HJAR Jul/Aug 2019

36 JUL / AUG 2019  I  Healthcare Journal of ARKANSAS   Healthcare Briefs Other UAMS co-authors include Holly Felix, PhD, MPA, associate professor, and Kate Stew- art, MD, MPH, professor, from the College of Pub- lic Health; Curtis Lowery, MD, director of the Insti- tute for Digital Health & Innovation; and Jennifer Moore, PhD, executive director of the Institute for Medicaid Innovation Research and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medical School. UAMS’ Libby Grobmyer Named Co-President ofCollege of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy Libby Grobmyer, chaplain for the Palliative Care Program at the University of Arkansas for Medi- cal Sciences (UAMS), has been named co-presi- dent of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy. Grobmyer is a board-certified clinical chaplain and a graduate of the UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education Training Program. She earned a mas- ter’s degree in Public History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In addition to providing assistance and com- fort to patients and their loved ones, Grobmyer also provides training for chaplain residents and interns in the Palliative Care Program. Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life and relieving pain and other symptoms in seri- ously ill patients. This type of care can be pro- vided to patients who continue to receive treat- ments to cure or control their disease, regardless of their prognosis. Grobmyer is a past recipient of the UAMS Helen May Compassionate Care Award and the UAMS Eli Award for Compassionate Care. The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psy- chotherapy is a theologically based covenant community that provides accredited training and credentialing in pastoral psychotherapy; clin- ical chaplaincy; and hospice and palliative care, among other areas. Serving with Grobmyer as co-president is Jon- athan Freeman, DMin, director of pastoral care and counseling for Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, North Carolina. DHS Renews Contract with USDA to ProvideMeals at Arkansas State Hospital The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services (DAABHS) has renewed its con- tract with the United States Department of Agri- culture (USDA) to continue administering the Special Nutrition Program (SNP) lunch program for adolescents living at the Arkansas State Hos- pital in Little Rock. As part of the contract, DAABHS is required to notify the media of its partnership with USDA. The division has participated in the program since 1999.  The SNP provides reimbursement for well- balanced, nutritious meals served to individu- als enrolled in the Child Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Special Milk Program (SMP), and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).  The program is available to public and private nonprofit organizations providing licensed or reg- istered non-residential day care services. Such organizations include childcare centers, outside school hours care centers, and organizations pro- viding day care services for children with disabil- ities and children with special healthcare needs.  In accordance with federal law and USDA pol- icy, this institution is prohibited from discriminat- ing on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Gwen Childs, PhD, Earns Highest Award in Histochemistry Gwen Childs, PhD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is the 2019 recipi- ent of the highest award offered by the national Histochemical Society. Childs is a professor and chair of the Depart- ment of Neurobiology and Developmental Sci- ences in the UAMS College of Medicine. She received the George Gomori, MD, PhD, Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of histochemistry and cytochemistry. It is presented every four years. She received the award on April 7 at the His- tochemical Society Symposium at the interdis- ciplinary Experimental Biology 2019 meeting in Orlando, Fla. The following morning, she deliv- ered a talk on the history of immunocytochemistry through modern discoveries entitled, “Immuno- cytochemistry: Challenging Paradigms to Illumi- nate New Discoveries in the Pituitary.” In histochemistry, scientists use stains, indica- tors, and microscopes to identify and study chem- icals in biological tissue. Childs began her research in the immunohisto- chemistry field as a graduate student in the early 1970s and continued this focus through the 1990s. Her laboratory originally developed novel histo- chemical and immunohistochemical approaches to identify and unravel the mystery of multipoten- tial pituitary cells, challenging paradigms of the day. Current studies focus on how the metabo- lome communicates with pituitary cells. Libby Grobmyer Gwen Childs, PhD