Brittany Haugen, B.S., is from Wilmette, IL. She has an undergraduate degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Community Health and is currently working on her Masters in Public Health with an emphasis in Behavioral Sciences & Health Promotion. Brittany’s interests include health promotion and education for people with disabilities. She is a graduate assistant at the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability.

Ryan McGraw, B.A., is from Dearborn, Michigan and works as a Graduate Assistant at the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability. He is currently enrolled in the Masters program in Disability and Human Development, with a concentration in social policy and advocacy. Before coming to UIC, he attended Kalamazoo College, receiving his undergraduate degree in Political Science. After receiving his degree in 2006, he worked on an inclusive recreation grant in Kalamazoo. Ryan’s interests in the disability field include advocacy, education policy, and inclusive recreation.

Jessica Madrigal, B.A., is from Oak Lawn, IL. She completed her undergraduate studies at UIC in 2007 where she majored in Anthropology and minored in Biological Sciences. Currently, Jessica is in the Disability and Human Development Master's program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at UIC and is working on a study involving inclusive play environments for children with and without disabilities. Also, she works as a Graduate Research Assistant on the AIMFREE Project (Accessibility Instruments Measuring Fitness and Recreation Environments) and the Inclusive Fitness Coalition project promoting inclusive play for children of all abilities.

Priya Rajagopal, B.S., is from Bangalore, India and is currently working in the Department of Disabilities and Human Development as a Graduate Assistant in instructional technology. She is pursuing her Masters in Management Information Systems. Her undergraduate degree was in Computer Science and Engineering. Prior to coming to UIC, Priya worked for Oracle in India for two years as an Associate Consultant.

Ming-De Chen, M.S., is a registered occupational therapist in Taiwan. He received his undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and his Master’s degree in Special Education and Technology from the National Hualien University of Education, Taiwan. Ming is a doctoral student in Disability Studies and works as a Graduate Assistant at the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability. He assisted with the development of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans chapter on disability. His current role is to examine the effects of exercise on health outcomes for people with disabilities by conducting a systematic review of the lifespan and meta-analysis.

Carolyn Lullo, M.S., is originally from the Chicagoland area. She completed her B.S. from Miami University in Oxford, OH in Exercise Science and her M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Kinesiology. She then spent two years as an Assistant Director of Fitness at Miami University's Recreational Sports Center. Carolyn is currently in her first year of the Ph.D. in Disability Studies at UIC. Her interests include fitness center/programming accessibility, with a specific emphasis in the role (education, training, perception, attitude, knowledge, etc) of the fitness professional/future fitness professional in relationship to accessibility and individuals with disabilities. She is currently working under the RERC RecTech grant.

Vijay Vasudevan, MPH, graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science and a Master’s in Public Health. His current research interests include how race/ethnicity affects barriers and facilitators to physical activity for people with disabilities. Vijay is a graduate assistant under the Health Empowerment Zone grant.

Kelsy Voss, B.A., is from Rockford, IL and received her undergraduate degree from Augustana College, in Psychology. She now attends the University of Illinois at Chicago where she is working towards her master’s degree in occupational therapy. Kelsy is a graduate assistant for the Health Empowerment Zone project. Her duties include using assessment tools to measure community buildings/parks as well as collecting data on secondary conditions of people with mobility disabilities via phone surveys.