  Dr. Burnet is a general internist and pediatrician - she sees adults
and kids at the University of
Chicago clinics. Dr. Burnet
worked as a foster care case
worker on Chicago's South Side
before moving
into medicine.
She attended
medical
school and served
her residency
at the University
of Chicago;
she has been on faculty
since 1993. She also completed a
Master's degree in public policy at
UC, as part of her training for research on obesity and diabetes prevention.
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 Marla Solomon
is a registered
dietitian and
certified diabetes
educator,
who has been
on various hospital
diabetes
teams. She really enjoys working
with kids which is why she has
been the lead dietitian for the
Northern Illinois American Diabetes
Association day camp program
for the past fourteen years.
In her free time, she likes to be
with her husband and sons either
playing tennis, riding bikes, visiting
museums and cooking
together. |
 Althera M. Steenes is our Community Outreach Specialist.
Althera has continued
performing
some Research Assistant duties in addition to still being a Lay Health Educator.
She is very excited about working with the community and lookng forward to increasing recruitment for the program. In her spare
time, Althera is a licensed Realtor
for the State of Illinois. She enjoys
meeting people and networking in
the community. Althera says, “I
appreciate the honesty the families
give, they help motivate me.
I help teach the sessions but we
all learn together”. |
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Our Lay Health Educator Team
Matilda Baker
Seletta Goodall-Nichols
Althera M. Steenes
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Dr. Quinn is a
social psychologist
with the University of Chicago’s Diabetes
Research and Training Center,
where he has worked for over 15
years with children, adolescents,
and adults who have or are at risk
for diabetes. He also served as a
behavioral consultant to the Adult
Diabetes Prevention Program.
He is a father of two, and happy
grandfather to Bryn and Cooper.
Izadora Torres, originally from
El Paso, Texas, was raised on the
Southside
of Chicago
and has
lived here
most of her
life. Izadora
started
working
with Reach In! Reach Out! Program
in May 2005. Before coming
to the University of Chicago, she
worked at Cook County Hospital,
now known as Stroger, for about 8
years. Izadora is interested in