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College of Public Health Student Creates Website to Monitor Food Recalls

July 9, 2025 | Wilberforce Twinamatsiko, a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is using modern technology to help people make safe food choices. Twinamatsiko, who’s in the college’s Health Systems and Services Research doctoral program, is spearheading a group that has created a free website, Food Recall...

Kev' Moye
Subaru Blanket Donation

Subaru of Little Rock, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver Gifts to UAMS Blood Cancer Patients

July 9, 2025 | Patients undergoing blood cancer treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will benefit from a recent act of kindness to help them through the process. Subaru of Little Rock delivered 80 blankets and 30 patient care kits to the Cancer Institute’s Patient Support Pavilion on June 27 as...

Nathan Tidwell
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UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Program Announces Support Group, New Director

July 8, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Adult Sickle Cell Program celebrated World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19 by announcing a support group for adult patients with sickle cell disease, as well as a new director. During a free information session held on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller...

Benjamin Waldrum

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Vernon Spencer

July 9, 2025 | Meet Vernon Spencer, the MVP for July. Vernon serves as a skilled tradesman in UAMS Campus Operations - Landscape. Until recently, he worked in UAMS Environmental Services in Housekeeping. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.

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Increased WIC Participation Could Be Key to Improving State Maternal Health Rates, UAMS Researchers Find

July 7, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Expanding awareness of the WIC program and improving access to WIC-approved foods could help boost maternal and infant health in Arkansas, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Arkansas ranks among the worst in the nation for...

David Wise
Thomasine Williams (left) practices blood-drawing techniques with the help of Brook Scalzo, an instructor at the College of Nursing’s Innovative Practice and Simulation Center. Williams was among 10 prospective students who participated in the two-day Nursing Bound program.
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UAMS College of Nursing Offers Preparatory Course for Prospective Students

July 2, 2025 | Eleven years after undergoing a life-changing procedure to treat a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Thomasine Williams hopes to walk the halls of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a student instead of a patient. “The goal of my life has always been nursing,” she said. Williams was among 10 prospective students...

Chris Carmody
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OnCore Clinical Trials System is Live

July 7, 2025 | The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute launched July 1 the Advarra OnCore Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS), a powerful new platform that will enhance cancer clinical trials oversight and support cutting-edge research across the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The $2.4 million investment by the Cancer Institute places UAMS among the nation’s leading...

Marty Trieschmann
Group photo of primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, M.D., Jake Martin, M.D., and Jacob Smith, M.D., MPH
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UAMS Welcomes 3 New Sports Medicine Physicians to Northwest Arkansas

July 3, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — Primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, M.D., Jake Martin, M.D., and Jacob Smith, M.D., MPH, recently joined UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Northwest Arkansas, bringing sports medicine expertise to enhance patient care in Northwest Arkansas. Arthur, who was the very first graduate of the UAMS sports medicine fellowship program in...

David Wise
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UAMS, ACH Pediatric Mental Health Program Presents School-Based Mental Health Symposium July 30-31

July 2, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — A program developed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) to improve mental health access for children in Arkansas is presenting the 2025 School-Based Mental Health Symposium on July 30 and 31. The Arkansas Mental Health Access for Pediatric Primary Care (ARMAPP) program offers the...

Linda Satter

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