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From Alaska to Arkansas: A Cancer Survivor’s Journey

March 24, 2023 | For throat cancer survivor Shalonda Michelle, there are exactly 3,815 miles between being sick and being healthy. It’s the distance between Fairbanks, Alaska, where her medical journey began, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, where she finally found healing. Michelle’s harrowing experience began in 2010. She was...

Marty Trieschmann
Paige Jones-Brooks celebrates her match to UAMS Pediatrics.
College of Medicine

UAMS Holds Match Day Celebrations for College of Medicine Seniors

March 22, 2023 | Freshmen at Start of Pandemic, Class of 2023 Attended Majority of Classes Virtually March 22, 2023 | About 150 senior medical students and their guests gathered on the morning of March 17 on two UAMS campuses to find out where they will be continuing their training after receiving their medical degrees in May. Dubbed the...

Linda Satter
Josh Harris, executive director of Well Fed, helps a patient on the first food delivery day for Good Food Rx.
News Release

Well Fed, UAMS Partner on Food Prescription Program in Helena-West Helena

March 15, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The nonprofit Well Fed and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) East Regional Campus in Helena-West Helena are partnering to combat nutritional insecurity through a food prescription program and research study called Good Food Rx. The initiative, which serves patients at the UAMS Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena, takes...

Chris Carmody
USTTI Visitors with Terri Imus
Institute for Digital Health & Innovation

UAMS Hosts United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) for Digital Health Training Program

March 13, 2023 | Representatives from the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI) as part of a three-day digital health training course held March 7-9. Thirteen international health and technology professionals converged on the UAMS Little Rock campus to learn more about applying...

Benjamin Waldrum
UAMS leaders and members of the Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit stand together after the closing ceremony.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

UAMS Ceremony Recognizes Pioneers in Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit

March 9, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) held a Feb. 28 ceremony to recognize members of UAMS’ 2023 Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit.  The exhibit, which was displayed in the hospital’s first-floor admissions and discharge area during Black History Month, highlighted the accomplishments of Black pioneers...

Chris Carmody

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Kennedy Hicks, a student in the Serving Underrepresented Populations through Engagement and Research (SUPER) Project, presents her research findings during the Xavier University of Louisiana Health Disparities Conference in New Orleans.

SUPER Project Students Present Work at Health Disparities Conference

March 24, 2023 | Staff and faculty members from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) joined SUPER Project participants at a conference in New Orleans that offered the students an opportunity to present their research on health disparities. The Serving Underrepresented Populations through Engagement and Research (SUPER) Project, part of...

Chris Carmody
Bill Humble

Humble Gift Supports Jones Eye Institute’s Work in South Arkansas

March 23, 2023 | Bill Humble considers himself a decisive person. Whether it is business or personal, he doesn’t ruminate too long over an issue, particularly where he sees an opportunity or need. It was Humble’s decisiveness that brought the Tennessee native to Arkansas, helped create many of his businesses and eventually fostered his philanthropic spirit for the University...

Andrew Vogler
Boddu, left, and Elkhider

UAMS Department of Neurology Adds Specialists in Movement Disorders and Epilepsy

March 21, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurology recently added Aditya Vikram Boddu, M.D., and Hisham Elkhider, M.D., as assistant professors. Boddu, a fellowship trained neurologist specializing in movement disorders who is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, is seeing patients in the Movement Disorders Clinic...

Linda Satter

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Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

College of Public Health Students, Employees Help Provide Relief for Victims of Earthquakes in Turkey

March 14, 2023 | A student from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, along with faculty and staff from the Arkansas Center of Birth Defects Research and Prevention and Department of Epidemiology, participated in a project to assist the people in Turkey affected by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Emine Bircan, a...

Kev' Moye
Melony Stokes
News Release

UAMS Receives Over $1 Million from USDA, AT&T to Expand Digital Health Education, Training in Arkansas Delta

March 16, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received grants totaling more than $1 million from the United States Department of Agriculture and AT&T that will widen the scope of existing digital health programs, including field trips for Delta-area students, K-12 summer internships and training sessions for first responders. The USDA...

Benjamin Waldrum
News Release

UAMS Hosts Party With a Purpose in Prescott to Offer Free Health Services, Food, Music

March 24, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Research and Evaluation Division (RED) is hosting a free, public health fair April 1 in Prescott. General and mental health screenings; information on strokes, substance abuse, breast cancer and COVID-19; and testing for sexually transmitted diseases including HIV...

Linda Satter
Soumiya Pal
College of Pharmacy

College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Receives Prestigious AHA Predoctoral Fellowship

March 15, 2023 | Soumiya Pal, M.Sc., a Ph.D. candidate in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, likes to dream big. Recently, a dream that seemed out of reach finally came true, when he was recently awarded the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship. The one-year fellowship includes a stipend, health insurance and project support totaling $32,553. According to the...

Benjamin Waldrum

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