Access to care
Adolescent Health Consultant(s)
Alcohol Tobacco And Other Drugs Consultant(s)
Cancer
Cardio- And Cerebrovascular Disease Consultant(s)
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)
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)
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)
Violence (Includes domestic violence,
child abuse and neglect, school violence, intentional
injury and family violence)
Lynda Dautenhahn
Violence Prevention Planner
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson
Springfield, IL 62761
217-557-4438
Email: lynda.dautenhahn@illinois.gov
Doris Garrett, MPA
Chief
Bureau of Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention
Illinois Department of Human Services
222 S. College St. 2nd floor
Springfield, IL 62704
217-782-0504
Email: Doris.Garrett@illinois.gov
Barbara Shaw
Director
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
100 W. Randolph, Room 6-600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-814-1514
Email: Barbara.Shaw@illinois.gov
Kathleen Monahan, MPH
Project Director
Child Health Data Lab
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, Box 157
Chicago, IL 60614
312-573-7773
Email: KMonahan@ChildrensMemorial.org