Past Events and Speakers
UNDERSTANDING WOUND CARE IN HIV/AIDS
Spring 2025
This event explored wound care in the face of stigma and possible transmissible illness, while acknowledging the struggles of quality care for AIDS patients during the AIDS epidemic. Our guest speaker, Nurse Karen, shared her personal experencies in this field and during the epidemic.
RECENT SPEAKERS
Madelein Santibanez
Madelein Santibanez is a Senior Director of Health & Wellness at Corazon Ministires. Santibanez spoke at one of our general meetings over the importance of cultural competency and compassion in healthcare, while highlighting her experiences with Corazon Ministries.
Marcela Haro, PhD
Dr.Haro is a Assistant Professor in Obsteterics and Gynecology at UT Health San Antonio. She studies immune regulation is ovarian cancer and endometriosis using spatial and single-cell 'omics' technologies and in vivo models.
Dr. Sara Oswalt
Dr.Oswalt is Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Public Health at UT San Antonio. Her research focuses on assessing college students' health status and evaluation of institutional efforts to address those health issues, predominantly in the areas of sexuality and mental health. She has co-authored over 50 journal articles and two sexuality textbooks for college students. She worked as a college health educator for 8 years at two different institutions before becoming a faculty member at UTSA in 2004.
