Established from the Racial Justice Work Group, to help identify priorities for our school, the Staff Diversity Liaisons was created to increase support and programming for the professional advancement of underrepresented staff at the Heersink School of Medicine.
To assemble the group, we asked each department and campus to appoint one staff person for this role—though large departments had the option of appointing more than one representative.
Members of the group are expected to:
- Have an interest in enhancing the diversity of the SOM and building a more inclusive environment for all.
- Advise ODI and provide feedback and input on our priorities, initiatives, activities, and issues.
- Help us understand the various cultures within our departments—their needs, and how they may best be supported.
We are excited to have the advice and knowledge of the Staff Diversity Liaisons working alongside our ODI team. Below is a complete list of each department and its representative.
If you have questions about the Staff Diversity Liaisons, feel free to contact the liaison listed below for your department, or contact ODI Program Director, Dr. Leisha Hultgren at lhultgre@uab.edu.
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Debbie Owen
dmowen@uabmc.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dion Lewis
dlewis11@uab.edu
Biomedical Engineering
Tomeka Wilson
wilsont@uab.edu
Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
Megan Rollins
meganr22@uab.edu
Dermatology
Jami Armbrester
jkarmbrester@uabmc.edu
Emergency Medicine
Whitney Covington
wcovington@uabmc.edu
Family and Community Medicine (1/2)
Adrienne Fowler-Payne
alfowler@uabmc.edu
Family and Community Medicine (2/2)
Shyla K. Fields
skcampbell@uabmc.edu
Genetics
Tanya Wiggins
twigg@uab.edu
Medical Education
Erica Brown
ebrown@uab.edu
Medicine (1/6)
Carolyn Walsh
carolynwalsh@uabmc.edu
Medicine (2/6)
Claire Auriemma
caur@uab.edu
Medicine (3/6)
Tatiana Torres Herman
ttherman@uabmc.edu
Medicine (4/6)
Samuel Boadu
sboadu@uabmc.edu
Medicine (5/6)
Mischell Massey, MBA
mischellmassey@uabmc.edu
Medicine (6/6)
Landon Wood
ldwood@uabmc.edu
Microbiology
Bruce McEntyre
bdmc@uab.edu
Neurobiology
Lara Ianov
lianov@uab.edu
Neurology
Shirley Gibbs
sgibbs@uabmc.edu
Neurosurgery
Jennifer Lancaster
jllancaster@uabmc.edu
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kevin Freeman
kevinfreeman@uabmc.edu
Ophthalmology
Carlon Harris
caharris@uabmc.edu
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dominique Square
squared@uab.edu
Otolaryngology
Sharon Jacobs
scjacobs@uabmc.edu
Pathology
Monica Henderson
maraula3@uab.edu
Pediatrics
Jessica Ward, MBA
Clinical Program Coordinator II
jaward@uab.edu
Pharmacology/Toxicology
LaShun Lanier
llanier@uab.edu
Psychiatry
Nicole Guyton
nguyton@uabmc.edu
Radiology
Leema Lutfi
llutfi@uabmc.edu
Radiation Oncology
Selina Todd
stodd@uabmc.edu
Surgery
Jeffery Steele
jtsteele@uabmc.edu
Urology
Liranda Howard
lirandacoleman@uabmc.edu
Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Kimberly Berger
kberger@uabmc.edu