WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS - Key Persons


Alex Holehouse

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Recruitment Committee Chair / Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Amber Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Community and Outreach Committee Chair

Angela Brown

Job Titles:
  • Department of Medicine Vice Chair for Health Equity
  • Vice Chair for Health Equity

Casey Katerndahl

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Recruitment Committee Chair / Instructor, Division of Oncology

Cassandra Fritz

Job Titles:
  • Residency Director - IM Resident & Fellow / Postdoc Initiative

Claudia Cabrera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Trainee Committee Chair

Eric Ricker - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
This committee is brand new and will focus on Washington University School of Medicine policies, St Louis policies, and statewide policies.

Felicia Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Assistant Director - Mentorship to Enhance Diversity in Academic Medicine ( MEDA )
  • Assistant Director / Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology

Gabriel Mbalaviele

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Professor, Division of Bone and Mineral Disease

Jennifer Mosher

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Jessica Silva-Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Director - Mentorship to Enhance Diversity in Academic Medicine ( MEDA )
  • Director / Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology

Jesus Jimenez

Job Titles:
  • Fellowship Director - IM Resident & Fellow / Postdoc Initiative

John T. Milliken

Job Titles:
  • Department of Medicine

Joseph Cherabie - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
The Research Committee aims to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ research, foster collaboration, and connect students with faculty mentors.

Meghan Campbell - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
The Mentorship Committee runs the OUTmentor Program and its associated programming. The program was open to MD faculty, trainees, and students from 2017-2020, and it expanded to the PhD programs in 2021.

Pouya Joolharzadeh - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
The Recruitment Committee focuses on creating visibility, providing resources, and increasing recruitment, retainment, and promotion of LGBTQIA+ faculty, trainees, and staff.

Rakhee Bhayani

Job Titles:
  • Director - Forum for Women in Medicine ( FWIM )

Takisha Jethroe

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Tony Dao - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director - OUTmed
The Education Committee addresses the training of faculty, trainees, and staff around core principles regarding LGBTQIA+ health to promote respect for persons, decrease implicit bias and microaggressions, and increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ health issues.

Will Johansen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
The Community Committee interfaces with the Washington University School of Medicine and the St Louis community. Its goal is to increase the visibility of OUTmed, its constituents, and LGBTQIA+ policies and issues.