The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Nicola “Nikki” Edge, PhD, professor and vice chair of research in the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, in the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience during an April 17 ceremony. Edge is the inaugural holder of the endowed chair.
Edge also serves as director of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Research and Evaluation Division. She joined UAMS in 1996 as a research assistant in the Department of Psychiatry.
A chair is established with gifts of at least $1 million, which are invested and the interest proceeds used to support the educational, research, and clinical activities of the chair holder.
Edge’s research focuses primarily on understanding the factors that place children at risk for less optimal emotional health and well-being, including child maltreatment and traumatic experiences, and translating research into community-based interventions that support child resilience.