Texas A&M Alliance for SGM Health Education
Mission
The mission of the Texas A&M Alliance for SGM (Sexual and Gender Minority) Health Education (TAMASHE) is to provide evidence-based, high-quality, interprofessional LGBTIQ+ health education for students and providers across all health professions.
Vision
To ensure that all LGBTIQ+ people in Texas have equitable access to appropriate and validating health care from culturally and clinically competent healthcare teams.
Objectives
- To provide evidence-based, high-quality, interprofessional LGBTIQ+ health education for students and community providers in all health professions
- To improve the climate and communication toward LGBTIQ+ persons in educational and health care settings
- To reduce and eventually eliminate health disparities and advance health equity for LGBTIQ+ and intersecting communities
- To maximize access to cost-effective health care for the LGBTIQ+ community in Texas
- To improve quality of life for LGBTIQ+ persons in Texas and beyond
- To contribute to the growing body of interprofessional LGBTIQ+ health research
Member Bios
Joy P. Alonzo, PharmD, ME
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Texas A&M Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy
Matthew J. Kesterke, PhD
Instructional Assistant Professor, Orthodontics
Texas A&M School of Dentistry
Dianne M. Kraft, Ph.D.
(she/her/hers)
Instructional Assistant Professor, Humanities in Medicine
Texas A&M School of Medicine
Christopher Owens, PhD, MPH
(he/him)
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Community Health Services
Texas A&M School of Public Health
Alison Pittman, Ph.D, RN
(she/hers)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Texas A&M School of Nursing
Kaileigh D. Roan, MEd
Doctoral StudentTexas A&M School of Public Health
Peter Scaramuzzo
(he/him/we)
Doctoral Student
Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development