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Evanston Health Advisory Council (EHAC)

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Mission: To assess, encourage, evaluate and advocate for community health goals. 

 

The Evanston Health Advisory Council (EHAC) is a collection of professionals from academia, medicine, public health, social services and mental health fields whose main focus is to work with Evanston Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to improve community health. They help provide counsel and recommend health priorities using the best methodologies and expertise to prevent diseases and promote health among Evanston residents.

 

Membership of EHAC consists primarily of representatives of the general Evanston public as well as members of the medical community. It also includes providers of agencies, institutions and others involved with medical care and disease prevention, or those working in the promotion and education of public health.

 

The role of EHAC are as follows: 

  • Recommend community health priorities

  • Collaborate with HHS Director for strategic plans

  • Collaborate with HHS Director to establish priorities

  • Informed discussions with the HHS Director on best public health practices, methodologies and trends

  • Provide input on community health assessments (Evanston Project for Local Needs Assessment - EPLAN)

 

 

In recent years, EHAC, has been instrumental in a  number of significant public health efforts such as:

  • Engaging and supporting the establishment of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC-Erie) in Evanston after clinics were closed due to budget cuts. The FQHC now serves and addresses the unmet health needs in the Evanston community. 

  • Evanston Tobacco 21 which is a successful initiative implemented in 2014 to decrease tobacco use in teenagers and to protect youth from a lifetime of addiction and health issues associated with tobacco use. 

  • Rethink Your Drink campaign which raises awareness of sugar in sugar-sweetened beverages and promotes drinking water. 

  • Providing valuable input in previous and the current EPLAN.  

 

Members of EHAC

 Ike C. Ogbo, MPH, LEHP, REHS  Director  Evanston Health and Human Services (EHHS)
 Bruce Doblin, MD  Physician  Medical Consult for EHHS
 Donald Ziegler, PhD  Chair  EHAC
 C. Louise Brown, RN  Retired  Former Director of EHHS
 Lynn Chehab, MD  Physician  District 202
 Julianne Russell, MSN, A.P.R.N.  Nurse Practitioner  District 202
 Robert Palinkas, MD  Executive Director  Northwestern Health Services
 Robin Varnado, MS  Senior Director of Operations  Erie Family Health Center
 Kelly Klingensmith, MPH  Regional Director of Operations  Erie Family Health Center
 Missy Fleming, PhD  Psychologist  Evanston NAACP Health Committee
 Mark Schroder  Manager, Community Relations  NorthShore Evanston & Skokie Hospitals
 Nandini Roy Tayebali, MPH  Prevention Program Coordinator  Peer Services
 Ria Kataria, MS  Prevention Specialist  Peer Services
 Elissa Bassler, MFA  CEO  Illinois Public Health Institute
 Wendie Clark  Youth Services Coordinator  CEDA
 Pablo Castillo  Director of Operations  AMITA St Francis
 Hillary Douin, LCSW, CDVP  Director, Domestic Violence Prevention  YWCA
 Greg Olsen, MPH  Public Health Manager  EHHS
 Janet Kirby, MD  Psychiatrist/Psychotherapist  Evanston, IL

 

 

If you are interested and want to join the EHAC group, please email health@cityofevanston.org.