December 19, 2023
Labor & Delivery Nurse Reva Martin Honored with Willow Award
![Reva Martin, center, holds the Willow Award presented to her moments before by Jeff Smith, left, Jodie McGinley. Dylan and Skye Billingsley, left, nominated her for the award. Courtesy of Jodie McGinley.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RevaMartin-WillowAward-SmithFamilyFH-150x150.jpg)
After losing two babies in two years, Dylan and Skye Billingsley returned to UAMS on Dec. 6 to surprise and thank the nurse who helped them to emotionally survive those experiences.
December 15, 2023
UAMS Receives Delta Dental Grant to Support Patient Care
![A resident dentist and dental hygienist treat a patient at the UAMS 12th Street Center for Health & Wellness.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DeltaGrant-OHC-12thSt-Dec2023-featured-150x150.jpg)
Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently renewed a $30,000 grant to the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the free clinic.
November 27, 2023
UAMS Honors Legislators at Chancellor’s Town Hall
![Cam Patterson giving award to Linda Chesterfield](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Town-Hall-11142023-EK2_5383-150x150.jpg)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, recognized Arkansas state legislators with newly created awards at a Nov. 14 town hall. In his opening remarks, Patterson said the chief goal of the university’s strategic plan is to make Arkansas the healthiest state in the region by 2029. “It cannot be…
November 20, 2023
‘Meet the Leaders’ Event Seeks to Match Nursing Graduates with Patient Care Units
![Tables and booths representing 18 different areas of care were lined up Nov. 13 along the Education II Building’s ground floor, concourse for the Meet the Leaders event. Image by Bryan Clifton](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Meet-The-Leaders-CON-Seniors-featured-150x150.jpg)
By putting UAMS nursing students who will graduate in 2024 together with the leaders who manage patient units hiring nurses, the organizers of the “Meet the Leaders” event on Nov. 13 hope to save time for both groups.
November 7, 2023
November MVP — Duward Martin
![Duward Martin, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences MVP for the Month of November 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Martin_Duward-MVP-Nov2023-post-150x150.jpg)
Meet Duward Martin, the MVP for November. Duward serves UAMS as a radiation therapist in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Radiation Oncology Center. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.
October 27, 2023
UAMS 12th Street Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Fall Festival
![Face-painting and crafts were among several activities available to the public attending the Fall Festival celebrating the 10th anniversary of the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/12thStFestival-facepaint-150x150.jpg)
About 200 people – families, students and volunteers – turned out Oct. 7 for the Fall Festival at the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, which also served as a celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary. “There was a moment when I was standing outside looking at our sign, looking at our students interacting…
September 22, 2023
Nutrition Seminar Speaker: Protein Intake, Exercise Key to Fighting Muscle Loss in Older Adults
![Wayne Campbell, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WayneCampbell-featured-150x150.jpg)
Older adults eating the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of protein are at a higher risk for muscle loss, Wayne Campbell, Ph.D., said during his Sept. 14 presentation on Zoom at UAMS. Current recommendations are about from one to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, preferably from meals with sufficient protein to stimulate…
September 15, 2023
College of Health Professions Scholarship Reception Recognizes Students, Donors
![Justine Bersonda, center, holds certificates for the scholarships she recently received. A member of the Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Class of 2023, Bersonda also spoke at the scholarship reception on behalf of the other scholarship recipients. Nathan Johnson, chair of the MLS department, stands left, and Dean Susan Long, right.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CHP-Scholarship-2023-Bersonda-featured-150x150.jpg)
The UAMS College of Health Professions at a Sept. 8 reception celebrated dozens of students who recently received scholarships and also brought them together with many of the donors who made those scholarships possible.
September 5, 2023
UAMS Physician Assistant Program Celebrates Class of 2023, 10th Anniversary
![Physician Assistant Studies faculty members stand and receive applause at the valediction ceremony for the Class of 2023. Edward Williams stands and the lectern, left, as Chancellor Cam Patterson, Dean Susan Long, Ryan Toliver and Tiffany Huitt join in the applause.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PA-Valediction-Ceremony-2023-featured-150x150.jpg)
The Aug. 25 valediction ceremony for the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2023 celebrated the completion of the students’ studies and the end of the first decade of Physician Assistant Studies degree program.
August 31, 2023
White Coats On, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Start New Academic Journeys
![Dana Moser speaks and formally begins the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology White Coat Ceremony in an auditorium of the I. Dodd Wilson Building on the UAMS Little Rock campus.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CHP-White-Coat-Audiology-Speech-featured-150x150.jpg)
UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology faculty members on Aug. 18 helped students put on their white coats and celebrate the start of their postgraduate studies. At the department’s White Coat Ceremony, each student walked to the front of the auditorium, and two faculty members held up the coats as…
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