College of Public Health Alumni
October 7, 2025
Alumna Teaches Arkansans About the Dangers of Tobacco Use
Marian S. Evans, Dr.PH., MPH, is grateful for the chance to inform Arkansans of the risks of tobacco use. Evans is the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Minority Initiative Sub-Recipient Grant Office program coordinator. Additionally, she’s the interim director of the school’s Minority Research Center on Tobacco and Addictions. Both programs are governed…
September 19, 2025
Austin Porter, Dr.PH, MPH, Named Chief Science Officer, State Epidemiologist
Austin Porter, Dr.PH, MPH, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management, continues to ascend the ladder at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Porter, who started at the health department in 2010 as an injury epidemiologist, is now…
September 12, 2025
Public Health Alumna Enjoys Advocating for Women’s Health
Sharla Smith, Ph.D., MPH, embraces the task of advocating for the well-being of women. Smith, an alumna of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is an associate professor and director of birth equity, for the University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Population Health. “I love…
August 1, 2025
College of Public Health Alum Advocates for Access to Care in Arkansas
Arkansas Rep. Aaron Pilkington, MHA, has been involved with the health care industry for most of his life, which factored greatly into his drive to improve the health of Arkansas’ women and children. “I’ve been around hospitals, clinics throughout my life,” he said. “It was almost a foregone conclusion that I’d work at one. I’ve…
June 10, 2025
College of Public Health Alumna Works to Prevent the Spread of Diseases
Zuakernah Belo, MPH, finds her duties for the Arkansas Department of Health challenging, yet highly rewarding. An alumna of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Belo is an HIV prevention program manager in the health department’s infectious disease branch. Informing Arkansans on the dangers of diseases…
December 18, 2024
Tamier Wells Takes Pride in Being a Source of Hope, Guidance and Happiness
Tamier Wells, MPH, maintains a selfless outlook on life, regardless of what she’s dealing with. A clinical research coordinator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Wells regularly interacts with the public. Due to being loquacious and having the chance to serve Arkansans, she’s grateful to…
August 4, 2023
Winston Uses Career to Promote Public Health and Public Health Education
Amanda Winston, MPH, is adamant about promoting the value of public health and a public health education, to the students she mentors. Winston, who graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health in the spring of 2020, is the education coordinator for the UAMS HBCU Med…
June 20, 2023
College of Public Health MHA Program Offered Nikolas Berardi a Fresh Start
Nikolas Berardi, MHA, a program manager for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute (TRI), credits the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Master of Health Administration program for helping to change his life. That includes putting him in position to work for TRI. “The college and my directors…
May 19, 2023
College of Public Health Alum Examines Use of Dietary Supplements against COVID-19
A recent University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS ) Fay W. Boozman College of Public of Health graduate led a project examining the use — and effectiveness — of dietary supplements, antimalarial medicines and vitamins during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corbin Norton, M.D., MPH, a urology resident at the University of…
April 27, 2023
Desire to Serve Led Paul Duguid to UAMS College of Public Health, Translational Research Institute
Paul Duguid, MPH, an assistant director of funding programs for the UAMS Translational Research Institute, also is an alum of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Duguid, who started his public health education in 2007, credits the well-rounded nature of the college for helping to set…
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