Wendy Nembhard has been named chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.
She began on April 1 and comes to the College of Public Health from the UAMS College of Medicine, where she will continue to serve as the interim section chief for the Birth Defects Research Section in the Department of Pediatrics.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees May 20 to 942 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
Degrees were presented to 163 in the College of Medicine; 265 in the College of Nursing; 123 in the College of Pharmacy; 44 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; 62 in the Graduate School; and 285 in the academic programs that make up the College of Health Professions.
Three computer workshops — One-on-One Computer Support, Facebook Workshop, and File Management — will be taught in April for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.
The Facebook Workshop will be offered free of charge. Courses begin June 5.
The schedule is:
· One-on-One Computer Support, Mondays and Wednesdays, June 5-28; Call for appointment.
· Facebook Workshop, June 16, 10-11:30 a.m.
· File Management, June 20 and 22, 10 a.m. to noon.
Benedict Tan, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of neurocritical care, treating the most serious brain and spine cases in emergency and intensive care.
Arkansas Children's shared today how it is reaching more children in more ways to improve the health of the state's 710,000 children, promising care where children live, learn, and play.
"We've dedicated more than a century to providing care to critically ill and injured children, but our work won't be finished until Arkansas is the healthiest, safest place to be a child,” said Arkansas Children's President & CEO Marcy Doderer, FACHE. “Working in collaboration with other champions for children, we can change the story for the children of Arkansas.”
