Dr. Rice gives presentation
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Morehouse Medicine Leader Sees Challenges, Promise in Pursuing Health Equity

July 19, 2019 | Arkansas and Georgia both face challenges and opportunities when it comes to reaching underserved health populations in the rural South, said Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine. Rice said both Morehouse and UAMS have vital roles to play in addressing health equity as a means of improving health care...

Amy Widner
Stocked & Reddie, the new UAMS food pantry, opened its doors July 15. Participants are able to select the fresh produce, frozen Cafeteria meals and nonperishable items that best suit their family. Photo credit, Bryan Clifton
Inside News

Stocked & Reddie Opens Its Doors to Serve UAMS

July 18, 2019 | Fresh fruit and vegetables, frozen Cafeteria meals, peanut butter and cereal — Stocked & Reddie, the UAMS food pantry, opened its doors July 15 offering all of these and more to students and employees who struggle with food insecurity.

Yavonda Chase
Researchers ran a pilot of the poverty simulation in May, inviting students from throughout campus to participate.
College of Nursing

Researchers Simulate Poverty to Understand Effects on Health

July 12, 2019 | It’s not necessarily a stretch to suggest that the ZIP code of a patient’s home address – or whether they have a home address at all – may offer as much insight into their health as measurements of height, weight, body temperature and blood pressure. “It’s true. Research says that only about 20% of a...

Spencer Watson
Myeloma patient John Tyler of Conway accepts a blanket from Shane Haas, communications manager of Subaru of Little Rock
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Subaru, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Blanketing Myeloma Patients with Love

July 11, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | Patients undergoing treatment at the UAMS Myeloma Center received throw blankets recently along with written messages of hope, courtesy of the Subaru Loves to Care initiative. Six employees from the Subaru of Little Rock dealership — many of them with connections to cancer through their own loved ones — and the...

Linda Haymes
Dr. Weinkopff posing with plaque and Drs. Patterson and Ho
Research

Researcher Receives Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from National Consortium

July 2, 2019 | UAMS researcher Tiffany Weinkopff, Ph.D., has received a 2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, which recognizes promising new scientific careers and supports their development. UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Vice Chancellor for Research Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.; and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Lawrence E. Cornett, Ph.D.,...

Amy Widner
Villarreal Twins
NICU

Twins 12 Days Apart Have Month-Long Birthday Celebrations

July 1, 2019 | Diana and Julio Villarreal spent many days in the spring of 2015 studying the photos that line the walls on the fifth floor at UAMS Medical Center — known as the Wall of Hope. They were waiting on word that their twin sons, Julio and Jacob, born weeks early, were healthy enough to bring home.

Katrina Dupins

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UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks to an audience gathered at the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus to celebrate campus' 40th anniversary.

UAMS Northeast Regional Campus Celebrates 40th Anniversary

July 18, 2019 | July 18, 2019 | Forty years of working to educate family residents to fill gaps in care created by the shortage of physicians in rural Arkansas filled the atrium of the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus building on July 16 with applauding, appreciative well-wishers. The more than 100 former residents, local officials and staff were there...

Ben Boulden
Astha Malhotra, Ph.D., discusses her research in 3-D printing and tissue regeneration during a kick-off meeting of the entrepreneurship training program.

UAMS Translational Research Institute Launches Entrepreneurship Training Program with University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

July 17, 2019 | A first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will teach its most promising young innovators how to move their health-science technologies into the marketplace. The UAMS Translational Research Institute kicked off the program with the announcement of its first four postdoctoral trainees in the Health Science Innovation & Entrepreneurship...

David Robinson
Edith Irby Jones, M.D., enrolled at UAMS in 1948 as the first African American to enroll in an all-white medical school in the South.

Edith Irby Jones, M.D., Trailblazing Medical Pioneer, Passes Away at 91

July 16, 2019 | Edith Irby Jones, M.D., who became a pioneer when she enrolled at UAMS in 1948 as the first African American to enroll in an all-white medical school in the South, and who went on to a distinguished career as a doctor, educator and philanthropist, passed away on July 15. She was 91. “All of UAMS...

Benjamin Waldrum

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Portrait of Dr. Williams
Psychiatric Research Institute

Hannah Williams, M.D., Joins Women’s Mental Health Clinic

July 17, 2019 | Psychiatrist Hannah Williams, M.D., has joined the Women’s Mental Health Clinic in the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The Women’s Mental Health Clinic treats women who are struggling with mental health issues and are pregnant, postpartum or having difficulty getting pregnant. This can include drug use disorders like...

Amy Widner
Physicians and medical students walked with patients and members of the community at UAMS' first Walk with a Doc event.
Inside News

UAMS Reaches Out to Community with Walk with a Doc Program

July 16, 2019 | UAMS kicked off its Walk with a Doc and Walk with a Future Doc programs June 29 at War Memorial Stadium. Physicians and medical students answered health questions from patients and community members, all while taking a stroll around War Memorial.

Yavonda Chase
irst Patient-Oriented Seminar on Diabetic Retinopathy and Nutrition Held at JEI
Eye Care

First Patient-Oriented Seminar on Diabetic Retinopathy and Nutrition Held at JEI

July 19, 2019 | On Friday, June 14th, Heather Vines, BSN, RN, CRNO of the Jones Eye Institute presented our first patient educational seminar focusing on diabetes, eye disease, and nutrition. It was well attended and participants were very interactive with our two invited dieticians, Cayla-Marie Jackson and Andrea Tappe. The presentations centered on diabetic eye disease and the role...

kelly
“Combating the Opioid Crisis and Chronic Pain” conference in April was one of many events sponsored by the UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative to provide training for geriatric health care professionals, primary care practitioners, first responders, caregivers, older adults and those who provide services to older adults.
University News

UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative Awarded $3.7 Million by Health Resources and Services Administration

July 16, 2019 | The Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year grant of $3.74 million to provide geriatric training. The funding will provide training for geriatric health care professionals, primary care practitioners, first responders, caregivers, older adults and those who provide services to older adults. Robin McAtee, Ph.D.,...

Ben Boulden

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CE Event, July 23: Connecting Across Professions -- 'ACL Tears in the Growing Athlete'
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CE Event, July 24: UAMS AR-IMPACT -- 'Pain Management Agreement Violations -- How to Handle This'
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PRI Conference Room 136 or access remotely
CE Event, July 26: PRI Project Echo -- 'Naltrexone in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder'
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CE Event July 26: ONE Team – 'Caring for Transgender Adolescents: A Panel Discussion'
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Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, July 29: 'Dietary Protein for Muscle Size and Strength'
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