Ingram’s children - Magalene “Susie” Ingram Hogan Pugh, William Kent Ingram Jr., Keith McKinnon Ingram and Billie Dean Ingram Reeder - established the professorship as a loving tribute. Compton and her work to improve the lives of older Arkansans across the state,” said UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and CEO of UAMS Health. Those named to a professorship are among the most highly regarded scientists, physicians and professors in their fields of expertise. A professorship is a $500,000 endowment established to support the educational, research and clinical activities of its holder, who will lead future innovations in medicine and health care. She is actively involved in providing educational programs for the public regarding memory and cognitive disorders.Īn endowed professorship is among the highest academic honors a university can bestow on a faculty member. As part of the evaluation team, she provides comprehensive assessments of memory and cognition, as well as individual counseling for patients with memory problems and family counseling for their caregivers. She is an associate professor in the Department of Geriatrics in the UAMS College of Medicine and sees patients at the Walker Memory Center of the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic of the Donald W. “In accepting this honor, I commit to using the earnings of this endowment to enhance our educational endeavors to the benefit of our seniors, our learners and our state.”Ĭompton joined UAMS in 2010. “It is with humility and renewed inspiration that I accept this nomination for an endowed chair in geriatrics education,” Compton said.
Attendees wore masks and were socially distanced. 18 in the Magalene McKinnon Ingram Endowed Professorship in Geriatric Education.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, Compton was invested in a brief ceremony broadcast online via Zoom.
20, 2020 | Denise Compton, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and geriatric neuropsychologist specializing in seniors and cognitive disorders at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested Nov.
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