Dr. Joe Bates, M.D., M.S., was a pulmonologist, epidemiologist, microbiologist, and public health official who pioneered safe and effective outpatient treatment for tuberculosis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was instrumental in advocating that all funds from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement be used only to address the health of Arkansans through public health initiatives including development of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.
An Oral History of the College of Public Health
The origins of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health from Dr. Joe Bates and others who created it.
Watch the documentaryCelebrating Joe Bates, M.D., M.S.
Learn more about how he changed the health of Arkansans
His role in the health of all Arkansans