Renata
Ticha,
PhD
Research Associate and Research Director
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
Renáta Tichá, Ph.D., is a Research Associate and Research Director at the ICI, and adjunct faculty member in the Special Education Program. She has extensive experience in services for adults with disabilities as a program evaluator and researcher. She has served as PI and Co-PI, and directed federally-funded projects involving training, assessment, and intervention research for youth and adults with disabilities. Her work on the National Core Indicators has led to significant enhancements in how the outcomes of adults with IDD are measured and on the knowledge about the impact of policies on the outcomes of people with IDD experience
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience health disparities and inadequate healthcare due partially to lack of knowledge about IDD among healthcare professionals. The Partnering to Transform Health Outcomes with Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PATH-PWIDD) Consortium, funded by the Administration for Community Living, is developing and integrating high-impact inclusive curricular materials and strategies into community-academic interprofessional partnerships to improve access to healthcare and the health outcomes of people with IDD.The PATH-PWIDD…