UAMS Graduates 864 Health Care Professionals

By Ben Boulden

Degrees or certificates were presented to 165 in the College of Medicine, 229 in the College of Nursing, 111 in the College of Pharmacy, 64 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 271 in the College of Health Professions, and 30 in the Graduate School.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, presented the Chancellor’s Award to Gilda Malone Underwood, president of the Schmieding Foundation Inc. in Springdale.

The award is presented to a person whose service to UAMS is deserving of special recognition. Previous recipients include Sam M. Dixon, former U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers, Jack Stephens, Willard and Pat Walker and the namesake and founder of the Schmieding Foundation, Lawrence Schmieding.

As president of the Schmieding Foundation, Underwood has been a champion for UAMS and the state of Arkansas. She has dedicated her time and energy to causes that were important to its founder. As a result of her diligent efforts, health care centers in Northwest Arkansas have transformed from an inspired vision to a reality, making a tremendous difference in the lives of seniors, children and their families.

John Spollen, M.D., and Kristie Hadden, Ph.D., were the recipients of the Chancellor’s Teaching Awards, a program established in 2004 to recognize excellence in teaching among UAMS faculty.

Hadden was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Society and Health Education Excellence. The award recognizes the design and implementation of courses or activities that advance the topics of society and health. It can be through areas of cultural awareness, health care economics, health equity, health literacy, health systems, interprofessional education, collaborative practice, public and population health, patient- and family-centered care or educational scholarship.

Hadden joined UAMS in 2012 and is an associate professor in the College of Medicine. She is the director of the UAMS Center for Health Literacy, a multi-disciplinary home for research, consultation and practice on the subject that has garnered national awards for its work. In seven years, she has taught health literacy to more than 2,000 UAMS students through interprofessional education exposure workshops and guest lectures.

In 2016, Hadden and the center received a four-year, $2.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to test the effectiveness of health literacy-informed diabetes education at UAMS regional campuses. She previously received a Society of Public Health Educators award and the UAMS Graduate School Achievement Award.

Spollen was the recipient of the Award for Teaching Excellence. It recognizes direct teaching, mentoring or educational scholarship between a faculty member and any learner. It can be in all settings, including the classroom, online, clinic or laboratory.

Spollen is a professor and vice chair for education in the College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. Over more than two decades at UAMS, he has led curriculum and other program improvements that contributed to improved test scores for medical students.

He has twice received the Chancellor’s Award for Education (2007, 2009) and has been the recipient of the Red or Gold Sash teaching award in the college for 11 consecutive years. He’s also been named the best resident teacher in the department four times, received the college’s Educational Innovation Award (2006) and its Master Teacher Award (2012).

During commencement, degrees and certificates conferred include the doctor of philosophy, doctor of medicine, doctor of pharmacy, doctor of nursing practice, master of science, master of nursing science, bachelor of science in nursing, master of public health, doctor of public health, master of health administration, postbaccalaureate certificate in public health and a variety of degrees in allied health disciplines including certificates, associate and bachelor of science degrees, postbaccalaureate certificates, master of communication sciences and disorders, master of genetic counseling, master of physician assistant studies, doctor of audiology and doctor of physical therapy.

The following are graduates of the five UAMS colleges and graduate school who authorized the release of their name and hometown. Graduates are divided by college and hometown unless otherwise noted.

UAMS College of Medicine

The following graduates received their Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree.

Alma

Alexandra Wise-Ehlers

Batesville

William Henry

Beebe

William Brockway

Benton

Tyler Fugere

Jordan Nett

Bentonville

Rumyar Ardakani

Jane Elizabeth Hanna

Bono

Dylan Barnett

Brinkley

Ralynn Brann

Bryant

Blake Davidson

Mary Nance

Connor Rayburn

Cabot

Kyle Camp

Anthony Cardillo

Cave City

John Coates

Charleston

Bethany Verkamp

Conway

Andrea McMahon

Ethan McMoran

Taylor Quattlebaum

Abigail Southard

Crossett

Gregory Rives

DeWitt

Hayden Leibrock

Dumas

Aakash Rana

El Dorado

Joseph Askew

Fayetteville

Jessica Koster

William McComas

Samantha Puckett

Megan Scarbrough

Blake St. Clair

Vasupradha Suresh Kumar

Fort Smith

Emily Askew

Matthew Bridges

Caroline Chen

Colleen Flanagan

Annsley Garner

Richard Gean

Nawar Hudefi

Kara Phillips

Phillip Cowan

Fountain Lake

Mason Qualls

Gravette

Aaron Roberts

Greenwood

Jordyn Cleavenger

Harrison

Rachel Pruett

Heber Springs

Lucas Fair

Helena

Kori Mansfield

Hot Springs

Kyle Guillory

Ashley Hickman

Dorothy Patterson

Karina Sanders

Madeline Sparling

Marc Stanley

Paige Onyuru

Todd Turner

Jacksonville

Chelsea Tyson

Jonesboro

Jeffrey Lynch

Taylor Trussell

Judsonia

Julia Davis

Kirby

Abigail Wilhite

Little Rock

Graham Campbell

Adam Crane

Ashley Ederle

David Fitzgerald

Brian Garland

Jessica Giordano

Anna Gladfelter

James Henry

Catherine Hilton

Joseph Keith

Graham McCracken

Meet Modi

Bethany Morrison

Samia Nawaz

Kristen O’Connell

Sasha Ridgell

Alexa Robbins

Jesal Shah

Zia Siddiqui

Emily Simon

Thomas Spradley

Kathryn Stephens

Joshua Wilkes

Chase Wingfield

John Wolfe

Richard Wyatt

Magnolia

Miki Lindsey

Manila

Jared Burks

Marion

Dustin Walter

Maynard

Ryan Waddell

Mena

Kisha Fair

Monticello

Zachary Crossett

Mountain Home

Jacob Bolt

Mountain View

Hayley Varela

North Little Rock

Todd Brinkley

Ethan Guffey

Kemmian Johnson

Paragould

Alexandria Dunn

Pine Bluff

Zachary Beggs

John Bridgforth

Anum Rasheed

Sarah Theriot

Redfield

Allison Jackson

Rogers

Cody Baker

Matthew Denefe

Michael Elkins

Lawrence Hoyt

Anna Nguyen

Karl Sonntag

Cale White

Russellville

Emily Enderlin

Virgil Massey

Sandra Pruitt

Emily Reams

Searcy

Austin Armstrong

Joseph Cline

Sherwood

Seth Justice

Springdale

Kristen Daugherty

Dallas Johnson

Rachel White

Star City

Thomas Binns

Joe Brown

Stuttgart

Ashley Glover

Rachael Goodwin

Texarkana

Paige Johnson

Ryan Strebeck

Van Buren

Taylor Needham

Vilonia

Sarah Martin

Alex Sanders

West Memphis

Jacquelyn Bailey

White Hall

Edouard Oudin

OUT OF STATE

Fullerton, California

Mai-anh Vuong-Dac

Jacksonville, Florida

Margaret Oliver

Weston, Florida

Daniel Escobar

Parsons, Kansas

Dalton Hoose

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Arunprasad Gunasekaran

Shreveport, Louisiana

Joel Ubeda

Boxford, Massachusetts

Brendan Moore

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Alexandra Bader

Lawson, Missouri

Dawn Harter

St. Charles, Missouri

Conner Gessert

St. Louis, Missouri

Caitlin Wellborn

Hamilton, Ohio

Chatondra Williams

Checotah, Oklahoma

Heath Mitchell

Memphis, Tennessee

Scott Boop

New Boston, Texas

Timothy Harris

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

Christine Rutlen

 

UAMS College of Nursing

The following graduates received either a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.), a Master of Science in Nursing (M.N.Sc.) or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree.

Ashdown

Emily Barton

Batesville

Katelyn Lewis

Melinda Ford

Brooke Sitkowski

Bearden

Robert Pennington

Benton

Lindsey Bourne

Emily Chastain

Barbara Cole

Lindsay Carlisle

Stephanie-Denise Hester

Jessie Stuckey

Megan Brown

Amy Bucks

Anna Clay

Nikki Killingsworth

Rebecca Nehus

Taylor Robinson

Sara Traylor

Bentonville

Vanida Harmon

Jessica Fowler

Claudia Heredia-Colin

Maria Turner

Brookland

Virginia Robins

Bryant

Lakan Agustin

Katelynn Davidson

Katelyn Foreman

Taylor Huckaby

Ellen Staton

Alexandria Taylor

Kayla Yount

Cabot

Stephanie Long

Samantha Correll

Sarah Hockenberry

Linda Rudisill

Camden

Tori LaDuke

Jan Scantling

Carlisle

Debbie Laws

Cave City

Nancy Mitchell

Cave Springs

Lyndsey Whitaker

Charleston

Tania Barham

Clinton

Aaron Freeman

Conway

Sarah Atkins

Brandy Smith

Anna Adams

Heather Bound

Austin Brown

Tara Gardner

Hailey Meriweather

Madelyn Roper

Taylor Schrekenhofer

Amanda Ussery

Brandi Green

Dardanelle

Leslie Hudgeons

De Queen

Sarah Krudwig

East End

Daniel Smith

El Dorado

Casey Wilson

Casey Pritchard

Sanequa Thompson

Gabriela Wilson

England

Jenna Davis

Fayetteville

Jennifer Breathitt

Gildah Wilson

Layne Killian

Sophie McDade

Fordyce

Questeara Sledge

Forrest City

Haley Wilson

Fouke

Austin Brookings

Gentry

Andrea Murphy

Abbey Shields

Greenbrier

Morgan Wilkerson

Gurdon

Anna Steed

Hamburg

Lizbeth Herrera

Hazen

Brenon Williams

Hope

Bradley Smith

Hot Springs

Miranda Edgar

Caroline Tingquist

Megan Hayes

Kara McIntosh

Dayle Randle

Sarah Sands

Jacksonville

Jasmine Brown

Jonesboro

Kristy Adams

Lake Village

Tredijah Sykes

Little Rock

Stephanie Rogers

Taneicie Sabb

Abigail Connerly

Katherine England

Anna Plyler

Ellen Ward

Mary Kathryn DiGiacomo

Allison Lord

Lauren Eldridge

Laura Mayfield

Steven Bosch

Patrick Dunlap

Phuong Gip

Sydney Harris

Kathryn King

Hannah Lawson

Danica Little

Julie Marcks

Anna Marlar

Sean Moore

Randolph Nace

Lockesburg

Kenzie Tatta

Lonoke

Sarah Beeler

Haiden Jeter

Amanda Sexton

Magnolia

Angela Sharp

Malvern

Kendra Wilson

Maumelle

Brittany Scheuerman

Edwin Strange

Mayflower

Michele Honeycutt

Brandis Wheat

Mena

Andrew Dugan

Leslie Foster

Rita Miller

Monette

Leah Gathright

Monticello

Elizabeth Echols

Murfreesboro

Sarah Bean

Kerbie Posey

Naylor

Traci Altman

Newport

Rachel McCrary

North Little Rock

Latoya Young

Kayla Nevala

Sadie Blackwell

Dalith Bessemepseayuk

Ashton Green

Brandon Reed

Rafael Rios

Isammar Santiago-Toledo

Paragould

Rebecca Ward

Pea Ridge

Codi Hawkins

Perryville

Bonnie Anderson

Prescott

Elizabeth Ferguson

Rogers

Rebecca Lopez

Kimberlee Rush

Searcy

Victoria Bane

Kayla Dudley

Stephanie Rice

Sheridan

Olivia Reed

Sherwood

Taylor Steele

Michaela Hall

Kaylie Medford

Springdale

Gregory Forrester

Jigna Patel

Jonathan Van Houten

Stuttgart

Kimberly Sims

Texarkana

Summer Brackett

Hannah Buster

Charles McCool

Brooke Thornton

Ward

Jenifer Loar

White Hall

Caeley Stewart

OUT OF STATE

Redding, Connecticut

Victoria Every

Sharon Springs, Kansas

Danielle Campbell

Bastrop, Louisiana

LaDana Morrison

Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Chelsea Marquis

Springfield, Missouri

Camille Vollmar

Greensboro, North Carolina

Katherine Simkins

Dayton, Tennessee

Kyla Hale

Gilmer, Texas

Amber Walker

New Boston, Texas

Rebecca Meadows

Texarkana, Texas

Lauren Hadaway

Lakin McAdams

 

UAMS College of Health Professions

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene

Tiffany Hogue – Benton

Jennifer McNutt – Conway

Aariana Sanders – Jacksonville

Associate of Science in Health Information Technology

Chelsea Couperthwaite – Springdale

Brooke Davis – Conway

Mary Hauk-Harris – Carlisle

Pamela Johnson – Little Rock

Tonya Rafferty – Little Rock

Jasmine Ray – El Dorado

Judith Young – Conway

Associate of Science in Medical Radiography

Juan Acosta – Springdale

Thomas Boles – Greenbrier

Miranda Campbell – Huntsville

Kaitlyn DeGraff – West Fork

Alethia Dunemn – Fayetteville

Andrea Espinoza Carter – Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Nicole Glass – Beebe

Diana Gutierrez – Santa Maria, California

Sha’Renee Hall – Strong

Lauren Hughes – Bryant

Zachary Johnson – Salt Lake City, Utah

Megan Lewis – Jacksonville

Courtney Miller – Rogers

Darryl Moore – Camden

Joshua Moore – Bay

Matthew Norwood – Bryant

Taylor Perry – Springdale

Bradley Persons – White Hall

Sean Thomason – Mineral Springs

Hope Weathers – Cabot

Jordan Williams – Bryant

Associate of Science in Surgical Technology

Kaitlyn Carson – Austin

Portia Cunningham – North Little Rock

Shelbi Holden – Strafford, Missouri

LaQuista Kinney – Little Rock

Stephanie Parins – Bryant

Sarah Richey – Bauxite

Stephanie Vicente – Mabelvale

Bachelor of Science in Cardio Respiratory Care

Natasha Allen – Little Rock

Elisandra Bueno – Fort Smith

Brittany Coleman – Little Rock

Britney Farmer – Little Rock

Chaley Hallum – Brinkley

Haley Hawthorne – Lamar

Bailey Lessenberry – Bella Vista

Harold Lynch – New Orleans, Louisiana

Tiffany Thai – Wynne

Raleigh Thomas – Little Rock

Haylie Worthington – Beebe

Bachelor of Science in Cytotechnology

Kaci Chapman – Georgetown, Texas

Chelsea Grasser – Conway

Hanna Hathorn – Little Rock

Taylor Jackson – Cedar Hill, Texas

Mamie Jennings – Pine Bluff

Makenzie Pierce – Hamburg

Sydney Reed – Pine Bluff

Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene

Kristen Aldridge-Knowles – Cabot

Faith Apodaca – Hot Springs

Jocelyne Benitez – Conway

Tracie Cash – Cabot

Heather Clemons – Benton

Stacy Cooper – Benton

Julia Culpepper – East End

Trinity Dial – Texarkana, Texas

Amy Griffin – Benton

Maria Haley – Ward

Madison Hall – Damascus

Maria Hindman – Fort Smith

Addyson Hipps – Russellville

Martha Kinley – Little Rock

Radacey McCutchen – Harrison

Kirby McLeane – Camden

Lesly Ramos – Little Rock

Holly Rega – Conway

Estefania Rodriguez – Hot Springs

Kelsey Smith – Wynne

Aryn Stanfield – Hot Springs

Ashtyn Sturch – Alexander

Bethany Thomas – Arkadelphia

Adriane Vaughn-Dunn – El Dorado

Jessica Williams – Hot Springs

Bachelor of Science Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Mary Corbitt – Beebe

Lauren Gibbert – Texarkana, Texas

Michelle Godwin – Bismarck

Lacie Hulse – Fordyce

Maranda Jenkins – Strong

Dana Moore – Cabot

Lauren Rutland – Atlanta, Texas

Amanda Sowle – San Antonio, Texas

Amy Swayze – Bauxite

Natalie Williams – Little Rock

Bachelor of Science in Emergency Medical Sciences

James Pinkston – Calico Rock

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration

Cassandra Garman – Wrightsville

Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences

Hannah Brown – Wilson Township

Lori Burdick – Rogers

Lauren Grogan – North Little Rock

Evan Johnson – Harrison

Bailey Perlinger – Benton

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Imaging Science

Jada Branch – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Kaylin Carmony – Texarkana, Texas

Jessica Cook – Kilgore, Texas

Alecia Cornelison – Subiaco

Thomas Cunningham – Enid, Oklahoma

Joshua Meelkop – Tyler, Texas

Mark Rima – Hot Springs

Kattelyn Smith – Benton

Tiffany Vernor – Springdale

Bachelor of Science in Ophthalmic Medical Technology

Alicia Bratten – Searcy

Cornesha Day – Little Rock

Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Imaging Sciences

Kayla Brink – Springdale

Stephanie Chamblee – Greenville, Mississippi

Ashley Cotroneo – Cabot

Bailee McNickol – Benton

Kari Ray – Cabot

Haley Siegrist – St. Paul

Sydney Smith – Sherwood

Jeremy Thompson – Benton

Lane Walsh – Springdale

Postbaccalaureate Certificate of Auditory Based Intervention

Merideth Birginske – Russellville

Erica Gardner – Little Rock

Ashley Wake – Benton

Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Dietetics and Nutrition

Claudia Bergen – Boiling Springs, South Carolina

Lillian Cheak – Bryant

Lauren Ince – Nashville

Jennifer Perry – Hot Springs

Lexi Sampson – Flower Mound, Texas

Andrea Smith – Auburn, Alabama

Timothy Steen – Fayetteville

Megan Welker – Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Lauren Brown – Little Rock

Robin Brown – Little Rock

Susan Contois – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Katie Crawford – Danville

Olivia Dalton – Little Rock

Laura Farrell – Fort Smith

Olivia Fritsche – Greenwood

Ashley Gershner – Rogers

Reagan Graham – Little Rock

Taylor Gregory – Hot Springs

Emily Hemphill – Austin, Texas

Alyssa Hissong – Overland Park, Kansas

David Holt – Maumelle

Casey Jenkins – Little Rock

Tommye Jones – Fayetteville

Jarret Keller – Owensville, Missouri

Lindsay Lawrence – Valley Springs

Rickey Lawson – Henryetta, Oklahoma

Kerry Mackey – Nassau, Bahamas

Lakyn Phillips – Magazine

Madison Schlenger, Fayetteville

Johnathon Schmidt – Wynne

Amity Sparkman – Nixa, Missouri

Candace Stringer – El Dorado

Kallie Sullivan – Prairie Grove

Cryselda Trevino – Wylie, Texas

Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorder

Megan Alkire – Bryant

Brianna Beall – Houston, Texas

Merideth Birginske – Russellville

Kristina Eubanks – Hensley

Lindsey Fink – Little Rock

Brooke Fisher – Alamo, Tennessee

Talyn Floerchinger – Lonoke

Janell Hendren – Bentonville

Anna Hill – Little Rock

Elizabeth Kratz – Poyen

Deshannon McAllister – Little Rock

Joy McDonald – Hendersonville, North Carolina

Lorenn McJunkins – Nashville

Danny McNeely – Jefferson, Texas

Alexa Milam – Little Rock

Kristina Nierstheimer – Little Rock

Emily Pankey – Fort Smith

Kelsea Sherrick – Maumelle

Ashley Wake – Benton

Master of Science in Genetic Counseling

Jennifer Campbell – Jonesboro

Charly Harris – Perry, Georgia

Brittney Meays – Columbus, Nebraska

Lauren Mills – San Antonio, Texas

Harrison Moore – Little Rock

Alise Murray – Abilene, Kansas

Doctor of Audiology

Haley Barnes – Benton

Erica Gardner – Little Rock

Meryl Gyger – Russellville, Kentucky

Hsin-Wei Huang – Taipei, Taiwan

Tia McDonald – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Meredith Olmstead – North Little Rock

Breanne Witherspoon – Alma

Desiree Wood – Fort Worth, Texas

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Luci Brooks – Fayetteville

Kayla Copeland – Greenbrier

Chelsey Cotten – Olla, Louisiana

Georgia Cox – Batesville

Andrew Cozart – Fayetteville

Katelyn Davis – Little Rock

Liza Eppley – Rogers

Catherine Fletcher – Alexander

Ryan Freeman – Springdale

Riley Harris – Springdale

Kyler Offenbacker – Springdale

Kelsea Sanford – Mandeville, Louisiana

Joshua Sirkis – Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Monica Taylor – Springdale

Jonathan Vaughn – Fayetteville

David Vlaich – St. Louis, Missouri

Jordan Wiley – Cedarville

 

UAMS College of Pharmacy

The following graduates received their Doctorate of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.

Alma

Joshua Goodner

Lacy Patterson

Arkadelphia

Erica Avila

Batesville

Helen Cummins

Bella Vista

Nicholas Graham

Benton

Jennifer Belz

Chad Dawson

Michael Sutton

Kristin Swann

Bentonville

Charis Coates

Booneville

Taylor Shultz

Ricky Wirt

Bryant

Callie Bench

Jesse Pruitt

Camden

Jennifer Bounds

Sarah Burleson

Clarendon

Marco Middleton

Conway

Lauren Crisp

Kacey Hight

Tyler Walsh

Lydia Wyatt

Megan Yingling

Corning

Steven Cato

De Queen

Coleman McRae

Dumas

Brannon Hill

El Dorado

Kelsey Wells

Fayetteville

Khusbu Bhikha

Fort Smith

Sara Cox

Ahmed Salem

Binh Tran

Glenwood

Kyle Harvey

Hot Springs

Ruth Backes

Brittanie Kling

Erica Miller

Joshua Proffit

Domonique Wadley

Jacksonville

Earl Morris

Jonesboro

Bridget Calaway

Cassidy Tippitt

Christina Wilson

Lake Village

Courtney Keller

Little Rock

Caleb McClain

Sarah Pearce

Michael Rogers

Erica Turk

Sarah Quattlebaum

Lonoke

Jessalyn Tackett

Magnolia

Katherine McClatchy

Maumelle

Whitney Furr

Andrew San Juan

McGehee

Ting Ting Liang

Monticelllo

Jennie Thomasson

North Little Rock

Janice Baker

Karah Bogoslavsky

Jessica Tankersley

Ozark

Jackson Wimberly

Pangburn

Amy McCosh

Paragould

Robert Blue

Molly Copeland

Payton Snodgrass

Emily Wilson

Pine Bluff

Cameron Beene

Rogers

Falon Lacey

Nicole Scott

Rose Bud

Madisyn Strain

Russellville

Amber Wilcox

Sheridan

Caemeron Bitzer

Star City

Allison Brunson

Ashley Norton

Van Buren

Yen Le

Kathryn Osburn

Warren

Taylor Ashcraft

West Memphis

Andrew Nichols

White Hall

Lauren Cannon

OUT OF STATE

Florence, Alabama

Holly Martin

Cottonwood, Arizona

Raymond Chavez

Carmel, Indiana

Benjamin McLinn

Belle Rose, Louisiana

Seth Daigle

Bossier City, Louisiana

Alexander Rothenberger

Neosho, Missouri

David Sigars

Nixa, Montana

Andrew Gott

New York City, New York

Abu Rinku

Owasso, Oklahoma

Sage Hendrickson

Flower Mound, Texas

Matthew Blaha

Plano, Texas

Kevin Chien

Texarkana, Texas

Richard Smith

Sarah Smith

Suamico, Wisconsin

Brittany Forseth

INTERNATIONAL

Katowice, Poland

Oktawia Ficek

 

UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics

Jessica Boswell – Mountain View

Shemikia Ford – Magnolia

Patrice Moody – Dumas

Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Public Health

Ebony Duren – Little Rock

Master of Health Administration

Lorenzo Baldwin – Allen, Texas

Cara Cox – Alexander

Arthur Davies – Sherman, Texas

Tyler Easley – Springdale

Mariah Fletcher – Cabot

John Hunton – Little Rock

Roy Hurst – Spa City

Sarah Merlos – North Little Rock

Katherine Montgomery – Hot Springs

Elizabeth Necessary – Rogers

Grace Parham – Little Rock

Callie Parks – Fort Smith

Kelsey Shaw – El Paso

Jessica Stahulak – Oak Lawn, Illinois

Jared Stone – Little Rock

Master of Public Health

Erica Avila – Arkadelphia

Meghan Ayers – Dallas, Texas

Jessica Besancon – Benton

Ebony Cotton – Grapevine

Courtney Del Donno – North Little Rock

Laura Gocio – Little Rock

Tori Johnson – Little Rock

Sydney Lewis – Batesville

Jason Lochmann – Pine Bluff

Rachel Lovell – Springdale

Earl Morris – Jacksonville

Monisha Murugadass – Chennai, India

Mason Qualls – Fountain Lake

Camille Richoux – Camden

Christine Rutlen – Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

Dimple Shah – Paragould

Jessica Stone – Marmaduke

Jessica Turner – Bryant

Doctor of Public Health

Micheal Knox – Hot Springs

Ashley McNatt – Little Rock

Doctor of Philosophy Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Mary Allison – Little Rock

Nakita Lovelady – Lexa

Doctor of Philosophy Health Systems and Services Research

Mir Ali – Little Rock

Clare Brown – Batesville

 

UAMS Graduate School

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Graduate Certificate Biomedical Informatics

Amy Jones – Little Rock

Graduate Certificate Clinical and Translational Sciences

Jennifer Rumpel – Burr Ridge, Illinois

Graduate Certificate Regulatory Sciences

Saki Fukuda – Yokohama, Japan

Master of Science

Rose Cooper – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Parth Desai – Fort Smith

Dina Elsayed – Little Rock

Carmen Shaw – Little Rock

Niaz Siddiqui – Little Rock

Sabrina Spencer – Allen, Texas

Doctor of Philosophy

Julie Anderson – Hot Springs

Brittany Beasley – Sherwood

Chris Bolden – Natchez, Mississippi

Frederico Kiffer – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Arundhati Gupta – Kolkata, India

Laura Hays – Benton

Samantha McClenahan – Bismarck

 

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