Access to care
Adolescent Health Consultant(s)
Alcohol Tobacco And Other Drugs Consultant(s)
Cancer
Cardio- And Cerebrovascular Disease Consultant(s)
Peggy Jones
Senior Director
State Health Alliances and Cultural Health Initiatives
American Heart Association, Greater Midwest Affiliate
7 Stark Circle
Bloomington, IL 61704
309-662-8498
Voice Mail: 312-346-0519 ext 7321
Springfield Admin. Asst. 217-698-3838 ext.4
Email: peggy.jones@heart.org
Web Site: www.americanheart.org
Michael Gaines, MPA
Program Manager
Illinois Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-3300
Email: michael.gaines@illinois.gov
Web Site: www.idph.state.il.us/heartstroke
Chandana Nandi, MS, RD, LDNC
Chief, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-3300
Email: Chandana.nandi@illinois.gov
Diabetes
Cheryl A Metheny, MA, RD/LDN, CDE, CLC
Coordinator
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Illinois Department of Human Services
102 E De Young
Marion, IL 62959
618-993-7493
Email: Cheryl.Metheny@illinois.gov
Environmental Issues Consultant(s)
Infant Mortality Consultant(s)
Mental Health Disorders Consultant(s)
Jordan J. Litvak
Executive Director
Mental Health Authority
DHS/DMH - Greater Illinois Central Regions 3 &4
901 Southwind Road
Springfield, Illinois 62703
Office - 217-786-6866
Cell - 217-836-8823
Email: Jordan.Litvak@illinois.gov
Jennifer L. Martin
Injury Prevention Coordinator
Illinois Department of Public Health
Injury and Violence Prevention Program
535 West Jefferson, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
217-558-4081
Email: Jennifer.L.Martin@illinois.gov
Carol Wozniewski
Executive Director
Mental Health Association in Illinois
Co-Chair, Alliance between the Illinois Suicide Prevention
Coalition &
the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Committee
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60601
312-368-9070 ext. 24
Email: cwoz@mhai.org
Web Site: http:// www.mhai.org
Web Site: http://www.ilsp.net
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Web Site: http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/statepages/illinois.asp
Children's Mental Health
Barbara Shaw, Chair, Children's Mental
Health Partnership
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
100 W. Randolph, Room 6-600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-814-1514
Email: Barbara.Shaw@illinois.gov
Karen Taylor-Crawford, MD, DABPN
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Director of Disruptive Behaviors Clinic (DBC) School-Age
Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute for Juvenile Research (MC 747)
Department of Psychiatry
Colbeth Child Psychiatry Clinic
1747 West Roosevelt Road, Room 155
Chicago, IL 60608-1264
312-996-2303
Email: ktc343@uic.edu
Email: kdenese@hotmail.com
Obesity Consultant(s)
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD,
MPH
Director
Center on Obesity Management and Prevention
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, Box 157
Chicago, IL 60614
312-573-7762
Email: kkauferchristoffel@northwestern.edu
Alternative Contact Info: Lavonne Hopson - Administrative
Assistant
Available for brief consultation on a limited basis.
More extensive consultation and higher frequency of
consultation will be at a negotiated fee with the requestor(s).
The consultation provided will be via phone and email.
If anything more extensive is required such as face
to face consultation, requestors will need to travel
to Dr. Chistoffel and negotiate a fee for her time.
Chilhood Obesity
Jeff Sunderlin, MS, ATC
Nutrition and Physical Activity Section
Office of Health Promotion
Division of Chronic Disease Prevention & Control
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL 62761-0001
217-785-1060
Email: jeff.sunderlin@illinois.gov
Oral Health Consultant(s)
Julie Ann Janssen, RDH, MA, CDHC
Acting Chief, Division of Oral Health
Office of Health Promotion
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson St., 2nd floor
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-7943
Email: Julie.Janssen@Illinois.gov
Lisa Bilbrey
Coordinator
IFLOSS Coalition
1415 E. Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62703
217-789-2182 x132
Email: info@IFLOSS.org
Respiratory Disease Consultant(s)
Asthma
Frida D. Fokum, PhD
Illinois Asthma Program Manager
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson St.
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-3300
Email: frida.fokum@illinois.gov
Nikki Woolverton, MPH
Illinois Asthma Program
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson St.
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-3300
Email: nikki.woolverton@illinois.gov
STD, HIV, and AIDS Consultant(s)
STD/HIV/AIDS
Beau Gratzer, MPP
Director of HIV/STD Prevention
Howard Brown Health Center
4025 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60613
773-388-8864
Email: BeauG@howardbrown.org
Sabrina R. Kendrick, MD, FACP
Director, The Screening Clinic, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE
Center
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases,
Stroger Hospital of
Cook County
2020 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
312-572-4710
Email: skendrick@corecenter.org
STD
Charlie Rabins
Chief, STD Section
Office of Health Protection
Division of Infectious Diseases
Illinois Department of Public Health
525 W. Jefferson
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-2747
Email: Charlie.Rabins@illinois.gov
HIV/AIDS
Richard J. Gardner, Sr, MD/MPH
HIV/AIDS Prevention Administrator:
Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of Infectious Disease
160 North LaSalle 7th FL-South
Chicago, IL 60601
312-814-4846
Email: richard.gardner@illinois.gov
Julie A. Pryde, MSW, LSW
Acting Administrator
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
201 W. Kenyon Road
Champaign, IL 61820
217-531-5369
217-202-0657 (Cell)
Email: jpryde@cuphd.org
Curt Hicks, MS
Region 8 HIV Prevention Coordinator
Cook County Department of Public Health
1010 Lake Street, Suite 300
Oak Park, IL 60301
708-492-2057
Email: chicks@cookcountygov.com
Jeffery M. Erdman
HIV Prevention Lead Agent, Region 6
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
201 W. Kenyon Rd.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-531-5366
Email: jerdman@cuphd.org
Unintentional Injuries Consultant(s)
Violence Consultant(s)
