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About Us

Collaborative Background

A group of faculty and community partners in Abilene had been working together to address human trafficking in the Big Country (along with the Big Country Human Trafficking Coalition). HB 2095, effective Sept. 1, 2019, requires all patient care providers to have HT training as provided by Governor Abbott. The group in Abilene began receiving calls about HB2095. The work group reached out to the state and others at TTUHSC to explore efforts related to human trafficking within TTUHSC. In February 2020, the TTUSHC President’s Office and Council of Deans appointed a Human Trafficking Initiative (HTI) Work Group with representatives across all schools and campuses and includes community partners. The HTI work group was tasked to develop recommendations on how to collaboratively address the social injustice of Human/Sex Trafficking and the growing need for human trafficking awareness and intervention in Texas.  As the #2 state in the nation in human trafficking incidences and the #1 state in number of reported cases, Texas has a unique opportunity to join the fight against human trafficking. In September 2020, the work group proposed TTUHSC form the Human Trafficking Collaborative that includes all faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders who are working to stop human trafficking. The HTC meets quarterly. 

Collaborative Members

 

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

  • Emily Sledge
    MPH Student
    Public Health (Lubbock)
    940-447-2864
 

School of Health Professions

  • Donna Ables
    Lead Advisor
    Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (Lubbock) 
  • Rebecca Sametz, PhD, CRC, LPC, VRT
    Director of Clinical Rehabilitation/Director of Veterans Certificate Program/Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Clinical Counseling & Mental Health, Clinical Rehab. Counseling Program (Lubbock)

School of Medicine

  • Amy Stark, MD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychiatry (Amarillo) 
  • Michelle Tarbox
    Assistant Professor
    SOM, Department of Dermatology (Lubbock)
  • Simon Williams
    Professor
    SOM, Department of Medical Education (Lubbock)
    806-743-5668
  • Mimi Zumwalt, MD
    Professor
    Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (Lubbock)
    806-743-2465
  • Nancy Trevino, PhD
    Director, TTMHI
    Dept of Psychiatry, Texas Tech Mental Health Initiative (Lubbock)
    806-743-1634
 
 

School of Nursing

  • Donna Paris
    DNP, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor
    School of Nursing (Abilene)
    325 696-0519
  • Gayle Stegall 
    MSN, RN, CNE,     Assistant Professor
    School of Nursing (Abilene)
    325.696.0547
 

School of Pharmacy 

TTU 

  • Elizabeth Sharp, Ph.D
    Professor | Director, Gender SEAMS
    Human Development & Family Studies/Human Sciences (Lubbock) 
    806-834-8652

Managed Care (TDCJ) 

Community Partners

  • Kristen Murray
    Executive Director
    Voice of Hope: Rape Crisis Center (Lubbock)
    Kristin.n.murray@gmail.com