Group photo of the Inclusion and Excellence Council.
At Baylor College of Medicine, we believe that diversity, respect and inclusiveness create the best environment for academic excellence and workplace culture. Our values of respect, integrity, innovation, teamwork and excellence are core to continuing to have a respectful and inclusive environment at Baylor College of Medicine. This also allows us to strengthen our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity and ensuring a broader perspective.
In November 2016, a new Inclusion and Excellence Council was announced. Council members are made up of faculty, staff and trainees from throughout the institution. The purpose of the Inclusion and Excellence Council is to establish a body that will support Baylor’s institutional diversity and inclusion goals and serve in an advisory capacity to the Associate Provost of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion who will serve as the Chair of the Council. The Council will work to maximize the engagement of people throughout the Baylor Community who share our passion for inclusion, diversity and equity.
The Inclusion and Excellence Council is comprised of twenty-five voting members including the “Council” Chair, fourteen faculty, at least two administrative staff members, two postdoctoral trainees, two residents and four students. Send your thoughts and suggestions on ways to enhance inclusion and excellence at Baylor by emailing them to institutionaldiversity@bcm.edu.
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Name |
Position |
Membership Year |
Title |
Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lindsay Godfrey |
Member (Administrative Staff) |
2021-2023 |
Senior Coordinator, Program Management |
School of Medicine |
|
Cassandra Shorter |
Member (Administrative Staff) |
2021-2023 |
Supervisor, Program Management |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Alli Antar, Ph.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Shixia Huang, Ph.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Associate Professor/Proteomics Core Director |
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology |
|
Achilia Morrow, M.D., M.P.H. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Senior Faculty |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Roger Nicome, M.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Elizabeth Shell, Ph.D., M.P.A.S. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Physician Assistant Program |
|
Crystal Shin, Ph.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery |
|
Richard Strax, M.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Professor |
Department of Radiology |
|
Isabel Valdez, M.S. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Michelle Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Radiation Oncology |
|
Cassius Mensah, M.D. |
Member (At-Large Faculty) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Department of Anesthesiology |
|
Toi Harris, M.D. |
Member (Chair) |
2021-2023 |
Associate Provost of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity & Student and Trainee Services |
Office of the Provost |
|
Jairo Barrantes-Perez, M.D. |
Member (Faculty Senate) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Dorina Papageorgiou, Ph.D., M.H.Sc. |
Member (Faculty Senate) |
2021-2023 |
Assistant Professor |
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
|
Fidaa Shaib, M.D. |
Member (Faculty Senate) |
2020-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Ashwin Viswanathan, M.D. |
Member (Faculty Senate) |
2020-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Neurosurgery |
|
Sarah Jazzar |
Member (Student) |
2021-2022 |
Student |
School of Health Professions |
|
Varuna Chander |
Member (Student) |
2021-2022 |
Student |
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
|
Alyssa Paparella |
Member (Student) |
2021-2022 |
Student |
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
|
Summer Walton |
Member (Student) |
2021-2022 |
Student |
School of Medicine |
|
Sohini Banerjee, Ph.D. |
Member (Trainee) |
2021-2022 |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
Darius, Dawson, Ph.D. |
Member (Trainee) |
2021-2022 |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
|
Michael Petrus-Jones, D.O., M.P.H. |
Member (Trainee) |
2021-2022 |
Medical Resident PGY2 |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Namrata Walia, |
Member (Trainee) |
2021-2022 |
Research Postdoctoral Fellow (MD) |
Department of Family and Community Medicine |
Anne Gill, Dr.P.H., M.S.N. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Antonie Rice, Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Assistant Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Annie Torres, B.A. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Development Director |
Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs |
|
Ali Asghar-Ali, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
|
Mara Cardenas |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Student |
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
|
Krista Defalco, M.B.A., M.H.A. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
M.D./Ph.D. Administrative Operations Director |
Medical Scientist Training Program |
|
Elizabeth Elliott, M.S. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
School of Health Professions |
|
Mgbechi Erondu, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Medical Resident PGY4 |
Department of Anesthesiology |
|
Aimee Gardner, Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
School of Health Professions |
|
Susan Gillespie, M.D., Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Alison Goulding, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Fellow Physician PGY6 |
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
|
Jordan Lim, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Fellow Physician PGY5 |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Debra Murray, Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Instructor |
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics |
|
Frederick Pereira, Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Huffington Center On Aging |
|
Jean Raphael, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Ashutosh Wali, M.B.B.S., M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Professor |
Department of Anesthesiology |
|
Kjersti Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Professor |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
|
Josh Muniz, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Medical Resident PGY3 |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Tamara Ortiz-Perez, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Department of Radiology |
|
Jose Perez, M.D., B.S. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Associate Professor |
Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine |
|
Amandi Rhett, M.S. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Assistant Professor |
School of Health Professions |
|
Jeffrey Starke, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Professor |
Department of Pediatrics |
|
Ronald Vilela, M.D. |
Ex-Officio |
2021-2022 |
Assistant Professor |
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery |
|
Name |
Position |
Title |
Department |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Biykem Bozkurt, M.D. |
Administrator |
Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development |
Office of the Provost |
|
Nana Coleman, M.D. |
Administrator |
Associate Provost of Academic Affairs and Health System Science |
Office of the Provost |
|
Shad Deering, M.D |
Administrator |
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Children's Hospital of San Antonio |
Office of the President |
|
Toni Gray, M.A. |
Administrator |
Title IX and Disability Director |
Office of the Provost |
|
Erik Malmberg, Ph.D., J.D. |
Administrator |
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director |
Office of the Provost |
