June 16, 2020

College of Pharmacy Recognizes Outstanding Faculty for 2020

Ben Boulden

College of Pharmacy faculty who received awards for teaching this year are, top row, left to right, Antino Allen, Melanie Reinhardt and Grant McElwee; bottom row, left to right, Dwight Pierce and David Caldwell.

Recognizing teaching performance and educational contributions of College of Pharmacy faculty may be even more meaningful in 2020 because of challenges presented by the COVID-19 public health crisis. “Because of health safety guidelines in-person classes gave way by March to real-time, online classes, and the College of Pharmacy faculty provided the continuity of instruction and…


June 15, 2020

Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant

Ben Boulden

Phillip Sanders, right, with his wife and young son, has been cured of sickle cell disease as a patient at UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

While Phillip Sanders’ journey to a cure for his sickle cell disease was ultimately successful, it was a path with peaks and valleys and struggles and challenges. It’s beginning was relatively undramatic and took place during a conversation in October 2017 just after the conclusion of the Sickle Cell Symposium organized by the UAMS Adult…


June 1, 2020

UAMS’ Brad Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Named to Multi-State, Advisory Council

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Brad Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D., recently was appointed to the Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. He is a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy. The institute performs technology appraisals of pharmaceuticals…


May 29, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation June 4 in Elaine

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., June 4 at the Elaine Fire Department, 206 Main Street. There will be no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The clinic will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) along with the…


UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation June 6 in North Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., June 6 at First Baptist Church, 811 Scipio Jones Drive in North Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The clinic will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…


Drive-thru screening for COVID-19 Brought to Little Rock Neighborhood

Ben Boulden

Jennifer Hunt, left, points toward the entryway for the drive-thru while describing the flow of traffic to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, second from left, and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson (wearing black cap).

As the late morning sun dried out the rainwashed pavement May 23 at Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott greeted Gov. Asa Hutchinson as he arrived to visit with members of the UAMS Triage Unit’s mobile team. The team conducted drive-thru evaluations…


May 15, 2020

UAMS Mobile Triage Brings COVID-19 Evaluations to Hot Springs Homeless and Hot Springs, Dumas Brinkley Drive-thru Clinics

Ben Boulden

At the Hot Springs drive-thru, Clarence Taylor, seated right, prepares to receive a nasal swab in order to be tested for COVID-19.

Homeless and jobless in Hot Springs, Clarence Taylor got something from the UAMS Triage Unit’s mobile team he has wanted for several weeks: screening and testing for COVID-19. The team conducted drive-thru evaluations in Hot Springs on April 11, Dumas on April 12 and Brinkley on April 13 to assess whether residents in those areas…


May 14, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation May 23 in Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., May 23 at Saint Mark Baptist Church, 5722 W. 12th St. in Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The clinic will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…


UAMS proveerá una evaluación de COVID 19 por servicios en el carro el día 23 de mayo en la Clínica Bautista Saint Mark en Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Se llevará a cabo una evaluación gratuita de pruebas de COVID-19, de servicios en el carro, el día sábado 23 de mayo en la Iglesia Bautista Saint Mark en 5722 W. 12th St. in Little Rock Little Rock. No habrá costos por cuenta propia por recibir estos servicios. La clínica será gestionada…


With COVID-19, POWER Workshop Goes Virtual to Keep Improving Maternal Health

Ben Boulden

In two half-day sessions over two days, several speakers made online, live presentations during the POWER annual meeting in late April.

While thousands of professional meetings nationwide were being canceled or postponed because of the health risks from COVID-19, the organizers at UAMS of the annual POWER meeting April 27-28 did what they are so experienced at, moving the in-person experience into the online virtual. “We said, ‘The show is going to go on.’ We are…



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