UAMS to Sponsor Midsouth Summit Black Expo Feb. 25
| LITTLE ROCK – The Eighth Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the Cancer Control Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will celebrate black history month with a family-friendly event highlighting the importance of cancer screenings and education.
The expo is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, 10800 Colonel Glenn Road. Admission is free. For information, call the UAMS Cancer Control Program at (800) 259-8794.
Featuring the theme “I am the Picture of Health,” the expo will include free health education and blood pressure screenings, live entertainment and more.
Prostate cancer screenings for men age 40 and older who qualify and mammograms for women age 40 and older who qualify will be available. Extended hours are offered for the screenings and preregistration is requested in advance by calling (800) 259-8794.
Boys and girls ages 11-18 may receive free vaccinations to protect against Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection and can cause cervical cancer in women and genital warts in men and women. Parents requesting the vaccine, which is part of a three-shot series, are asked to bring their child’s vaccination record.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has more than 2,800 students and 775 medical residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including about 1,000 physicians and other professionals who provide care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.