IPE Advisory Councils and Committee

IPE Curriculum Leadership Council

Membership

Chairperson

The Institutional IPE Curriculum Leadership Council chair is appointed by the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Scott B. Crawford, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.S.S.H., C.H.S.O.S.

Executive Director, Training and Educational Center for Healthcare Simulation (TECHS)

Voting Members

Members: one dean-appointed IPE-trained faculty member from each school.

Armando D. Meza, M.D.

Associate Dean, GME

Mariela Lane, M.D.

Foster School of Medicine Faculty Representative

Salma Elwazeer, B.D.S., M.D.S., M.P.H., F.R.S.P.H

Hunt School of Dental Medicine Faculty Representative

Meghan LaMont, M.S.N., R.N.

Hunt School of Nursing Faculty Representative

Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D.

Dean, Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Margie E. Padilla, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES

Community Faculty Representative, University of Texas at El Paso

Ex-Officio Members

Alyssa C. Benavides, Ph.D., M.P.A.

Managing Director, Office of Interprofessional Education

Norma Fuentes, M.B.A.

Manager of Accessibility Services

E. Lee Rosenthal, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Public Health

IPE Evaluation Council

Charge

The IPE Evaluation Council is charged with developing, implementing, validating, monitoring, and reporting on systematic program evaluation for IPE at Texas Tech Health El Paso. The IPE Evaluation Council provides analysis and recommendations to the IPE Curriculum Council specifically regarding the Texas Tech Health El Paso common IPE experience and maintains awareness and assists in the evaluation of IPE programs sponsored at the program, co-curricular, and partner/affiliate levels.

Membership

Chairperson

The IPE Curriculum Council chair is appointed by the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Mir Faeq Quadri, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Public Health/Dental Public Health

E-mail: faeq.quadri@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-4686

Voting Members

Members (4): one dean-appointed IPE-trained faculty member from each school.

Jazmin Carrera-Blas, Ed.D., M.B.A.

Managing Director

E-mail: jazmin.carrera-blas@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-4158

Tracy Lopez, Ph.D., R.N., CNE, FELAN

Assistant Dean, Undergraduate ProgramAssociate Professor

E-mail: tralopez@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-6487

Thwe Htay, M.D.

Professor of Medical EducationClinical Professor, Dept. of Internal MedicineAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

E-mail: thwe.htay@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-4039

Ex-Officio Members

Alyssa Cervantes Benavides, PhD MPA

Managing Director, Office of Interprofessional Education

E-mail: alyssa.cervantes.benavides@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-6753

Julie Ann Blow, Ph.D.

Assistant Managing Director of Institutional Assessment

E-mail: julie.blow@ttep.edu

Phone: 915-215-6565

IPE Research and Scholarship Council

Charge

The IPE Research and Scholarship Council shall work collaboratively with the IPE Curriculum and Evaluation Councils to develop a program of research and scholarship based on the IPE programming at Texas Tech Health El Paso. In this context, the IPE Research and Scholarship Council is also encouraged to develop collaborations across institutions, and with other relevant academic organizations, to study and generally advance IPE knowledge, theory, and practice.