Law, Health Policy & Disability Center Staff
Iowa Staff
- Helen Schartz, Ph.D., J.D., Director of Research, Associate Research Scientist
- David Klein, Ph.D., Director of Technology, Instructional Designer
- LeeAnn McCoy, M.F.A., Program Associate
- Lisa Werner, BA, Survey Research Field Director
Research Team
- Melisa Watt, Interview Supervisor
- Hayden Taylor, Interview Supervisor
- William Penisten, Interview Supervisor
- Jacob Halter, Interview Supervisor
- Martin Malone, Interview Supervisor
- Gary Asby, Technical Support, Survey Center
Technical Assistance and Outreach Team
- Johnette Hartnett, Ed.D., Director of Public Policy
- Laura Gleneck, M.A., Program Associate
- Steven Mendelsohn, J.D., Program Associate
- Sharon Brent, Program Associate
- Miranda Kennedy, Program Associate
- Danielle Diamond, Program Associate
- Nakia Matthews, Program Administrator
Research Assistants, Interns & Independent Research Students
- Brieanne Billie, Research Assistant
- Rachel Bubb, Research Assistant
- Philip Dureza, Research Assistant
- Andrew Luther, Research Assistant
- Matthew Rose, Research Assistant
Affiliated Researchers
- Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D., University Professor, Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, Founder of the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center
- Noel Estrada-Hernandez, Ph.D., CRC, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development, University of Iowa
- Lex Frieden, M.A., Founder and Director, Independent Living Research Utilization Program (ILRU) at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Deborah Gordon, M.A., Senior Researcher
- Allen Jensen, M.A., Senior Research Staff Scientist, Center for Health Services Research and Policy, The George Washington University
- Doug Kruse, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Resources Management, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
- Michael Morris, J.D., Chief Executive Officer, Burton Blatt Institute, and Director, National Disability Institute, Washington, D.C.
- William N. Myhill, M.Ed., J.D., Senior Research Associate, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
- Gerard Quinn, B.A. (NUI), LL.B. (NUI), B.L. (King's Inn), LL.M (Harvard), S.J.D. (Harvard), Senior Researcher, Dean and Professor, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Laurie Gerken Redd, Administrative Director, ILRU
- Laurel Richards, Director of Training and Research Utilization, ILRU
- Mark Richards, Project Associate, ILRU
- Leonard A. Sandler, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law, The University of Iowa College of Law
- Kevin Schartz, Ph.D., M.C.S., Associate Research Scientist, The University of Iowa
- James L. Schmeling, J.D., Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse, NY
- Lisa Schur, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
- Robert Silverstein, J.D., Director, Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy
- Maria Soria, Administrative Support Specialist, ILRU
- Michael A. Stein, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Researcher, 2006-07 Cabell Research Professor of Law, William & Mary College of Law
- Penelope Sowerby Stein, Ph.D., Researcher
- Vilia M. Tarvydas, Ph.D., LMHC, CRC, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, The Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation, The University of Iowa
- Michael E. Waterstone, J.D., Senior Researcher, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
- Wendy Wilkinson, J.D., Technical Assistance Coordinator, ILRU