Melinda Lopez, MD, MPH, is the reproductive medicine director at the Center for Women’s Health at People’s Community Clinic in Austin and a member of the Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Taskforce.  She earned a dual MD/MPH degree at the University of North Carolina (UNC) medical school in conjunction with the Department of Nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Health. During her obstetrician-gynecology residency at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, she founded a clinic for survivors of human trafficking and worked to raise awareness of the topic among physicians and health care providers.  

Janna Welch, MD, is an emergency physician practicing in Austin and an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. She served as the assistant program director for the emergency medicine residency at Dell Medical School from 2011 to 2018.  Dr. Welch has spent the past 10 years as a medical forensic expert witness for Physicians for Human Rights, local law schools, and nonprofits, examining and advocating for refugees applying for asylum in the United States.