Child Abuse Fellowship Director
![Liza Murray, M.D. Murray Liza, M.D.](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/05/Murray_Liza_MD-ACH-06152022-850_3157-245x327.jpg)
Associate Professor
Having grown up in Arkansas, I am happy to have found my way back to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in 2019 after completing my pediatric residency at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in 2014 and completing a Child Abuse Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City in 2019. I was drawn to the field of Child Abuse Pediatrics with a combined love of medicine and pediatrics and a background in sociology, recognizing that our environments and upbringing have a profound impact on long-term health and well-being. Professionally, I try to maintain balance with my dedication to patient care as well as the development of our education curriculum for residents and ongoing new and exciting scholarly projects. I love teaching and will rarely miss an opportunity to speak with learners of all types about the medical approach to abused and neglected children. I also have led efforts to improve pediatric resident wellness and continue to advocate for efforts to improve clinician wellbeing.
Personally, I stay busy with my family including a musician/therapist husband and two energetic and fun daughters. You will often find me going out to eat, at an occasional scary movie in theaters or at a park, the zoo or museum of discovery with my kids. I grew up in Little Rock and love to talk about all of the fun things our city has to offer!
Child Abuse Fellowship Faculty
![Karen J. Farst, M.D., M.P.H. Karen J. Farst, M.D.](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/05/Farst_Karen-Jo_web-245x327.jpg)
Professor of Pediatrics
![Rachel Clingenpeel, M.D. Rachel A. Clingenpeel, M.D.](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/09/Clingenpeel_Rachel-Anne-245x327.jpg)
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
![Jennifer Livingston, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P Portrait of Jennifer Livingston](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/11/Livingston_Jennifer-L-245x327.jpg)
![Taylor Ruple, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P Taylor Ruple, APRN](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/11/Ruple_Taylor_full-262x327.jpg)
Child Abuse Fellowship Staff
![Jeni M. McCann, R.N. Jeni M. McCann, R.N.](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2022/09/McCann_Jeni-M_web-245x327.jpg)
![Charissa Jackson Charissa Jackson, Social Worker II](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2023/03/Jackson_Charissa_ach-327x327.jpg)
![Molly Reynolds Molly Reynolds, Social Worker](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2023/03/Reynolds_Molly_ach-327x327.jpg)
![Melanie Ukestad Melanie Ukestad, Social Worker](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2023/03/Ukestad_Melanie-327x327.jpg)
Child Abuse Fellowship Administration
![Stanley Rauls, J.D. Stan Rauls, J.D.](https://medicine.uams.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2023/03/Rauls_Stanley-Douglas_web-245x327.jpg)