Charlotte (Toby) Tate, Ph.D.

Dean, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences

Dr. Charlotte “Toby” Tate is dean of the College of Applied Health Sciences and Professor of Kinesiology and Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a post she has held since 1999. She also served as interim vice chancellor of academic affairs and provost. Tate’s research career focused on the biochemical and cellular mechanisms underlying the response of the heart and skeletal muscle to pathological perturbations and to exercise in advanced age. The National Institutes of Health and other agencies supported her research studies.

Tamar Heller, Ph.D.

Head of Department of Disability and Human Development

Dr. Heller is Professor and Head of DHD, UIC as well as Director of the Advanced Training for Disability and Rehabilitation Scholars program and Co-Director of the University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities in Illinois. Dr. Heller authored over 100 publications, including 2 books and 4 edited journal issues, and presented over 150 papers at conferences on aging and I/DD. She served on the boards of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) and the European Course on Mental Retardation and is past president of AAMR's Gerontology Division.