UAMS is proud to hold its first ever independent Commencement for the Graduate School. This includes students who have successfully completed their doctoral degree, master’s degree, or any of our graduate certificate programs through the UAMS Graduate School from December 2024 through July 2025. Degrees were conferred on May 15 in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine Institute by Graduate School Dean Sean Taverna, Ph.D., and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA. Congratulations to all of you on your achievements, and we can’t wait to see what comes next!
Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics
- Jonathan Neil Chastain
- Racheal Helen Odom
- Andrew Duc-Tuan Tran
Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Henry Anthony Palfrey
- Ashley Renee Pike
Graduate Certificate in Implementation Science
- Pragya Gautam Poudel
- Ishu Karki
- Ramey Moore
- Lachan Elizabeth Siebenmorgen
Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Sciences
- Haskell Adler
- Rohann Asfaw
- Luke Timothy Childress
- Enata Neu Dicus
- Maria Fernandez
- Baha’a Hamdi Jabali
- Megan Ramey
- Tsigereda Weldemichael
Master of Science
- Lillian M. Cheak, B.S. — Clinical Nutrition
- Divyaswathi Citla Sridhar, MBBS — Clinical and Translational Science
- Enata Neu Dicus, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Jacob Thomas Handloser, B.A. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Maneetha Kodali, MBBS — Clinical and Translational Science
- Sudip Panday, B.S. — Biomedical Informatics
- Rachel Eloise Raymond Snyder, B.S. — Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy
Doctor of Philosophy
- Baku Acharya, B.S., M.S. — Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Dissertation: Small molecule kinase inhibitors as targeted therapy in cancer
- Md Mohsin Ali, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Effects of chemotherapeutic drugs and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in bone mesenchymal cells
- Luke Timothy Childress, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Impact of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) on type II diabetes care and outcomes
- Meghan Rose Crimmins, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: The role of maternal lifestyle in breastfeeding outcomes and human milk composition
- Dominique Steed DuBois, B.A., M.N. — Nursing Science
- Dissertation: Impact of the Medicaid waiver on rates of Cesarean sections and maternal morbidity in foreign-born Hispanic women
- Jacob Edmondson, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Enhancing the cancer immunotherapy response through mechanisms of epigenetic regulation and endoplasmic reticulum stress
- Lucy Gray Fry, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Host factors in cutaneous leishmaniasis: Mechanisms of inflammatory response, lymphatic remodeling, and protective immunity
- Christopher Olin Godwin, B.S., Pharm.D. — Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Dissertation: Plant-derived sesquiterpene lactones and their effects in the treatment of glioblastoma
- Haven Griffin, B.A. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: MC4R synaptic distribution and modulation of receptor activity by membrane cholesterol content
- Helen Ruth Hayes, B.S. — Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
- Dissertation: Establishment of EEG based biomarkers of the rTMS-induced treatment effect in subjective tinnitus
- Dedrick LeShun Ingram, B.S., M.S. — Health Promotion and Prevention Research
- Dissertation: Examining the moderating role of healthcare access in the relationship between social determinants and hypertension prevalence among African Americans
- Baha’a Hamdi Jabali, B.S., M.S. — Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Dissertation: Plasticity of quinazoline-based kinase inhibitors in targeting kinase pathways
- Christina Catherine Lee Joshua, B.S., MPH — Epidemiology
- Dissertation: Exploring the roles of race, rurality, gender, and socioeconomic status on the association between pre-hospital stroke care and poor outcomes in Arkansas 2018-2023
- Ishu Karki, B.PH., M.S. — Health Promotion and Prevention Research
- Dissertation: Social determinants of health associated with human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy, intention, and uptake: An analysis of National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen) data
- Aaron S. Kemp, B.A., MBA — Biomedical Informatics
- Dissertation: Deep-learning recurrent neural networks to identify candidate biomarkers of dynamic neural network abnormalities among people with Parkinson’s disease
- Amrita Khakurel, B.S., M.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Dissecting the function of Golgi-associated retrograde protein (GARP) complex in Golgi physiology
- Amy Louise Michael Lallier, B.A., MPH — Health Systems and Services Research
- Dissertation: Factors driving screening and surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder
- Audrey E. Martinez, A.S., B.S., M.S. — Health Promotion and Prevention Research
- Dissertation: Dietary intakes of pregnant women with obesity: A mixed methods study
- Carol Ann Morris, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: CD47/SIRPa axis as a therapeutic target for CNS injury
- Soumiya Pal, B.S., M.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Mechanism of lymphatic contractile dysfunction in hypertension
- Taiquitha Tina Robins, B.S., M.A., M.S. — Biomedical Informatics
- Dissertation: Advancing real-time risk stratification: Evaluating the associations between comorbidities and hospitalization outcomes in patients with multimorbidity
- Jennifer Ann Rumpel, B.S., M.D. — Clinical and Translational Science
- Dissertation: Predicting in-hospital mortality in neonates with acute kidney injury: A multi-center data-driven approach
- Hayley Marie Sabol, B.S., M.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Development and mechanistic characterization of bone-targeted approaches to treat multiple myeloma
- Madeleine Scott, B.A. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Characterizing the role of BipA in the Yersinia pestis life cycle
- Ankita Shukla, MBBS, M.D. — Clinical and Translational Science
- Dissertation: Perform: Persistent effects of intrauterine growth restriction on infant brain development: A comparative MEG study
- Lachan Elizabeth Siebenmorgen, B.S., MPAS — Health Promotion and Prevention Research
- Dissertation: Vaccine hesitancy in the Arkansas pregnant population: An exploratory qualitative study
- Farhana Taher Sumya, MBBS, M.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Novel methods to investigate the COG function in Golgi trafficking
- Matthew David Thompson, B.S. — Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Dissertation: Elucidating the role of DNA helicase B in the replication stress response