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UAMS Ranked 7th in Nation on Forbes Magazine’s Best Employers for Diversity List

April 20, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been ranked seventh nationally on an annual list of Best Employers for Diversity created by Forbes magazine. The rankings are based on independent surveys of more than 50,000 people in workplaces of more than 1,000 employees. They include both direct and indirect recommendations...

Spencer Watson
Andrew Roshell IV, 16, gets his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine during the first COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10.
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UAMS Vaccinates More Than 1,100 Arkansans at Weekend Vaccination Clinics

April 15, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) vaccinated more than 1,100 Arkansans at weekend vaccination clinics in the Little Rock metro area. UAMS administered 487 Pfizer vaccines during the first of four Community Vaccination Clinics at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock on April 10. The next three clinics will be held on...

Karmen Robinson
Erika Petersen, M.D., sees study results published in JAMA
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UAMS’ Erika Petersen, M.D., Publishes Study Results on Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in JAMA

April 13, 2021 | Results of a randomized clinical trial led by Erika Petersen, M.D., of  the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on use of a spinal cord stimulation system for patients with refractory painful diabetic neuropathy were published April 5 in JAMA Neurology. Petersen, a neurosurgeon and professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the College...

Linda Satter
Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UAMS Surgical Hospital.
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UAMS Health Breaks Ground on New Surgical Hospital on Main Campus

April 12, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground today in a ceremony marking the start of the construction of the $85 million, UAMS Health Surgical Hospital, which is expected to be complete by spring 2023. The project is being paid for by a bond issue approved this year by the...

Ben Boulden
Patients awaiting elective surgery should be given priority on vaccines, an international study finds.
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COVID-19 Vaccination of Surgical Patients Should be Priority, Study Involving UAMS Finds

April 8, 2021 | Providing COVID-19 vaccines for patients awaiting elective surgery could save 58,687 lives worldwide over the next year, according to results of an international study in which the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) participated. The study findings, based on data gathered in 2020 by COVIDSurg Collaborative, an international network of surgeons, suggests that patients...

Linda Satter

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Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., has been named executive associate dean for research in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., Named Executive Associate Dean for Research at UAMS

April 19, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., has been named executive associate dean for research in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Rusch will continue to lead the college’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, where she has served as a professor and chairperson since 2005. “Dr. Rusch will...

Linda Satter
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UAMS Researcher Mitchell McGill, Ph.D., Appointed to National Committee at the Critical Path Institute

April 12, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Mitchell McGill, Ph.D., a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently became the first in Arkansas appointed to the Hepatotoxicity Working Group at the Critical Path Institute (C-Path). Established in 2005, C-Path is a nonprofit, public-private partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The purpose of...

Ashley McNatt

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Office of Communications & Marketing Responsible for All Contact with, from Media

April 20, 2021 | Please do not engage in contact with the media on behalf of UAMS. Under UAMS policy 13.1.01, the UAMS Office of Communications & Marketing is charged by the Chancellor’s Office with coordinating all contact with and from the news media to ensure a timely response and one that is in accordance with HIPAA when it relates to patient information and FERPA (student privacy) as well as other UAMS policies.

Yavonda Chase
Academic & Continuing Education Events

Digital Health Workshop Thursday, April 22

April 20, 2021 | The Institute for Digital Health & Innovation is hosting a 1-hour virtual workshop on Thursday, April 22, at 10 a.m. The workshop will include discussion about the use of digital health in daily practice. A panel of experts, including clinical and IT professionals, will be available to answer questions.

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