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June 28, 2022

UAMS’ Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., Elected President of Graduate Enrollment Association

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Kristen Sterba, Ph.D.

Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., associate provost for students and administration and director for institutional research, policy and accreditation in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Academic Affairs, was recently elected president of NAGAP, The Association for Graduate Enrollment Management. Sterba, who previously served as vice president, has begun serving as president. Her…


November 1, 2018

Culinary Medicine Expert Visits UAMS, Sees Recipe for Success

Jon Parham

Culinary medicine works in conjunction with health coaching, nutrition counseling, exercise, medications, and other elements as part of an overall approach to improve a patient’s health and lifestyle, according to Timothy Harlan, M.D., executive director of the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University.

UAMS possesses all the ingredients for an interdisciplinary approach to culinary medicine, including a wellspring of enthusiasm on the subject, said the founder of a leading center in the area where medicine, cooking, education and healthy living overlap.


October 31, 2018

UAMS Recognized for Interprofessional Education Program

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UAMS faculty who worked on the award application include (from left): Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D.; Susan Long, Ed.D.; Wendy Ward, Ph.D.; Amber Teigen, M.M.Sc.; and Lisa Rhoden, M.Ed.

On the strength of its interprofessional education curriculum, UAMS recently was identified as a Program of Merit by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).


June 7, 2018

Susan Long, Ed.D., Named Dean of UAMS College of Health Professions

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Susan Long

June 7, 2018 | Longtime educator and administrator Susan Long, Ed.D., has been named dean of the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Long, a UAMS faculty member since 1992, had been serving as interim dean since the retirement of Douglas L. Murphy, Ph.D., on Dec. 31, 2017. She…


White Coat a Symbol of Trust, Provost Tells Physician Assistants

Yavonda Chase

The Physician Assistant Class of 2020 was awarded their white coats during a May 25 ceremony.

June 7, 2018 | Make sure your white coat represents a symbol of trust, incoming physician assistant students were encouraged recently as they donned their coats for the first time and pledged to care for their patients.


May 25, 2018

Interim Chancellor Gardner’s Leadership Recognized by UA Board

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As her tenure as interim chancellor comes to a close, Stephanie Gardner, Pharm..D, Ed.D., was recognized for her leadership with a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

May 25, 2018 | For “honorably and steadfastly” leading UAMS “during a most challenging period,” UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., was recognized May 24 with a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. The resolution was presented during the board’s two-day meeting on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus….


UAMS Scientist Crooks Honored by Cancer Institute Auxiliary

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Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc., was honored by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute for his achievements in drug development.

May 25, 2018 | The process of creating new drug therapies is completely foreign to most people. But for UAMS’ Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc., it’s just another day at the office.


May 21, 2018

UAMS Graduates 969 Health Care Professionals

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UAMS celebrated 969 new health care professionals at its 2018 commencement ceremony May 19 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.

May 19, 2018 | Degrees and certificates were awarded to 969 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school May 19 during a commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Degrees were presented to 157 in the College of Medicine; 282 in the College of Nursing; 111…


May 10, 2018

Fred Smith, Reynolds Foundation Legacy Boasts Two Decades of Accomplishment

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Fred Smith, right, stops for a photo with his sons, left, after receiving an honorary doctorate in 2011. The sash he received for the ceremony is framed and on display between them.

May 10, 2018 | Fred Smith’s leadership as chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation left a legacy of philanthropy at UAMS matched only by a handful of other generous donors. The foundation is a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas,…


April 6, 2018

UAMS Phenomenal Women Event Celebrates Women in Workplace

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Trenda Ray, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., said avoiding complacency was one of the keys to moving gender equity issues toward progress.

April 6, 2018 | Women today must strive for equity and avoid complacency to honor all those who came before them, said Trenda Ray, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., associate vice chancellor for patients and families. Ray was part of a four-woman panel held March 30 in conjunction with the UAMS celebration of national Women’s History Month. The…



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