The UAMS College of Public Health: an early report on structure and function

The UAMS College of Public Health has pulled together an initial faculty from across the state to launch its new public health curriculum. Forty-three students are enrolled in a program that is committed to community-based education and to health policy formulation for Arkansas. Partnerships are being developed and collaboration is ongoing with the Arkansas Medical Society, several universities and a number of health agencies and organizations to move the college forward in its vision of "optimal health for all."