Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
March 10, 2020
UAMS Students Introduce High School Visitors to Health Care Careers
More than 80 UAMS student volunteers, mostly from the College of Medicine, welcomed dozens of high school students from across Arkansas to the UAMS main campus Feb. 22 to introduce them to careers in health care. The event, called Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) was presented by the UAMS chapter of the Student…
March 4, 2020
Guest Lecture Addresses Bias toward Health Care Workers
What should doctors, nurses or other health care providers do when a patient makes a request that seems discriminatory? Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., chief diversity officer and professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, was a guest of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to discuss precisely that situation in a…
February 3, 2020
Center for Diversity Affairs Becomes Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, first established in 2011, has been reorganized into the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The change was prompted by a growth of the division and its strategic objectives under the direction of Brian Gittens, Ed.D., who joined UAMS as vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion in June…
January 17, 2020
UAMS Celebration of MLK Encourages Attendees to Serve
Service was the centerpiece as employees and students gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, enjoying addresses from campus leaders and a guest speaker and then breaking for lunch and to sign up for volunteer opportunities. “Today I want to talk about how Dr. King…
December 23, 2019
UAMS Joins Partners in Education with Little Rock’s Hall High
The UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has joined the Little Rock School District’s Volunteers in Public Schools program as a partner in education working specifically with Hall High School. “This is, as they say, the beginning of a beautiful partnership,” said Brian Gittens, Ed.D., vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at UAMS….
December 10, 2019
Minority Students from UAMS Research Programs Present at National Conference
Six students who spent their summer doing research at UAMS presented their work at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Anaheim, California, last month. The students collectively represented three different UAMS research programs: the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s Summer Research Internship, the UAMS Graduate School’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program and…
December 9, 2019
Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Names New Staff
Two UAMS faculty and an additional existing staff member have taken new positions within the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., MBA, was chosen to be the executive director for diversity, equity and inclusion, and Rosemary Nabaweesi, Dr.P.H., has been selected as the senior director of research and evaluation. Andrea Roy has…
November 12, 2019
UAMS Celebrates Veterans with Luncheon, Care Packages
Dozens of veterans and active duty members representing all five major branches of the U.S. Armed Forces — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard — attended a luncheon as part of a month of ongoing events to celebrate employees and students at UAMS who serve. “Today we honor our UAMS employees and…
October 31, 2019
UAMS Students Showcase Health Care Careers for Helena Teens
More than 150 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors at the KIPP Delta Collegiate High School in Helena-West Helena met with students from all five UAMS colleges Oct. 14 to learn about higher education opportunities and careers in health care. Now in its third year, the Raising Exposure & Awareness of Careers in Health (REACH)…
October 4, 2019
Celebrations Showcase Parade of Cultures at UAMS
Hundreds of members of the campus community recently packed the ground floor concourse of the UAMS Education II building to travel the world. About a dozen countries were represented at International Fest, the Sept. 27 culminating celebration of Diversity Month, organized by the UAMS Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the Chancellor’s…
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