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  3. Spring 2021

Spring 2021

Spollen To Serve As Interim Chairman

John Spollen, M.D., the Department of Psychiatry’s Vice Chair for Education and Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for mental health for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, will serve as Interim Chair of the department effective June 1. A national search is currently being conducted by UAMS for a permanent replacement for G. Richard Smith, […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

A Message From The Director

Dear Friends of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, “All good things must come to an end” to paraphrase Chaucer1 or if you are of my generation, “they say all good things must end someday.”2 So, this is the time for me to say goodbye as a faculty member/leader at the Psychiatric Research Institute as I […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

Raney Named Interim Director Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

Veronica Raney, M.D., has been named interim director of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a 2011 graduate of the UAMS College of Medicine and former resident with the Department of Psychiatry and will also serve as the section chief for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Arkansas Children’s […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

Everett Stepping Down After 20 Years Of Service

When Betty Everett, Ph.D., retires June 30th, she will leave behind more than just treasured memories. After 20 years of dedicated service to the patients, staff and students of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, Everett will leave a mark on the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute and those it serves that cannot be erased. Everett began […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

Strong Group Of New Psychiatry Residents Named

The UAMS Department of Psychiatry interviewed a total of 45 senior medical students via Zoom before matching with eight new top-notch residents. The 2021-2022 class, formally introduced March 19 during the official Match Day ceremony, includes seven graduates of the UAMS College of Medicine. The UAMS students are slated to graduate on May 15. Charles […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

Three Returning To PRI Faculty Positions

A trio of familiar faces will be joining the ranks of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s faculty in the coming months. Greer Sullivan, M.D., MSPH, a former professor and vice chair for research in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, moved to California in 2014 to become a professor at the University of California at Riverside […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Spring 2021

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