Joycelyn Elders
September 24, 2018
Seventy Years Later, Edith Irby Jones, M.D., Continues to Inspire
Sept. 24, 2018 | A month-long celebration of the life and career of Edith Irby Jones, M.D., who enrolled 70 years ago at UAMS as the first African-American medical student in the South, brought thanks and appreciation from those she inspired and served.
April 28, 2017
Two Former U.S. Surgeons General Give Advice on Becoming the Healthiest Nation
April 28, 2017 | Our ethics must be as sophisticated as our science, said former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher on April 20 to UAMS faculty, students and staff. Satcher, at UAMS to discuss how the United States could become the healthiest nation, was quoting from former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna…
April 21, 2017
James M. Raczynski, Ph.D., Named to Inaugural M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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…
September 26, 2016
Elders Inducted Into Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
Sept. 26, 2016 | Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., was recently inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center. Elders, an emeritus professor of pediatrics and distinguished professor of public health for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was appointed U.S. surgeon…
May 18, 2015
UAMS Graduates 931 New Health Care Professionals
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
April 21, 2015
Author Lectures on Influence of U.S. Surgeon General’s Office
April 21, 2015 | Associated Press national medical correspondent Mike Stobbe, Dr.P.H., can recall the specific conversation that inspired him to write a book about the office of the U.S. surgeon general.
April 9, 2015
UAMS Unveils Portrait, Launches Endowment Campaign Honoring Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders
April 9, 2015 | Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., has been honored with the unveiling of a portrait commissioned by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Advisory Council.
UAMS Unveils Portrait, Launches Endowment Campaign Honoring Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders
LITTLE ROCK — Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., has been honored with the unveiling of a portrait commissioned by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Advisory Council.
October 18, 2012
Former Surgeon General Talks Health Disparities
Oct. 18, 2012 | Jocelyn Elders, M.D. and former U.S. surgeon general, exhorted physicians Oct. 10 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to “educate, educate, educate” and take a stronger leadership role to reduce health disparities nationwide.
September 28, 2010
Diversity Can be a Strength in Changing Health Care, Says Elders
Sept. 28, 2010 | When Joycelyn Elders, M.D., began medical school at what is now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1956, she was one of just three African-American students.