Ellen Bannister, MA

Academic Programs Coordinator

Ellen Bannister (she/her) is the mother of two children with developmental disabilities.  She is Academic Programs Coordinator of the Center for Learning and Leadership/ Oklahoma’s UCEDD at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).  Ellen acts as liaison for the UCEDD’s academic partners, Faculty Associates, and the colleges of OUHSC. She coordinates the Oklahoma UCEDD/LEND Consumer Advisory Committee and is a member of the OUHSC Interprofessional Educators and Practitioners Association (IEPA).  She is on the board of the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education, a national coalition of health care education faculty and other stakeholders.