Student Health Advisory Committee

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Student Health Advisory Committee Mission

  • Serve as an ambassador for McKinley Health Center and Student Health Insurance.
  • Attend monthly meetings and promote the general welfare and health of the student community.
  • Participate in McKinley outreach opportunities and promotional activities.
  • Create awareness of both general and special services offered by the Health Center.
  • Review and evaluate programs, services, and policies.
  • Provide a mechanism for student consumer complaints, excluding any review of medical competence.
  • Opportunity to participate in the selection process for all new professional staff, physicians, health educators, administrators, and such others as may be appropriate and timely.
  • Consult with the Executive Director of McKinley on policies for operations and management.
  • Offer recommendations for new programs or modifications of existing programs. (These policies shall in no way detail the actual practice of medicine.)
  • Review the annual budget proposal with the Executive Director in advance of its presentation to the Student Fee Advisory Committee.
  • Provide such other advice on health and health center matters as the Vice-Chancellor might request. 
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Student Advisory Board Members

Executive Director: Awais Vaid 
Ex-Officio: Dr. Robert Woodward, Jennifer Carson and Nick Chancellor
Faculty/Staff members:  Gretchen Forman, Allison McKinney, Raj Minakshi, Beth Sheehan, Stephanie Vogelsang,
Undergraduate members: Alaina Dines, Riman Doodin, Ivette Juarez, Isabella Little, Aishat Odunewu-Smith, Tanusha Santosh, Abubaker Touray
Graduate Student members:  Alyssa Ortega

 

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How Can You Get Involved?

Each fall, we select new members to serve a one-year term on the Student Health Advisory Committee. If you are interested in contributing your ideas and helping shape student health services, please email wellness@illinois.edu to request an application.