Staff Diversity Liaisons offer support and programming for the professional advancement of underrepresented staff at Heersink School of Medicine. Each department and campus appoints at least one staff person for group membership—though large departments have the option of appointing more than one representative.
Group members are committed to:
• Enhancing diversity at Heersink and building a more inclusive environment for all.
• Advising ODI and providing feedback on priorities, initiatives, activities, and issues.
• Helping ODI understand various cultures within departments, including their needs and how they may best be supported.
Their advice and knowledge is imperative to reaching ODI’s goals. Below is a complete list of each department's representative(s). If you have questions, contact the liaison listed below for your department, or ODI Program Director, Leisha Hultgren, Ph.D.: lhultgre@uab.edu.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Debbie Owen, MPA
dmowen@uabmc.edu

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dion Lewis
dlewis11@uab.edu

Biomedical Engineering
Tomeka Wilson, MPH
wilsont@uab.edu

Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
Megan Rollins, MSHI
meganr22@uab.edu

Dermatology
LaTrice Underwood, BS
latriceunderwood@uabmc.edu

Emergency Medicine
Whitney Covington, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM
wcovington@uabmc.edu

Family and Community Medicine
Adrienne Fowler-Payne, MPA
alfowler@uabmc.edu

Family and Community Medicine
Shyla K. Fields, MBA
skcampbell@uabmc.edu

Genetics
Tanya Wiggins, MBA
twigg@uab.edu

Medical Education
Erica Brown, M.Ed
ebrown@uab.edu

Medicine
Tatiana Torres Herman, Ph.D.
ttherman@uabmc.edu

Medicine
Claire Auriemma, MBA, MPH
caur@uab.edu

Medicine
Mischell Massey, MBA
mischellmassey@uabmc.edu

Medicine
Carolyn Walsh, MA
carolynwalsh@uabmc.edu

Medicine
Samuel Boadu, MPH
sboadu@uabmc.edu

Medicine
Adrianne Marbury, MPA
amarbury@uabmc.edu

Microbiology
Bruce McEntyre
bdmc@uab.edu

Neurobiology
Keri Dickens, BA
kerid@uab.edu

Neurology
Shirley Gibbs, BS
sgibbs@uabmc.edu

Neurosurgery
Jennifer Lancaster, BA
jllancaster@uabmc.edu

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kevin Freeman
kevinfreeman@uabmc.edu

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Raven Hollinger, AS
rhollinger@uabmc.edu

Orthopaedic Surgery
Dominique McCray, BSHA
dsquare@uabmc.edu

Otolaryngology
Sharon Jacobs
scjacobs@uabmc.edu

Pathology
Monica Henderson
maraula3@uab.edu

Pediatrics
Angelica Rice, MS
angelicajaimes@uabmc.edu

Pharmacology and Toxicology
LaShun Lanier, BA
llanier@uab.edu

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Tacoa Ball, BSN, RN
tball20@uab.edu

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
Nicole Guyton-McClendon
nguyton@uabmc.edu

Radiation Oncology
Selina Todd,BA
stodd@uabmc.edu

Radiology
Evan Hudson, B.S., CHES
hudson11@uab.edu

Surgery
Jeffery Steele
jtsteele@uabmc.edu

Surgery
Marissa C. Keppley, MBA
mkeppley@uab.edu

Urology
Liranda Howard
lirandacoleman@uabmc.edu

Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Kimberly Berger, BSW
kberger@uabmc.edu