The Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB) is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, Deans of Students, and the Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) Leadership Team.
SHAB’S purpose is to work collaboratively on issues concerning university student health, counseling, wellness, and insurance. Every third year, SHAB will give particular attention to reviewing the insurance plan options for the University Student Health Insurance Plan (U-SHIP). Students on the board play a key role in collecting student feedback and influencing the ongoing development of SHCS programs and services. SHAB students will also be ambassadors to the student body to deliver messages that the committee feels are important.
SHAB has three subcommittees that focus on outreach, education, and student feedback.
Below is the current list of SHAB members as well as a list of members from previous years.
2019-2020 SHAB MEMBERS
SHCS Leadership Team
- Marius Commodore, Medical Director, Student Health Service
- Julie Edwards, SHAB Chair and Director, Health Promotion and Wellness
- Marc Ehman, Executive Director, Student Experience and the Wellness Center
- Bria Kaufman, Program Coordinator, Campus and Student Life
- Meeta Kumar, Director, Student Counseling Service
- Deb Pratt, Administrative Director, Student Counseling Service
- Mario Polizzi, Assistant Vice President, Student Services
Undergradute Students
- Kosarachi Achife, Student Government Representative
- Kathleen Cui, Peer Health Advocate (PHA) Representative
- Zara Malik, 2nd Year in the College
- Paula Tanasescu, 3rd Year in the College
- Matteo Laspro, 3rd Year in the College
- Kyle Shishkin, 3rd Year in the College
- Julia Goldstein, 4th Year in the College
Graduate Students
- Megan Wiethoff, Chicago Booth School of Business
- Alexis Thomas, Biological Sciences Division
- Mark Lambert, The Divinity School
- Lauren Manning, Harris School of Public Policy
- Ailsa Lipscombe, Humanities Division
- Laura Hart, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Catherine Pellerin, The Law School
- Alison Taylor, Pritzker Medical School
- Ashley Clark, Social Sciences DIvision
Campus Partners
- Julie Penn, Assistant Director, Office of College Community Standards
- Jesse Landstrom, Associate Director of Student Affairs and Academic Services, The Law School
- Meredith Muir, Assistant Director for Student and Faculty Services, Financial Mathematics
- Joyce Kuechler, Associate Dean of Students, Humanities Division
- Belinda Cortez Vazquez, Associate Dean of Students in the University for Student Affairs and Director of Student Emergency Response Systems
- Trenity Tigner, Assistant Director, Financial Administration, UChicagoGRAD
- Denise Slavinski, Operations Manager, English Language Institute
PAST SHAB MEMBERS