James Raczynski


September 12, 2017

UAMS Honors Individuals for Diversity Efforts

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UAMS Diversity Awards 2017

Sept. 12, 2017 | Four members of the UAMS family were recognized Sept. 6 for their contributions to promoting diversity on campus and in the community at the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs’ annual State of Diversity and Inclusion ceremony. Santiago Gonzales, a medical student in the UAMS College of Medicine; Brittney Roy, program coordinator…


April 21, 2017

James M. Raczynski, Ph.D., Named to Inaugural M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Benjamin Waldrum

James M. Raczynski, Ph.D. (seated), dean of the UAMS College of Public Health, was named the inaugural holder of the M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. From left are former U.S. Surgeons General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., and M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D.; Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and provost; and UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D.

April 21, 2017 | James M. Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested April 20 as the inaugural recipient of the M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Raczynski, professor and founding dean of the…


August 26, 2016

2016 UAMS Alumni Weekend Reunites Classmates, Friends

Benjamin Waldrum

James Y. Suen, M.D., COM '66, UAMS professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, reveals the secret behind his magic trick at the Golden Graduates brunch held Sunday, Aug. 21 at The Capitol Hotel.

Aug. 26, 2016 | Although he’d traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Little Rock for the weekend, Tim Coalwell, M.D., felt a little guilty about winning a prize for the longest drive. “That’s because I didn’t drive,” quipped Coalwell, a 1991 UAMS College of Medicine graduate. Held Aug. 19-21 at the University of Arkansas for Medical…


June 12, 2014

Report by UAMS Students, Faculty Shows Newly Insured Have Positive View of Affordable Care Act

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Despite challenges faced during the enrollment process for obtaining health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, nearly every newly insured person interviewed for a report released Thursday said having health insurance has been a positive development in their lives.