Claudia Barone

Claudia Barone (Nurs ’88) was invested June 13, 2017 in the Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Endowed Chair at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

As a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, Ms. Barone was first invested in 2015 as the inaugural holder of the Lang Professorship at the UAMS College of Nursing. The professorship was elevated to an endowed chair, one of the highest academic honors a university can bestow on a faculty member, through additional gifts from the Langs and others. The chair will support Barone’s continued work in tobacco cessation.

“Endowed chairs are game changers in that they provide the chair holder with the time and financial resources needed to pursue educational excellence, world-class patient care and outstanding health care research,” said Patricia A. Cowan, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, who presented Ms. Barone with a commemorative medallion. “Dr. Claudia Barone is a superb educator, clinician and researcher. We’re especially pleased to celebrate the vital advances in tobacco control that will unfold through her investiture in this endowed chair.”

Ms. Barone is a certified tobacco treatment specialist through the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training, and she was an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee from 2014-2015 and the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence from 2013-2016. She served on the Arkansas Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Advisory Committee from 2008 to 2015 and was vice chairperson from 2013-2015.

Ms. Barone is a former dean of the College of Nursing, serving in the role from 2006-2011. She is now a tenured professor in the College of Nursing and an advanced practice partner in the UAMS Center for Nursing Excellence.

She came to UAMS in 1988 as a clinical nurse specialist in the UAMS Medical Center’s surgical division. In 1991, she became a clinical instructor in the College of Nursing. In 2002, she was named interim associate dean for the master’s program and served from 2003 to 2006 as associate dean for academic administration.