Council on Inclusion and Diversity Members

Chinelo Animalu, MD MPH
Assistant Professor
Medical Infectious Disease

Kristen Bettin, MD, M Ed
Assistant Dean
Clinical Curriculum

Ronald Cowan, MD PhD
Professor and Chair
Psychiatry 

Alicia Diaz-Thomas, MD MPH
Associate Dean
Faculty Affairs 

Alexander Feliz, MD
Associate Professor and Program Director
General Surgery

Dustin Fulton, EdD
Assistant Dean
Admissions

Tangela Gipson, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
GWIMS representative

Ashley Hambright, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Knoxville Campus

Teresa Hartnett, EdD
Senior Associate Dean
Finance and Administration

Deirdre James, MD
Assistant Dean
Student Affairs

Michelle Martin, PhD
Director
Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research

Kristen McKenzie
COM Staff Diversity Steering Committee
CANDLE Retention Specialist, Preventive Medicine

Debo Odulana, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Chair - GME Subcommittee on DEI

Mukta Panda, MD
Assistant Dean
Well-being and Medical Education

Crystal Pourciau, MD MPH
Assistant Professor
Dermatology

Claudette Shephard, MD
Associate Dean
Diversity and Inclusion

Altha Stewart, MD
Senior Associate Dean
Community Health Engagement

Valeria Vasquez, PhD
Associate Professor
Physiology

Evan Ward, DHsc. PA-C
Assistant Professor
Physician Assistant

Nia Zalamea, MD
Associate Director
Center for Multicultural and Global Health