Office of the Dean | Texas Woman's University

For more than a century, TWU has graduated tens of thousands of health care leaders. Our health science programs engage students in applied learning opportunities and research collaborations that enhance the learning experience, benefit our communities, and contribute to scientific discoveries in our field.

I invite you to explore the options offered through the College of Health Sciences at Texas Woman’s. With distinctive programs managed by excellent faculty and staff at all three of our university campuses as well as online, TWU provides a variety of options for you to earn the health care degree you need to advance your career.

Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD, FACSM, FNAK
Dean, College of Health Sciences
WH 202
Tudor-Locke@twu.edu
940-898-2406

Education: PhD, University of Waterloo; MSc, DalHousie University; BA, The University of Lethbridge

Noralyn Pickens, PhD, OT, FAOTA, FNAP

Noralyn Davel Pickens serves as Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education and Strategic Initiatives in the College of Health Sciences and College of Nursing at Texas Woman’s University. An experienced academic leader, she advances interprofessional collaboration, faculty development and innovative health sciences education across TWU’s campuses. Pickens also leads strategic initiatives that connect academic, clinical, and community partnerships across the Dallas, Denton and Houston sites to strengthen collaborative health education and practice.

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Alyssa LaForme Fiss, PT, PhD, PCS

Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Success
afiss@twu.edu

Education: B.S., The Ohio State University, Physical Therapy; M.P.T., The Ohio State University, Physical Therapy; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Rehabilitation Science
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Developmental trajectories for children with cerebral palsy; intervention to improve adaptive behavior of children with disabilities; Intervention to support developmental skill acquisition in children with Down syndrome

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Ella Kysar

Manager, Interprofessional Education & Academic Support
WH 202
ekysar@twu.edu
940-898-2854

Enmaline Lizardo, MBA

Assistant to the Dean & Manager of Operations
WH 202
elizardo@twu.edu
940-898-2406

Molly Ramón

Manager of Student Success & External Relations
College of Health Sciences Academic Advising
WH 202E
mramon3@twu.edu
940-898-2858

Ash Sepulveda

Academic Advisor II
College of Health Sciences Academic Advising
WH 013F
asepulveda6@twu.edu
940-898-3046