Staff & Faculty
Center Director
Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development
College of Applied Health Sciences
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: fabricio@uic.edu
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Ph.D.
Center Associate Director
Professor, Head of the Department of Occupational Therapy
Principal Investigator Project A
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: ysuarez@uic.edu
Tina Taylor-Ritzler, Ph.D.
Project Director
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: tritzler@uic.edu
Celestine Willis, M.A.
Training Coordinator
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: cwillis@uic.edu
Reginald J. Alston, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
Principal Investigator Project B
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Email: alston@uic.edu
Glenn Fujiura, Ph.D.
Director, Institute on Disability and Human Development
Director, University Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Associate Professor, Department of of Disability and Human Development
Principal Investigator Project E
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: Gfujiura@uic.edu
Carol Gill, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies & PhD in Disabilities
Director, Chicago Center for Disability Research
Associate Professor, Department of Disability and Human Development
Principal Investigator Project C
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: cg16@uic.edu
Brigida Hernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator Project D
DePaul University
Email: bhernan4@depaul.edu
Christopher B. Keys, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychology
Project A Regional Coordinator Midwest
DePaul University
Email: ckeys@depaul.edu
Paul Leung, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work & Addictions
Project A Regional Coordinator South
University of North Texas
Email: pleung@unt.edu
Katherine McDonald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Regional Coordinator Pacific Northwest
Portland State University
Email: kmcdona@pdx.edu
Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, M.S., CRSP
Senior Trainer Associate, Center for Psychriatric Rehabilitation
Project A Regional Coordinator East
Boston University
Email: mertoro@bu.edu
Rooshey Hasnain, Ed.D.
Visiting Research Assistant Professor
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: roosheyh@uic.edu
Shawn Dimpfl, MSc.
Project Coordinator
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: sdimpf1@uic.edu
Ximena Melo Bravo, B.A.
Resource Coordinator and Policy Analyst
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: xmelor1@uic.edu
Christina Buelna, M.A.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: cbueln2@uic.edu
Ashmeet Oberoi, M.A.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: aobero3@uic.edu
Sundar Sivagnanam, M.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: ssivag2@uic.edu
Radhakrishnan Ponnusamy, M.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois-Chicago
Email: rponnu2@uic.edu