TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., has appointed an institutional-level, multidisciplinary Sex and Gender-Based Medicine Task Force to serve as a think tank for future initiatives in sex and gender-based medicine, including collaboration with experts at Texas Tech.

In addition, the task force will work closely with the Sex and Gender-Based Medicine Curriculum Program, the main purpose of which is the creation of sex and gender-based medicine educational materials and innovative educational models for use within TTUHSC and disseminated nationally.

The Task Force members are:

Academic Affairs
·         Rial Rolfe, Ph,D., MBA (Co-Chair)

School of Medicine
·         Marjorie Jenkins, M.D. (Co-Chair)
·         Susan Bergeson, Ph.D.
·         Betsy Jones, Ed.D.
·         Robert Casanova, M.D.
·         Cheryl Erwin, Ph.D., J.D.
·         Michael Song, M.D./Ph.D. Student
·         Heather Patel, MSII

School of Nursing
·         Yondell Masten, Ph.D.
·         Kellie Bruce, Ph.D.
·         Marnette Winner, MSN

School of Pharmacy
·         Rebecca Sleeper, Pharm.D.
·         Nishil Desai, Ph.D.
·         Amie Blaszczyk, CGP

School of Allied Health
·         LesLee Taylor, Ph.D.
·         Dawndra Sechrist, Ph.D.

School of Biomedical Sciences
·         Theresa L. Byrd, D.Ph.

Laura W. Bush Women’s Health Institute
·         Marley Hoggatt