Staff
Office of Rural & Community Health
The F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health serves remote rural communities with the help of a multidisciplinary group of professionals.
Dr. Billy U. Philips
Executive Vice President & Director
Dr. Billy U. Philips, Jr. is the Executive Vice President for Rural and Community
Health. Dr. Philips holds an M.P.H. and a Ph.D. in Human Ecology (Epidemiology) from
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center . He is recognized nationally for
his expertise in cancer control education.
Sarah Looten
Director of Staff Relations
Dolores Parrish
Assistant Staff Relations
Denise Lopez
Director of Finance
Deborah McCarty
Senior Administrative Assistant
Sue Davis
Senior Office Assistant
Contracts, Grants, and Publishing (CGaP)
The Contracts, Grants, and Publishing (CGaP) team supports all programs of the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health. Specifically, CGaP provides contracting support and expertise; supports, administers, and contributes to grant application writing; and administers, edits, and contributes to the Institute’s quarterly publication, the Rural Health Quarterly. The team also provides technical writing expertise and edits a myriad of the Institute’s publications, including reports for key stakeholders and scholarly work..
Jill Russell
Contracts Development Manager
Amber Parker
Lead Writer
Candice Clark
Managing Editor
Data and Analytics (D&A)
D&A is the Institute clearinghouse for research administration and performs collection, analysis and management of data and information needed for grant proposal preparation and other special projects. Other academic and community-based activities performed by D&A include geomapping and analysis, community health needs assessments and information dissemination.
Dr. Gipsy Bocanegra
Director Data and Analytics
Grace Fosu
Research Associate
Rhonda Isome
Senior Office Assistant
Transforming Communities Through Outreach, Recruitment and Education (T-CORE)
T-CORE was created two years ago to more accurately describe the programs that have evolved within the West Texas AHEC division of the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health. In addition to West Texas AHEC, programs under T-CORE include Community Health Worker Development-Bridge to Excellence, Scrubs Club, Double T Health Service Corp and the Youth Empowerment Training Initiative (YETI).
Cathy Hudson
Director of T-CORE
Celeste Hoffman
Health Career Promotions Coordinator
Jesse Jenkins
Database and Reporting Specialist
Olugbenga Olokede
Health Career Promotion and Outreach Coordinator
Wendy Bryan
TCORE Project Manager
Michelle Crump
Senior Office Assistant
Innovative Healthcare Transformations (InHT)
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Telemedicine Program continues to bridge access barriers in the 108‐county service area of West Texas. The TTUHSC Telemedicine Program provides patient services including rural health clinic‐based specialty care, school‐based clinic primary care, correctional telemedicine, and mental health services, including a school‐based triage and referral project and an HIV+ clinic for uninsured and underserved patients.
Derrick Ramsey
Director of InHT
Aaron Cook
IT Support Specialist
Frances Quintero
Unit Manager Frontiers in Telemedicine Lab
Kelly Muñoz
Section Manager, TexLa TRC
Laura Lappe
Program Manager Telemedicine
Laura Rauwald
Section Coordinator, TexLa TRC
Max Richards
Technology Manager
Yogis Mayooran
Financial Analyst II
Lisa Wynn
Senior Office Assistant
Web Information Technology (WIT)
WIT handles the Institutes websites and social presence and supports the rest of the institute with technology support. In addition to web and technology services, WIT also provides graphic design for the Intitutes publications and other projects.
Miguel Carrasco
Director of WIT
Jessica Alexander
Senior Designer