Schools Get Science Education Boost from UAMS Faculty Teachers and students in Arkansas K-12 schools are getting a needed infusion of health and behavioral science education thanks to two innovative educational outreach programs conducted by the UAMS College of Medicine. Mary S. Lindsey, L.C.S.W., is the special projects director for both grants.
Students also go on field trips, arrange internships, and attend science lectures.
The featured guest speaker will be Sidney McNairy Jr., Ph.D., D.Sc., one of four associate directors of the National Center for Research Resources, the NIH division that provided the funding for the two programs. System President B. Alan Sugg, Ph.D., and elected officials including U.S. Representative Vic Snyder, M.D., J.D., of the second congressional district of Arkansas. I am pleased to be a part of a local celebration that has done so much good for so many teachers and their students. School administrators, teachers, students, and other supporters of the award-winning programs will also attend.