendig, MSN, JD, WHNP, Women’s Health Integration Specialist, SSM Health – St. Mary’s Hospital
Sarah Kerch, Assistant Director for Leadership, Organizational Change, and Workforce Development, UIC Policy, Practice, and Prevention Research Center
Dana Mayer, Infant Vitality Program Administrator, Ohio Department of Public Health
Emmanuel Ngui, Associate Professor and Director of the MCH Graduate Catalyst Training Program, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Chi Chi Okwu, MPH, Executive Director, EverThrive Illinois
Shirley Payne, MPH, Director, Division of MCH, Children’s Special Health Care Services, Indiana State Department of Health
Jaime Slaughter-Acey*, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Tracie Smith*, MPH, Director of Population Health Analytics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Department of Data Analytics and Reporting
Dan Weiss*, MPH, ILPQC Director of Data and Operations, NorthShore University Health System
Fatma Yousif, MPH, Program and Policy Coordinator, Indiana Public Health Association

*UIC CoE-MCH alumni