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Ilka K. Riddle, PhD

Associate Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-3620

Fax: 513-803-0072

Email: ilka.riddle@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Research Interests

Healthcare transition of children and youth with special health care needs; health disparities and health equity for individuals with disabilities

Biography

Ilka Riddle, PhD, is currently an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and is the associate director of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, housed in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s. She received her graduate-level education in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware, with a focus on disability and its impact on families.

Prior to arriving at Cincinnati Children’s in 2012, she was the health unit director at the Center for Disabilities Studies at the University of Delaware, where she was the principal investigator on various federally funded grants addressing health promotion and disease prevention for individuals with disabilities, improving service systems for children and youth with special health care needs and emergency preparedness for individuals with disabilities.

Dr. Riddle is particularly interested in systems change activities and health policy as they relate to accessibility and inclusiveness of individuals with disabilities in health care settings and she frequently presents on these topics at state and national conferences.

Education and Training

PhD: University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2006.

MS: University of Deleware, Newark, DE, 2001.

Publications

Phillips A, Riddle I, Sands M. Connecting the dots. 2nd ed. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2011.

Riddle IK, Romelczyk S, Sparling E. Effective communication for health care providers. A guide for caring for individuals with disabilities. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2011.

Tressel P, Romelczyk S, Riddle IK, Sparling, E. Disability and health in Delaware. Delaware Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009 select data. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2011.

Galonsky P, Riddle IK, Romelczyk S, Sparling E, Tressell P. Health and disability in Delaware. 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2010.

Riddle IK, Sparling E. Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities: A plan for action. A strategic plan for Delaware to promote health and prevent secondary health conditions in individuals with disabilities. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2009.

Riddle IK. Delaware health status report for children with disabilities and special health care needs. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2008.

Riddle IK. Delaware health status report for adults with disabilities. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2007.

Riddle IK. Delaware transition initiative. The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children transition survey project. Final report. Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 2007.