Executive
Committee, Staff & Founders

Ellen
Haller, MD
Co-Director
Ellen Haller, MD is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry where she
is the Director of the Residency Training Program. A full-time member of the
UCSF School of Medicine faculty since 1988, her main areas of interest are women's
and LGBT mental health. Dr. Haller is passionate about teaching the general public,
primary care practitioners and others about mental health issues for these populations,
and she was delighted to join LHRC as a Co-Director in July, 2006. Dr. Haller
has served as Secretary of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists and
President of the Northern California Psychiatric Society, and she chaired the
UCSF Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Issues from 2005-2007.

Zina
Mirsky, RN, EdD
Co-Director
Zina
Mirsky, RN, EdD, Associate Dean for Administration
at UCSF School of Nursing, was appointed as co-director of
LHRC upon the retirement of LHRC co-founder, School of Nursing
Professor Emerita Sue Dibble. Zina has been an administrator
and faculty member at UCSF since 1972, and has served the
campus and School in most of their missions, most principally
in teaching and service. Given the Martin Luther King, Jr.
award for staff in 2004 for her commitment to diversity,
she is concerned about equality in access to healthcare and
professional education, and is honored to have been named
to this new role.

Diane
A. Sabin, DC
Executive Director
Diane
A. Sabin, DC has been a community activist for over three
decades. She is the Executive Director of the Lesbian Health & Research
Center as well as the Associate Director for the National
Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. Before joining
UCSF, Dr. Sabin was devoted to serving the community through
her chiropractic clinic in San Francisco for 17 years.
Diane has been on the board of directors for several key
organizations including the National Center for Lesbian
Rights, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and
Woman Vision, in addition to being one of the co-founders
of 100 Lesbians and Our Friends, a lesbian philanthropic
community initiative.
A radical lesbian feminist cultural worker since 1974,
she has produced concerts, participated in community collaborations,
planned demonstrations, and persevered. She is thrilled to
be so actively engaged and deeply dedicated to the LGBTIQ
movement community.
Many Thanks to the LHRC Founders - 1999:
Suzanne Dibble, DNSc, RN &
Dixie Horning
Deepest Appreciation to the LHRC Founding Directors - 1999 - 2007:
Suzanne Dibble, DNSc, RN &
Patricia Robertson, MD

Suzanne Dibble, DNSc, RN
Founding Director
Suzanne
Dibble, DNSc, RN is Professor Emerita of Nursing
at the Institute for Health & Aging, School of Nursing,
UCSF, and co-founder of the Lesbian Health Research Center,
which is concerned with the health and wellness of lesbians,
bisexual women, and transgender individuals and their
families. Her research has focused on the care of individuals
with chronic illnesses.

Patricia Robertson, MD
Founding Director
Patricia
Robertson, MD is Professor of Clinical
Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
at the University of California at San Francisco.
She co-founded Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services
in 1978, while doing one of the earliest studies
on STDs in lesbians. She has been providing medical
care to lesbians for many years, as well as lectures
to clinicians. She is also a perinatologist, taking
care of high risk pregnant women, as well as Director
of Medical Student Education for her department.
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