October 13, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 20 in Prescott

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 20 at the Nevada County Fire Department, 113 E. Walnut St., in Prescott. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of…


October 12, 2020

UAMS HealthNow Offers New Digital Health Program for Prevention of HIV Infections

Ben Boulden

Stacy Petty, left, and Latunja Sockwell discuss the different working aspects of the UAMS HealthNow HIV Prevention Program. Sockwell worked with Petty to set up the new program, and she is assistant research director for the UAMS Department of Family and Preventative Medicine

LITTLE ROCK — Through UAMS HealthNow, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is providing screening, monitoring and medication prescribing services to patients to prevent HIV infection. Non-HIV positive patients who engage in high-risk behaviors and adhere to the use of anti-retroviral medications have experienced a 90% reduction in the transmission of HIV. The…


October 9, 2020

21st Geriatrics Update Focuses on ‘Living Long, Living Strong’

Ben Boulden

Priya Mendiratta, M.D., left, moderates a question-and-answer session with keynote speaker Joel Kahn, M.D., during the Geriatric Update and Long-term Care Conference. The conference was virtual this year.

The foods older adults eat can be just as, or even more, vital to their heart health as the cardiovascular medications they take and the surgeries and procedures they may undergo. That’s the message keynote speaker, Joel Kahn, M.D., gave at the 21st  annual Geriatrics Update and Long-term Care Conference held Oct. 1-3 at the…


October 8, 2020

Lauren Reeves, M.S.N., Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK —Lauren Reeves, M.S.N., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena where she sees patients as a nurse practitioner Reeves is a lifelong resident of Phillips County where she has chosen to practice. She has served the population of the rural delta as a registered…


October 5, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Oct. 15 in Hamburg

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 15 at Hamburg City Hall, 305 E. Jefferson St. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…


October 2, 2020

‘Geriatric Buddy’ Program Hopes to End Isolation of Older Adults

Ben Boulden

Priya Mendiratta, M.D., second from left, talks to UAMS students, residents and fellows about the new Geriatric Buddy program.

UAMS geriatrician Priya Mendiratta, M.D., wants to brighten the lives of older adults who are isolated at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. She and some students have an idea for how to do that. “In the nursing home, for the first one or two months of the pandemic when we didn’t go in, I noticed…


September 24, 2020

AGECaring Friends Facebook Live Series to Present “Magic & the Brain” Oct. 7

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The AGECaring Friends Program will present “Magic & the Brain” at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 7 as part of its new Facebook Live Series. To access the live presentation, go to https://www.facebook.com/uamsagec. The AGECaring Friends Program will be held the first Wednesday of every month at 11:30 a.m. on the AGEC Facebook page….


September 23, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Sept. 30 in Mountain Home

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sept. 30 at Baxter County Fairgrounds, 1507 Fairgrounds Drive in Mountain Home. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for…


September 21, 2020

David Caldwell, Pharm.D., Chosen for National Pharmacy Leadership Program

Ben Boulden

David Caldwell

LITTLE ROCK — David Caldwell, Pharm.D, of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently was selected by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for its Academic Leadership Fellows Program. Caldwell, the new associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Pharmacy, was one of 24 members…


September 18, 2020

Diverse College of Pharmacy Class of 2024 Dons White Coats

Ben Boulden

Ashlyn Tedder, left, smiles as a family member of a first-year College of Pharmacy student assists her in putting on her white coat. Tedder is a third-year pharmacy student and the president of the UAMS Chapter of the APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists.

The UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2024 donned white coats Sept. 5 in a virtual ceremony that still honored the right of passage signifying a pharmacy student’s transition into the life of a student-pharmacist. This year’s annual White Coat Ceremony, had one of the highest percentages of underrepresented minorities in the college’s history, nearly…



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