Health Equity: Reinventing Treatment through the Lens of Gender

Brad Love works to help people thrive. At the University of Texas at Austin, he serves as University Distinguished Teaching Professor and an associate professor in the Center for Health Communication, where his work largely focuses on improving quality of life for young adults affected by cancer.  In particular, his research focuses on boosting access to mental health, social, and informational support. Love's projects have been supported by MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Livestrong Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, among others.

Jamie Agunsday is a master’s prepared Registered Nurse who has been serving families in southern New Jersey for nearly 8 years. She spent more than 7 years at the bedside as a labor and delivery nurse, helping families grow safely and with dignity.

Jamie has a long history of advocacy both professionally and personally. While receiving her master’s degree in sociology from the University of Central Florida, she worked as a crime victim advocate supporting survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking. As a nurse, Jamie has been deeply impacted by seeing women and birthing people experience serious complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period. Over the course of her nursing career, Jamie has earned her master’s degree in nursing. She has lobbied Congress and holds a leadership role in her professional organization. Jamie has served on multiple committees and developed collaborative initiatives to help improve the care of pregnant and postpartum individuals in the clinical setting.

Jamie’s work also focuses on inspiring, teaching, and mentoring other nurses to make childbirth safer. Above all, through her work Jamie seeks to center the voices and amplify the stories of those most impacted by adverse outcomes and health disparities as a way to make meaningful improvements in the health and well-being of all people giving birth. Jamie is a lifelong New Jersey resident where she lives with her husband and 2 children.

Born October 26, 1986, in Houston, Texas, to Earl and Reuna Campbell.  Tyler recalls life-changing words learned from his father at an early age, “A Campbell Never Quits.” When confronted with life’s obstacles, these words provided strength and encouragement. Tyler received a football Scholarship to San Diego State University in 2005.  While attending SDSU, he was a consistent scholar athlete and contributed mightily on the gridiron for the Aztecs. The tides of life came rolling in during his junior year when he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Tyler became the first individual to play division one college football with the disease.  After graduating from SDSU in 2009, Tyler moved back to Austin.  An entrepreneur in his own right, Tyler travels the country as a professional speaker delivering empowering and inspiring messages of self-worth.  Coining the phrase “TC Speaks”, Tyler hosts his own on air radio show, Real Lyfe Reel Talk, every Saturday from 12pm-1pm on 104.9 The Horn FM in Austin. The inspirational show has become so popular that the Moody School of Communications, at the University of Texas, has hired him on as a consultant to work with students on their semester podcast projects. Author, can now be added to his resume with the release of his new book “The Ball Came Out: Life From The Other Side Of The Field”. Tyler and his wife Shana, along with their 3 children, reside in Texas.

Between providing direct clinical care as an EMT, teaching healthcare to students in Moldova with the Peace Corps and earning an MBA/MS in Global Healthcare Management from Brandeis University, Chris has spent over a decade in the healthcare field. This also includes being a patient. 

Assigned female at birth, they have navigated invisible barriers to access the care needed to live as their authentic self. As an agender/nonbinary individual, Chris’ experiences and education are lived through the lens of gender, and the assumptions that come with being labelled “Male” or “Female.”