IL LEND Core Team

Kruti Acharya, MD Program Director

Kruti Acharya, MD
Program Director

Kristin Berg, PhD Training Director

Sarah Sobotka, MD Associate Director

Sarah Sobotka, MD
Co-Associate Director

 

Marie Moore Channell, PhD

Central IL Site Co-Director

Laura Mattie, PhD

Central IL Site Co-Director

Jae Jin Pak

Curriculum Committee

 

Discipline Coordinators & Training Mentors

Discipline Coordinators and Training Mentors are IL LEND Faculty across our academic and community partners. Discipline Coordinators focus on recruitment and provide application assistance. Training Mentors provide ongoing mentoring and assistance to trainees during the program

 

Applied Behavior Analysis

Mark Dixon, PhD Discipline & Training Coordinator

Mark Dixon, PhD

Discipline Coordinator and Training Mentor

 

Disability Studies

Sarah Parker Harris, PhD

Discipline Coordinator

Yue (Yovia) Xu, PhD

Training Mentor

 

Family

Laura Cabral

Discipline Coordinator

Katie Keiling Arnold , PhD

Training Mentor

 

Nursing

 

Nutrition

Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, PhD

Discipline Coordinator

 

Occupational Therapy

Ashley Stoffel, OTD, OTR/L

Discipline Coordinator and Training Mentor

 
 

Pediatrics

Michael Msall, MD Discipline Coordinator

Michael Msall, MD

Discipline Coordinator

Sarah Sobotka, MD Training Coordinator

Sarah Sobotka, MD

Training Mentor

 

Physical Therapy

Kristine M Chase, PT, DPT, PCS

Discipline Coordinator and Training Mentor

 
 

Psychology

Amy Paige Cohen, PhD

Discipline Coordinator

Latha Soorya, PhD Training Coordinator

Latha Soorya, PhD

Training Mentor

 

Psychiatry

Diane Misch, MD Discipline & Training Coordinator

Diane Misch, MD

Discipline Coordinator and Training Mentor

 
 

Public Health

Arden Handler, DrPH

Discipline Coordinator

 

Self-Advocacy

Tia Nelis Discipline Coordinator

Tia Nelis

Discipline Coordinator

Jae Jin Pak Training Coordinator

Jae Jin Pak

Training Mentor

 

Social Work

Christine Escobar-Sawicki, LCSW Discipline Coordinator

Christine Escobar-Sawicki, LCSW

Discipline Coordinator

Kristin Berg, PhD Training Coordinator

Kristin Berg, PhD

Training Mentor

Special Education

Lisa Cushing, PhD Discipline Coordinator

Lisa Cushing, PhD

Discipline Coordinator

Sunyoung (Sunny) Kim, PhD, BCBA-D

Training Mentor

 

Speech-Language Pathology

Anne Hoffman, PhD, CCC-SLP Discipline Coordinator

Anne Hoffman, PhD, CCC-SLP

Discipline Coordinator

 

Consultants

Consultants provide their expertise on special topics

Fabricio Balcazar, PhD Cultural Competency

Fabricio Balcazar, PhD
Cultural Competency

Angélica Martínez Pérez, MPH
Assistive Technology

 
Sarah C. Bauer, MDTelehealth

Sarah C. Bauer, MD Telehealth

Susan Kahan, LCPC Family Clinic Liaison

Susan Kahan, LCPC
Family Clinic Liaison

Irma Hernandez, LCSW Latino Outreach

Irma Hernandez, LCSW
Latino Outreach

 
Tamar Heller, PhD Lifecourse

Tamar Heller, PhD
Lifecourse

Valerie E. Boyer, PH.D., CCC-SLP Rural Outreach

Kelly Hsieh, PhD Research

Manasi Deshpande, PhDHealth Economist

Manasi Deshpande, PhD Health Economist

Our Partners