Jeff Risinger Promoted to UAMS Vice Chancellor for Human Resources

Sept. 12, 2018 | Jeff Risinger, Ph.D., MBA, has been promoted to vice chancellor for human resources at the  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

He has served as associate vice chancellor for human resources since coming to UAMS in 2014.

Before joining UAMS, Risinger served for 11 years in the Senior Executive Service of the U.S. Government. During this time, he served as the chief human capital officer at the Securities Exchange Commission and the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, D.C. Prior to his federal service, Risinger served in HR executive roles in the private sector.

Risinger recently received his doctorate in human resource and organizational development from the University of Texas in Tyler, Texas. He holds master’s degrees in business administration from Texas A&M University and in industrial/organizational psychology from Louisiana Tech University.

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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