ADH Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds sessions will be held from 8-9 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. These will include a combination of in-person seating in the Dr. Joseph H. Bates Professional Education Auditorium at the Arkansas Department of Health and virtually via Zoom.
Continuing education is only available for live sessions.
In-person: Dr. Joseph H. Bates Professional Education Auditorium at 4815 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205.
Auditorium seating is open. But, to protect yourself and others, please consider your vaccination status and the potential need to wear a mask.
Public Health Grand Rounds is jointly sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Health, the Fay Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI).
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Upcoming Presentations
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Past Presentations
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| September 21 | Let’s Talk About It: Suicide in Arkansas | Austin Porter III, DrPH, MPH, Deputy Chief Science Officer at ADH and Susie Reece, SPRC Director of Lived Experience |
| September 7 | Arkansas Center for Health Improvement’s 25th Anniversary | Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH | President & Chief Executive Office Arkansas Center for Health Improvement |
| August 17 | Diabesity 101 | Dinesh Edem, MD | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Director of UAMS Medical Weight Management Program |
| August 3 | Strategies to Enhance Communication and Language Access: Opportunities for Optimal Health | Suzanna Reiss-Koncar, MPH, CHI™ | Health Care Interpreter and Language Access Educator |
| July 20 | POLST: Understanding Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment in AR | Sarah Harrington, MD, FAAHPM, Professor of Medicine & Director, Division of Palliative Medicine at UAMS | David E. Smith, MD, Director, Palliative Care at Baptist Health Medical Center |
| July 6 | What You Do Matters: Simple System Changes Lead to Big Healthcare Impacts | Jerrilyn Jones, MD, MPH | Medical Director, Health Preparedness & Response Branch at ADH |
| June 15 | Blunt Smoking and Tobacco Product Use: Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Cigars | Brian J. Fairman, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology at UAMS |
| June 1 | Maternal Mortality-Maternal Health | William W. Greenfield, MD, MBA, FACOG | Medical Director, Family Health Branch, Center for Health Advancement |
| May 18 | A Surgeon’s Perspective on Acute Pain Management During the Opioid Epidemic | Kyle Kalkwarf, MD, FACS | Assistant Professor, General Surgery at UAMS |
| May 11 | Tuberculosis Transmission in Arkansas 2009-2022, How Do We Get to Tuberculosis Elimination | Charles T. Bedell, MPH, MD | DrPH Student, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| May 4 | Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Major Risk Factor for Poor Fetal Outcomes. Covid-19 and it's Impact on Elective Surgical Procedures at UAMS, Antibiotic Use for the Treatment of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella | College of Public Health Students’ Presentations |
| April 27 | Bridging the Gap: The Role of Harm Reduction Strategies in Addressing Substance Use Outcomes | Camille M. Richoux, MPH, CPS | DrPH Student, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| April 20 | A One Health Approach to Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Diseases | Laura K. Rothfeldt, DVM, DACVPM | State Public Health Veterinarian at Arkansas Department of Health |
| April 13 | Stroke and Heart Attack: Making Moves to Healthier Arkansas | David A. Vrudny, MPH, CPHQ | Section Chief, Stroke and STEMI at Arkansas Department of Health |
| April 6 | The Systemic Impact of Oral Disease | Rachel Sizemore, DDS | Director, Office of Oral Health |
| March 16 | Tuberculosis in Arkansas 2023 | Sandra Chai, MD | Assistant TB Controller, Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 2 | Rethinking Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship | William Golden, MD, MACP | Professor of Medicine at UAMS, Medical Director of Arkansas Office of Health Information Technology |
| February 16 | What’s Affecting the Health of Arkansas’s Children? | Marisha DiCarlo, PhD, MPH | Vice President for Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
| January 19 | Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Older Adults with Dementia || Masil George, MD | Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences || Chris Hackler, PhD | Director of the Division of Medical Humanities | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| January 5, 2023 | Hospitals and Cancer Control and Prevention: Analyzing the 340B Drug Discount Program and Community Health Needs Assessments | Kelsey Owsley, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| 2022 Videos End | |
| December 15 | Long COVID, Living with COVID, and the Health Debt | Bala Simon, MD, DrPH, DipABOM, DipABLM, FAAFP | Deputy Chief Medical Officer | State Chronic Disease Director | Arkansas Department of Health |
| December 1 | Dietary Supplements: The Myth, The Science, and The Consumer | Igor Koturbash, MD, PhD | Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences | Co-Director, Center for Dietary Supplements Research | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| November 17 | BREAKING BARRIERS TO POVERTY ONE BITE AT A TIME | Moderator: Libby Seftar, RNC-BC | Panel: Lana Boggs, RN, Joni McGaha, BS, and Carla Sparks, MPH |
| November 3 | Genomic Epidemiology in Arkansas | David W. Ussery, PhD | Professor | Biomedical Informatics | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| October 20 | Vaccine Misinformation and Disinformation | Jennifer Dillaha, MD | State Health Officer | Director | Arkansas Department of Healt |
| October 6 | Update on the 2022 Monkeypox Epidemic Program| Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH | Deputy Incident Manager | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| September 15 | Chronic Wasting Disease in Arkansas | Jennifer R. Ballard, DVM, PhD, CWB | State Wildlife Veterinarian | Assistant Chief (Research Division) | Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |
| September 1 | Sebastian County Opioid Task Force Community Response - Building a Program | Bryan Clardy, MD FAAFP CHEP | Sebastian County Health Officer |
| August 18 | Update on the Hepatitis A Outbreak in Arkansas | Mike Cima, PhD, MPH | State Epidemiologist | Arkansas Department of Health |
| July 21 | COVID-19–Associated Mucormycosis — Arkansas, July–September 2021 | Theresa Dulski, MD MPH | Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer | Arkansas Department of Health |
| July 7 | COVID 19 Therapeutics: Past, Present, and Future | Dr. Atul Kothari, MD FIDSA | Medical Director, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program |
| June 2 | MPH Students Integrative Learning Experience Projects | John Musser, MD, MPH, Taylor Winn, MD, MPH, and Heather Morgan, MD, MPH |
| May 5 | Vaccination Beliefs and Uptake in the African American Community: Addressing Medical Mistrust | Samantha Wells, MPH, CPH | Dr. PH Student and Graduate Research Assistant | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| April 21 | Syphilis in Children | Arrie Morris, MPH | Dr. PH Student | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | STI/HIV/Hepatitis C Surveillance Programs Manager | Arkansas Department of Health |
| April 7 | Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality | Mallory Jayroe, MS, CHES | Dr. PH Student | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Epidemiologist and Program Coordinator | Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 17 | COVID-19 and Critical Illness in Children: “A Tale of Two (or more) Variants” | Steve Schexnayder, MD | Medical Director | ADH Child and Adolescent Health | Chief | Pediatric Critical Care, Arkansas Children’s Hospital | Executive Vice-Chair | UAMS Dept. of Pediatrics |
| March 3 | CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING EMS AND TRAUMA CARE FOR CHILDREN | Dr. Stephen Bowman, PhD, MHA | Associate Professor and MHA Program Director | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| February 17 | Health & Community Capacity Building in Rural Spaces: A Public Health Matter | Dr. Brookshield Laurent, D.O. | Chair and Associate Professor | Department of Clinical Medicine | New York Institute of Technology | College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas |
| February 10 | Home Together: A Local Project Supporting Families in Crisis through Partnerships, Engagement, & Research || Dr. Brooke Montgomery, PhD, MPH, MCHES | Assistant Professor, Fay Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences || Jessica Burnham, LCSW | Our House Mental Health Manager || Ruthie Hokans, LMSW | Our House Director of Stability Program |
| January 20 | Fatal and Non-Fatal Opioid Overdoses: The role of prescribed controlled substances in Arkansas | Dr. Bradley Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D. | College of Pharmacy | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| January 6, 2022 | What’s in a picture: The influence of social networks on health | Dr. Mark L. Williams, Ph.D. | M. Jocelyn Elders Professor & Dean | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| 2021 Videos End | |
| December 16 | Cultivating Compassion: Why and How | Dr. Puru Thapa | Professor of Psychiatry | Department of Psychiatry | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| December 2 | COVID-19 from a One Health Perspective | Laura K. Rothfeldt, DVM, DACVPM | State Public Health Veterinarian | Arkansas Department of Health |
| November 18 | Maternal Mortality: An Arkansas Update | Dr. William “Sam” Greenfield, MD | Medical Director for Family Health | Arkansas Department of Health Professor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | University of Arkansas for Medical Science |
| November 4 | Health Disparities, COVID-19 and Public Health in Arkansas | Dr. Benjamin Amick III, PhD | Associate Dean for Research | Professor, Department of Epidemiology | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| October 21 | SARS-COV-19 and Dentistry | Dr. Lindy Bollen, Jr., DDS | Director | Office of Oral Health | Arkansas Department of Health |
| October 7 | GoNAPSACC: Arkansas's Collaborative Approach for Child Care Facilities | Ashleigh Story | ArCOP Health Education Coordinator | Amy Routt | ArCOP Advisor |
| September 16 | Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 | Dr. Joshua Kennedy, MD, GAAP, FAAAI | Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Arkansas Children’s Research Institute | Lung Cell Biology Laboratory |
| September 2 | Selected Ethics Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Dr. Micah Hester, PhD | Chair, Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics | Clinical Ethicist (UAMS & Arkansas Children’s Hospital) |
| August 26 | Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 | Amanda Novack, MD | Medical Director of Infection Prevention | Baptist Health System |
| August 19 | COVID-19, A Personal Experience | James Bledsoe, MD, FACS | EMS & Trauma Medical Director | Arkansas Department of Health |
| August 5 | Food Environment and Childhood Obesity: Lessons From the Arkansas BMI Panel | Michael Thomsen, PhD | Professor | Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| July 15 | Wastewater Surveillance as a Complementary Tool to Monitor COVID-19 Spread | Marli P. Azevedo, Ph.D. | Research Microbiologist | National Center for Toxicological Research | Division of Microbiology | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| June 17 | Implications for Public Health of the 2021 US Supreme Court Term | Kevin W. Ryan JD, MA | Associate Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs | Associate Professor Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| May 27 | Updated CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation In 12-15 year olds: Important Consideration as Summer Begins | José R. Romero, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAAS | Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Arkansas Secretary of Health | Director, Arkansas Department of Health |
| May 20 | Arkansas Medicaid Expansion: Future Opportunity & Evidence to Improve Child Health | Joe Thompson, MD,MPH | President and CEO | Arkansas Center for Health Improvement |
| May 6 | Gender Affirming Care Services in Arkansas | Lorraine V. Stigar, MPH, CHE, DrPHC | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| April 15 | Radiative Forcing and Arkansas Resilience | Richard L. McMullen, PhD | Associate Director for Science | Center for Local Public Health | Arkansas Department of Health |
| April 1 | New Educational Programs in Health Care Data Analytics to Improve Public Health | J. Mick Tilford, PhD | Professor and Chair Department of Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| March 18 | COVID-19: Congregate Care Settings | Kelley Garner, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM | Program Coordinator/Epidemiology Supervisor | Healthcare Associated Infections Programs | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 21 | COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Use in Arkansas | Jennifer A. Dillaha, MD | State Epidemiologist | Medical Director, Immunizations and Outbreak Response | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 7, 2021 | COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccines: Current Status in the United States | José R. Romero, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAAS | Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Secretary of Health | Director, Arkansas Department of Health |
| 2020 Videos End | |
| December 17 | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI): ADH’s Infant Hearing Program | Joel Tumlison, MD | Medical Director | Child and Adolescent Health | Outbreak Response | Arkansas Department of Health |
| December 3 | Advancing Community Health Workers in Arkansas: Background and Updates from a Statewide Partnership | M. Kate Stewart, MD, MPH | Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management | Director, Office of Community Based Public Health | Director, Community Engagement Translation Research Institute | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| October 1 | Alpha-Gal Syndrome | Allison James DVM, MPH, PhD | CDC EIS Field Officer | Arkansas Department of Health |
| September 17 | “Big Dot” Data and Antibiotic Stewardship | William Golden, MD | Medical Director | Arkansas Department of Health Office of Health Information Technology | Professor of Medicine and Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| September 3 | Opioids During Pregnancy | Shona Ray-Griffith, MD | Assistant Professor | Ambulatory Director, Women’s Mental Health Program | Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship | Psychiatric Research Institute | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| August 20 | Arkansas Newborn Screening: From Birth to Results || Katie Seely, PhD | Lab Director | Arkansas Department of Health || Pat Purifoy, RN | Newborn Screening Follow-up Manager | Arkansas Department of Health |
| July 17 | Places, Pandemics, and People: My ADH Adventure | Rev. Nathaniel Smith, MD, MABS | Arkansas Secretary of Health | Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 12 | Using The Law To “ARREST” The Spread of Infectious Disease | Kevin Ryan, JD, MA | Associate Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs | Co-Director DrPH Program, Associate Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| March 5 | So Who Can I Prescribe Opioids To? | Michael Wilson, MD, PhD, FAAEM, FACEP | Assistant Professor, Division of Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Director, Department of Emergency Medicine Behavior | Emergencies Research Lab Director, Department of Emergency Medicine Research Associates Programs | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| February 27 | A Whole New World: Whole Genome Sequencing And The NOW Of Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Response | Quinyatta Mumford, MPH | Epidemiologist | Arkansas Department of Health |
| February 20 | Coronavirus Epidemics of The 21st Century: SARS, MERS and NCP || Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH | Secretary of Health | Arkansas Department of Health || Jennifer Dillaha, MD | Medical Director | Immunizations and Outbreak Response | Arkansas Department of Health || Naveen Patil, MD, MHSA, MA, FACP, FIDSA | Medical Director | Infectious Diseases, Healthcare Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative | Arkansas Department of Health |
| February 13 | Suicide Rates Continue to Rise: What Strategies Are We Missing | Katy Allison, PhD, MPH, CHES | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| February 6 | The Sky May Actually Be Falling This Time | Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH | Secretary of Health | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 30 | The Art of Positive Communication | Julien Mirivel, PhD | Interim Dean | College of Social Sciences and Communication | Professor | Department of Applied Communication | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| January 23 | Think of the Children!!! A Glimpse into the Disparity of Treatment and Health Outcomes of Uninsured Children | Austin Porter III, DrPH, MPH | Deputy Chief Science Officer | Arkansas Department of Health | Assistant Professor | Department of Health Policy and Management | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| January 16 | Everyone Counts: How 2020 Census Data Matters to Arkansas || Samuel Abbasi, BS | Arkansas Partnership Coordinator || Linda Gladden, M.Ed. | Media Specialist || Taniesha Richardson-Wiley, MPH | Hometown Health Improvement Section Chief || Laura Kellams, BA | Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families NWA, Executive Director |
| January 9, 2020 | Mindfulness: an Overview and its Relevance to Public Health | Puru Thapa, MD | Director | Student, Resident, and Faculty Wellness Programs | Professor, Department of Psychiatry | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| 2019 Videos End | |
| December 12 | Maternal Mortality in Arkansas: An Update | William Greenfield, MD, MPH, FACOG | Medical Director, Family Health Branch | Arkansas Department of Health | Associate Professor | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| December 5 | Northwest Arkansas Community Survey: Collaborating to Assess Community Health Needs | Lisa K. Low, MD, MPH | Medial Director Community Health | Mercy Hospital |
| November 14 | HIV and Oral Health: An Update and Refocus | David Reznik, DDS | Chief of Dental Services | Grady Health System |
| October 24 | Evidence-Based Treatment For Suicidal Youth | Jennifer Hughes, PhD, MPH | Psychologist }Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care | Assistant Professor | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| October 17 | Stemming the Rising Tide of Congenital Syphilis | Kate Miele, MD, MA | Gilstrap Fellow Program Development and Quality Improvement | Branch Division of STD Prevention | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| October 10 | How the Prescription Drug Epidemic Became An Opioid Epidemic. Failures in Upstream Drug Policy and Their Effect on Disadvantaged Groups | Johnathan H. Goree, MD | Director of Chronic Pain Division | Assistant Professor | Department of Anesthesiology | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| September 26 | Insomnia Management: A Backdoor Opportunity to Overcoming Objections to Mental Health Management | Rhonda Mattox, MD | Medical Director | Rhonda Mattox PLL |
| September 19 | New Vaccine Development At Merck | Alain Bouckenooghe, MD, MPH | Associate Vice President | Respiratory Vaccine Section Head and Vaccine Clinical Research | Merck |
| September 12 | Rural Hospitals: Evolution And Survival | Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH | President & Chief Executive Officer | Arkansas Center for Health Improvement | Inaugural Surgeon General, State of Arkansas, 2005-2015 | Professor | Division of Center for Applied Research | And Evaluation Department of Pediatrics | College of Medicine | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
| September 5 | Sex Education As A Strategy For Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Focus Groups with Arkansas Parents and Teens | S. Alexandra Marshall, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES | Assistant Professor | Health and Behavior Education | Co-Director | PhD program in Health Promotions and Prevention Research | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| August 29 | Supporting People With Disabilities In Decision-Making | Laura K. Guidry-Grimes, PhD | Assistant Professor | Clinical Ethicist | Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
| August 8 | 2019 Arkansas Flooding Event: The Arkansas Department of Health's Response | Micheal Knox, DrPH, MPH, MS | Branch Chief |Health Preparedness and Emergency Response Branch |Arkansas Department of Health |
| August 1 | Childhood Mental, Behavioral and Developmental Disorders: A Syndemic Approach | Alan Mease, MD, FAAP, Col/USA (Ret) | Arkansas Medical Director, eQ Health Solutions | Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health | Department of Health Behavior and Health Education | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| July 18 | Health Care at End of Life | Masil George, MD | Associate Professor, UAMS Department of Geriatrics | Associate Professor, UAMS Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics | Director, UAMS Geriatric Palliative Care Program | Medical Director, Baptist Hospice |
| June 27 | Partnering For A Healthier Arkansas | Robert Redfield, MD | Director | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Administrator | Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| June 13 | Where The Planning Stops And The Disaster Begins: A Framework For Crisis Standards Of Care | Jerrilyn D. Jones, MD, MPH | Medical Director | Health Preparedness & Response Branch | Arkansas Department of Health | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| May 23 | Beyond A String And Two Soup Cans: Electronic Case Reporting- Exchanging Data In The Age Of The Jetsons | William R. MacKenzie, MD | Deputy Director of Science | Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services | Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| May 9 | The Concept Of Softening Among Smokers And Its Implication for Tobacco Control | Margarete C. Kulik, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Department of Health Behavior and Health Education | Center for the Study of Tobacco | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| May 2 | Preventable Mortality: How Do We Stop The Bleed || Kevin Sexton, M.D., FACS | Assistant Professor | Department of Surgery Division of Acute Care Surgery || John Taylor III, M.D. | Assistant Professor Surgery | Department of Surgery || William Beck, M.D. | Medical Director-Surgical Intensive Care Unit | Associate Professor of Surgery || University of Arkansas for Medical Services |
| April 25 | Opioid Epidemic: A Personal Story || Susan Weinstein, DVM, MPH | Retired ADH State Public Health Veterinarian || Christopher Dickie, MA | Chief Executive Officer | Natural State Recovery Centers |
| April 18 | Association of Crop Burning with Asthma and COPD Exacerbations in Two Arkansas Counties / Postpartum Anxiety and Depression: An Analysis Of Social Determinants Using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System | Christine Rutlen, MD / MPH anticipated May 2019 | University of Arkansas for Medical Science | Sarah N. O’Connor, MPH | University of Arkansas for Medical Science |
| April 11 | Arkansas Minority Health Commission: Meeting People Where They Are | ShaRhonda J. Love, MPH | Executive Director | Arkansas Minority Health Commission |
| April 4 | Hometown Health Improvement: The Gateway to Healthier Lives and Stronger Communities | Andi Ridgway, MS, RD, LD, CDE | HHI Branch Chief | Taniesha Richardson-Wiley, MPH | HHI, Section Chief | Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 28 | The Arkansas Prevention Research Center: Leveraging Our Resources for a Healthier and Better Informed Arkansas | Kevin W. Ryan JD, MA | Associate Dean for Professional Programs | Associate Professor of Health Policy & Mgmt. and DrPH Program Co-Director | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences || Austin Porter, DrPH, MPH | Deputy Chief Science Officer, Arkansas Department of Health | Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Mgmt. and DrPH Program Co-Director | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| March 21 | Arkansas Manufactured Food Program || Richard McMullen, Ph.D. | Associate Director for Science | State Environmental Health Director || Phillip Fruechting, R.S. | Public Health Section Chief, II | Wholesale/Manufactured Foods Program || Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 14 | Diabetes Prevention or Wellness Promotion | Appathurai Balamurugan, MD, DrPH, MPH, FAAFP | State Chronic Disease Director | Medical Director, Chronic Disease & Tobacco Branch | Arkansas Department of Health |
| March 7 | Racism, Bias, and Healthcare | Sara G. Tariq, MD, FACP | Professor, Internal Medicine | Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Clinical Education | Medical Director, Center for Clinical Skills Education | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| February 14 | Social Determinants of Health: What is CDC’s Approach | José T. Montero, MD, MHCDS | Director, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| February 7 | Emergency Medical Services: Overview & Update | Jon M. Swanson | Executive Director | Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services |
| January 31 | Injection Drug Use in Arkansas: Trends, Consequences, and Prevention | Mike Cima, PhD, MPH | Chief Epidemiologist | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 24 | Tuberculosis Transmission among United States-born Persons Residing in Southeast Arkansas, 2010 – 2018 | Sarah Labuda, MD, MPH | Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer | Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 17 | Ticking Time Bomb: A Hearty New Virus Emerges in Arkansas | Laura K. Rothfeldt, DVM, DACVPM | State Public Health Veterinarian | Arkansas Department of Health | David Paul Theuret Z| Entomologist | Arkansas Department of Health |
| January 10, 2019 | The Ongoing Hepatitis A Virus Outbreak in Arkansas and the US, 2017 – present | Dirk Haselow MD, PhD, MS | State Epidemiologist | Medical D
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