UAMS’ Kinder Elected to National Nurses Board
| LITTLE ROCK — Sarah Rhoads Kinder, Ph.D., D.N.P., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health Education Director, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Board of Directors.
As one of 12 board members, Kinder, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will represent Region II of the organization, which consists of 11 states and two provinces in Canada.
Kinder was chosen for her ability to lead and inspire others in pursuit of the association’s mission and goals; dedication to the nursing profession, with current knowledge of the professional, societal, political and economic issues affecting the profession and the association’s mission; and ability to work independently and as a team member, with a willingness to learn from others.
She received a Master of Nursing Science degree from UAMS in 2000, and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis in 2006 before earning a Ph.D. at UAMS in 2013.
She was on the UAMS College of Nursing faculty from 1999-2009 where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses. She also was women’s health specialty coordinator for the college’s Master of Nursing Science program from 2003-2009.
The Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses has more than 24,000 members worldwide, and strives to represent the interests of 350,000 registered nurses working in women’s health, obstetric and neonatal nursing in the United States.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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