Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships


June 17, 2025

UAMS Names Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, Vice Chancellor of the Division of People and Culture

News Staff

Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, is the new vice chancellor for the UAMS Division of People and Culture.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, the vice chancellor for the Division of People and Culture, effective June 16. Gittens has been serving as interim vice chancellor since March 14, while continuing to lead the Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships. “With more than 11,000 employees,…


March 24, 2025

Conference Encourages College Students to Consider UAMS’ Academic Programs

Chris Carmody

Erica Malone, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and a student volunteer from the College of Medicine guide the MAPS Conference attendees through a demonstration of ultrasound technology.

Fifty-five college students from institutions across the state convened at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a March 8 conference that highlighted several of the academic programs offered at UAMS. The Medical Association for Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) Conference is organized by the Edith Irby Jones Chapter of the Student National Medical Association,…


February 28, 2025

Professor Sponsors High School, Undergrad Students in 2 UAMS Health Career Programs

Chris Carmody

Students from UAMS’ Health Career University programs gather for a 2023 ceremony that celebrated their achievements. Health Career University helps students from rural and medically underserved communities gain exposure to health professions and advice on how to get into academic institutions like UAMS.

A pair of community engagement programs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships will be able to accept more students this year thanks to support from a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. David Becton, M.D., a pediatric hematologist and oncologist who treats…


February 13, 2025

Hall High Students Shadow UAMS Radiologists for a Day

Chris Carmody

Students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy stand outside an imaging room at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. From the doorway of the room, they viewed an MRI machine and learned about the precautions employees take to ensure safety around the machine’s strong magnetic field.

Six students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Feb. 5 to observe health professionals in the field of radiology. The inaugural Radiology/Imaging Job Shadow Day was hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology and UAMS Health’s Imaging Services in…


February 12, 2025

UAMS Health Career Program Accepting Applications for High School Seniors in Delta, South Arkansas

Chris Carmody

Students and staff members pose for a group photo on the UAMS campus during the 2024 summer session of the Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program Academy. The application period is now open for the 2025 summer session.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is now accepting applications for the 2025 session of the Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy, an initiative that supports students in the Delta and South Arkansas as they pursue careers in health care.  Open to rising high school seniors, HCOP Academy equips students with…


November 25, 2024

REACH Delta Event Shows Teens the Pathway to Health Careers

Chris Carmody

Representatives from the UAMS College of Nursing guide students through a demonstration of how to intubate patients.

Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sought to offer encouragement and inspiration to the more than 200 high school teens who attended an outreach event earlier this month at the Pine Bluff Armory in White Hall. Meena Chatrathi, a third-year student in the UAMS College of Medicine, gave an overview of…


September 27, 2024

UAMS Organizes Forum on Violence, Trauma Among Black Men

Chris Carmody

Joseph Richardson, MPower professor of African American studies, medical anthropology and epidemiology at the University of Maryland, and Tanya L. Sharpe, associate professor and Factor-Inwentash Chair in Social Work in the Global Community at the University of Toronto, participate in a question-and-answer session at the Public Health Summit.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) convened health professionals and community members for a Sept. 21 event that focused on the issues of structural violence, community violence and trauma among Black men. The Public Health Summit, held on the campus of Philander Smith University in Little Rock, explored those health challenges as well…


September 6, 2024

UAMS to Hold Community Event Sept. 21 to Discuss Issues of Violence, Trauma Among Black Men

Chris Carmody

Three men are shown laughing in a garden in this stock image.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a Public Health Summit on Sept. 21 to discuss the issues of structural violence, community violence and trauma among Black men.   The event, which runs from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Philander Smith University, 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in Little Rock, will explore…


August 23, 2024

UAMS’ HCOP Academy Holds First Summer Session for High School Seniors

Chris Carmody

Chris Carlock (left) and other students in the HCOP Academy take part in a session on public health issues. The teens later drafted and filmed a series of public service announcements that covered topics such as mental health, opioids, pollution, sexually transmitted illnesses and vaping.

High school students from the Delta and South Arkansas gathered in Pine Bluff during the summer for the inaugural session of the Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) initiative that supports teens in their pursuit of health careers. The effort is operated by UAMS’ Pathways…


July 9, 2024

Pathways Academy Students Spend Week as VA Hospital Volunteers

Chris Carmody

High school students from UAMS’ Pathways Academy take part in a virtual reality demonstration at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. The students spent a week as volunteers at the hospital, interacting with veterans and gaining a better understanding of how war has changed the lives of those who served.

A weeklong volunteer project at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock gave teens from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Pathways Academy an opportunity to learn about health careers and the sacrifices that veterans have made on behalf of the nation. Pathways Academy is an educational and community engagement…



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