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Physiology & Cell Biology Administrative Staff
From Left to Right: Chair and Professor Dr. Teresita Bellido; Education Coordinator, Sylvia Stewart; Program Coordinator, Heather Montgomery; Project Specialist, Jerviece Cox-Manning and Suresh Kannan, Assistant Chair.
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New Employee
Jerviece Manning recently joined our department as the new Project Specialist. Jerviece comes from the Nursing Line Service department here at UAMS. Welcome, Jerviece!
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New Employee
Heather Montgomery recently joined our department as the new Executive Assistant to Dr. Teresita Bellido, Professor and Chair of the Physiology and Cell Biology department. She comes from Gainesville, Fl. She was a previous employee at the Village at Gainesville as a Care Coordinator. Welcome, Heather!
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Dr. Rosalia (Rosie) Simmen Receives UAMS College of Medicine Master Teacher Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Simmen who received the 2023 COM Master Teacher Award at the COM Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 25, 2023. The prestigious award was presented to Dr. Simmen in recognition of her exemplary commitment to educational excellence in the classroom, her outstanding mentorship of graduate and medical students and early career […]
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Department Mission
The mission of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in the College of Medicine at UAMS is to carry out high quality basic biomedical research and to educate graduate and medical students in the mechanisms of biological processes at the molecular, cellular, and organ system levels.