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Katie Leath, MPH, M.A.
UAMS’ Katie Leath Elected to Center for Plain Language’s Board of Directors
| Katie Leath, MPH, M.A., the director of the Center for Health Literacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Center for Plain Language.
The Center for Plain Language, formed in 2003 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a nonprofit organization that helps government agencies and businesses provide clear and understandable information to their audiences.
Leath’s three-year term on the board begins June 1.
“I am honored to be elected to the board of directors for the Center for Plain Language, and I’m excited work with the board who share our same mission to make information easy to understand and use,” Leath said.
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.###