March 23, 2021
UAMS Mobile Unit Delivers ‘Shot of Hope’ With Statewide Vaccination Clinics
![A nurse vaccinates a patient March 12 at Shorter College.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shorter-vax-featured-150x150.jpg)
Since the Mobile Unit of the UAMS Office of Population Health started traveling to different Arkansas towns and cities, its staff and volunteer have given thousands of COVID-19 vaccinations and collected many personal stories of the pandemic. One such story stands out in the memory of Shannon Langhorn, MPH, LPN, Mobile Unit program manager. Langhorn…
March 17, 2021
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Vaccinations March 24 at Magnolia
LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 24 at Southview Church of Christ, Multipurpose Building, 234 Fairview St., in Magnolia. The clinic is available to pre-registered patients only. No onsite registration will be allowed. There is no…
UAMS Clinics for Dental Hygiene, Speech and Hearing Education Move to New Locations
![Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, tours the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DH_Clinic_Chancellor-rel-featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The Dental Hygiene Clinic and the Speech and Hearing Education Clinic have moved to new locations and are accepting appointments. Both clinics are part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions. The Dental Hygiene Clinic in the college’s Department of Dental Hygiene is on the fifth…
March 16, 2021
Town Hall Speakers Highlight UAMS Efforts to Bolster Health Equity
![UAMS Chancellor Cam Patteson, center, answers a question in writing from a member of the Town Hall audience that was read out loud by Michael Manley, left, as Provost Stephanie Gardner listens.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Town-Hall-March2021-featured-150x150.jpg)
Increasing health equity and decreasing disparities inspire action at UAMS. The efforts include operating a food pantry for students and employees that has distributed more than 245,000 meals, sustaining a student-run, faculty-supervised clinic that provides health screenings and preventative care to an underserved community and providing outreach to minority communities in Northwest Arkansas fighting COVID-19….
March 12, 2021
UAMS Dental Hygiene Program Offers Free Sealant Clinic for Children on March 20 at Freeway Medical Tower
![Two dental hygiene students help a patient in a operatory in the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic. All students are supervised by faculty and instructors in the clinic.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sealant-featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Dental Hygiene is offering a free Sealant Clinic from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 20 at Freeway Medical Tower, 5800 W. 10th St., Suite 501. The clinic is for children 5-17 years old. A free dental examination is a part of…
March 11, 2021
Dental Hygiene and Audiology, Speech Pathology Clinics Now in New Locations
![Students at the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic hone their new skills on a practice model set of teeth.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/newDentalHygieneClinic-featured-150x150.jpg)
At a time when so much education is taking place virtually through live video, the UAMS College of Health Professions Departments of Audiology and Speech Pathology and Dental Hygiene recently found new physical homes for their clinics. In December, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology began moving into what had been office space in the Education South…
March 10, 2021
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Vaccinations March 16 at Clarksville
LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 16 at Marvin Vinson Gym & Aquatic Center, 1611 Oakland St., in Clarksville. The clinic is available to pre-registered patients only. No onsite registration will be allowed. There is no…
March 9, 2021
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Vaccinations March 12 at Shorter College in North Little Rock
![UAMS College of Pharmacy students fill syringes with COVID-19 vaccine at a recent vaccination clinic.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/COVID-19-vax-at-Freeway-Medical-featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 12 at Shorter College, 604 N. Locust St., in North Little Rock.
UAMS-Led Digital Health Stroke Program Helps Improve Arkansas’ Stroke Deaths Ranking
![Freda Dodd of Marmaduke is one of thousands of stroke survivors treated through the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation's Stroke Program.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Stroke-Survivor-Freda-Dodd-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas recently fell from seventh place to 13th place in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita, an achievement health officials credit in part to a statewide digital health program of stroke education and treatment led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In 2011, Arkansas was…
Homeownership Promotion Program Open to Eligible UAMS Employees
UAMS is happy to present the Employee Homeownership Promotion program. The program includes targeted financial educational classes, free tax preparation with the opening of a savings account, housing/credit counseling and homebuyer education offered by our partner lending institution, Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP).
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