Advisory Boards / Committees
IPRC Community Advisory Board (CAB)
The mission of the Community Advisory Board, in collaboration with the Illinois Prevention Research Center, is to involve and empower families on the Southwest Side of Chicago to create awareness of health concerns and develop leadership to improve the health of the community.
Hector Rico, CAB Chair
Director, Latino Organization of the Southwest
Leopoldo Acosta
Assistant Principal, Edward N. Hurley Elementary
Ida Anger
Senior Program Supervisor, Metropolitan Family Services, Midway Center
Elizabeth Arroyo
Coordinator, Latino Consortium
Mariam Azam
Health Clinic Administrator, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Dolores Cupp
Principal, Edward N. Hurley Elementary
Sonia Diaz-Rangel
Director, Greater Lawn Community Youth Network
Alfred Rodgers
Latino Organization of the Southwest
Dennis Ryan
Executive Director of Organizational Development, Holy Cross Hospital
IPRC External Advisory Committee
The Illinois Prevention Research Center External Advisory Committee was established to provide advice and oversight on administrative, organizational, and scientific issues. The committee members represent a diversity of experience in conducting community participatory research. The committee's first meeting was held in February 2005. It meets twice a year.
Hector Rico, Co-Chair
Executive Director, Latino Organization of the Southwest
Paul Brandt-Rauf, DrPH, MD, ScD
Dean, UIC School of Public Health
Dr. George Balch
Principal Director, Balch Associates
Dr. Cynthia Barnes-Boyd
Director, UIC Neighborhoods Initiative
Dr. Ben Gerber
Assistant Professor, UIC Department of Medicine
Dr. Michael Glasser
Assistant Dean and Director, Center for Rural Health Professions, UIC Rural Medical Education
Dr. Timothy Johnson
Director, UIC Survey Research Laboratory
Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez
Associate Director, News Bureau, UIC Office of Public Affairs
James Nelson
Executive Director, Illinois Public Health Association
Camille Odeh
Executive Director, Southwest Youth Collaborative
Dr. Edison Trickett
Professor and Chair, Community Prevention Research Division, UIC Department of Psychology
Dr. Bernard Turnock
Professor, UIC School of Public Health
Director, Center for Public Health Practice
Carmen Velasquez
Executive Director, Alivio Medical Center
