Christine Kaunas, EdD, MPH is the Assistant Vice President for Interprofessional Education & Research at the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Health Science Center (now TAMU Health).  Since 2016, she has been working with all TAMU Health units - the schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health – to provide leadership for interprofessional education (IPE) across the institution.  Her work has focused on building infrastructure for and removing barriers to IPE, providing faculty development for IPE, and designing, implementing, and supporting interprofessional student learning. Dr. Kaunas' research has focused on the relationship between institutional characteristics and IPE implementation. She is one of five founding members of the Texas Interprofessional Education Consortium, a Community of Practice engaged in elevating IPE across the state. In addition to her leadership role in IPE, she serves as an assistant lecturer in the TAMU Department of Health Policy & Management in the School of Public Health.

Dr. Kaunas received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from DePaul University in Chicago, her master’s degree in public health (epidemiology) from San Diego State University, and her doctoral degree in higher education administration from Texas Tech University.