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Every person listed below has completed the following LinkedIn Learning Courses:
1) Out and Proud
2) Succeeding as an LGBT Professional
3) Becoming an Ally to All

While there is broad agreement that LGBTQ cultural competency training is valuable, there cannot be a permanent standard of cultural competency, as communities, language and policies shift over time and the requirements for culturally responsive care may differ, based on job responsibilities. Despite the inevitability of change, we used the LinkedIn learning content to create current standards for “culturally responsive care,” even as we understand the limitations of such a designation.

LGBTQ+ and Ally List

Name (Pronouns) & TitleLast Name (hidden, for sorting only)DepartmentAffiliationSchool

Greg Shelley
(He/Him/His
Managing Local Ombudsman

 Shelley Center for Nursing Research Staff CSN
Brett D. Cullum
(He/Him/His)
Recruiter		 Cullum Human Resources Staff
Asia McCleary-Gaddy, PhD
(she, her, hers)
Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
 McCleary-Gaddy Office of Diversity and Inclusion Staff
Andrea Taylor, PhD
(she/her)
Assistant Professor		 Taylor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Faculty MMS

Lilit Sargsyan
(she/her)
Assistant Professor

 Sargsyan Internal medicine Faculty MMS

Jamie Sims, BS, CCRP
(she/her)
Research Coordinator III

 Sims Neurology Staff MMS

Christine D. Gordon, MD
(she/her/hers)
Clinical Fellow

 Gordon Internal Medicine Fellow MMS

Andrew Coulter
(He/Him)
Epilepsy Fellowship Program Coordinator

 Coulter Neurology Staff MMS

Miguel Chavez, CRCR
(He/Him)
Financial Counselor

 Chavez Financial Operations Staff

Madeline Burfitt
(She/Her)
Student Nurse

 Burfitt Student CSN

Dawn Shepler
(She/Her)
Chaplain

 Shepler HCPC Programming Services Faculty

Barbara Hekel PhD, MPH, MS, RN
(she/ her/ hers)
Assistant Professor

 Hekel Cizik SON Undergraduate Department  Faculty CSN

Caitlin Ward LMSW, MTBC
(She, her)
Social Services Clinician

 Ward Programming Staff HCPC

Naga Kadiyala
Associate Vice President, HR Technology Compensation

 Kadiyala Human Resources Staff

Lisa Kan, PhD
(She/Her)
Assistant Professor

 Kan Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Faculty MMS

Jocelyn Ursua, MD
(she/her/hers)

 Ursua Internal Medicine Resident MMS

Gabriel Fries, MSc, PhD
(He/him/his)
Assistant Professor

 Fries Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Faculty MMS

Karen Weinberg
(She/Her/Hers)
Director, Student Affairs & Admissions

 Weinberg Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Dean's Office) Staff GSBS

Katie Wakefield
(She/her)

 Wakefield Student CSN

Seena Ounsinegad, BSA
(he/him)

 Ounsinegad Student MMS

Keisha S. Ray, PhD
(She/her)
Assistant Professor,
Director, Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration

 Ray McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics Faculty MMS

Diane Santa Maria DrPH, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM, FAAN
(She/her/hers)
Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair,
Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing Education Leadership Dean,
Associate Professor, Department of Research

 Santa Maria Dean Faculty CSN

Sarah Bentley
(She/her/hers)
Research Coordinator II

 Bentley Dell Center Staff SPH

Andrea R. Charles
(She/her/hers)
Faculty Affairs Specialist

 Charles Faculty Affairs Staff SPH