June 5, 2023

Winners of College’s 2023 Staff Excellence Awards Named

Ben Boulden

Hayley Melvin, left, receives the Customer Service Award from Ashley McMillan, D.D.S.

In April, the College of Health Professions announced the recipients of the 2023 Staff Excellence Awards. Hayley Melvin, a dental assistant in the Center for Dental Education, was the recipient of the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Jeffrey DeSantis, assistant director of assessment in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, was the recipient of the Excellence in…


Unexpected Opportunities, Passion to Improve Health Brought Lisa Jansen to UAMS

Ben Boulden

Lisa Jansen, Ph.D.

Chance encounters and a journey that began in a softball field in Germany brought UAMS assistant professor and researcher Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., to UAMS. She hopes the research she’s doing here now will succeed in improving the health outcomes for women with high-risk pregnancies and their children. Jansen is an assistant professor of clinical nutrition…


June 2, 2023

UAMS Dental Hygiene Program Offers Free ‘Summer of Smiles’ Clinic for Children on June 16

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Dental Hygiene is offering a free Summer of Smiles clinic June 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Freeway Medical Tower, 5800 W. 10th St., Suite 501.


June 1, 2023

Brunch, Hooding Ceremonies Mark Crossroads for College of Health Professions Students

Ben Boulden

A student stands center stage May 26 in the CHARTS Theater as two members of the College of Health Professions faculty place her academic hood on her shoulders.

At an informal brunch in the late morning and an afternoon hooding ceremony, both on May 19, hundreds of College of Health Professions students celebrated the successful conclusion of their formal, professional education and the beginning of their careers.


May 31, 2023

UAMS Plays Key Role in New State Legislation for Physician Assistants

Ben Boulden

State Sen. Aaron Pilkington, left, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Edward Williams on May 5 just after the official signing of Act 303.

Because of a UAMS team effort, the Arkansas Legislature passed, and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on May 5 signed into law Arkansas Act 303, allowing physician assistants to be enrolled in Medicaid as “rendering providers.”


May 19, 2023

UAMS, Project SEARCH Celebrate Decade of Partnership, 10th Graduating Class

Ben Boulden

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, third from right, stands with UAMS Project SEARCH 2023 graduates, left: Colby Fountain, Jakiyah Williams, Courtney Carroll, Carson Patty, Chase Caterbury, Patterson, Ranal Freeman II and Abby Bogoslavsky

Along with the 10th class of students to graduate from Project SEARCH on May 16, UAMS and Project SEARCH also reached a milestone – 10 years of working together for the benefit of those students.


April 1, 2023

April MVP — Libby Grobmyer

Ben Boulden

Libby Grobmyer, MVP for UAMS, April 2023

Meet Libby Grobmyer, the MVP for April. Libby serves as a clinical chaplain in the UAMS Medical Center.


March 14, 2023

PA Students Raise Their Second Highest Dollar Total Ever to Fight Hunger

Ben Boulden

Samantha Lawson, left, Michelle Hill, Ryan Toliver and Spencer Hughes present a mock check celebrating the $11,786 that PA students raised last year for the Arkansas Food Bank.

Through its Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race in 2022, the Kelly-Rahn-Turnage Fellowship of Physician Assistant Students raised $11,786 for the Arkansas Food Bank, which is the second highest annual total in the race’s history. In a short ceremony March 6 at UAMS, the students presented an oversize, mock check to Michelle Hill, corporate relations manager…


March 6, 2023

March MVP — Wade Talley

Ben Boulden

Wade Talley, March 2023 MVP

Meet Wade Talley, the MVP for March. Wade serves UAMS as a maintenance supervisor in UAMS Move Asset Management. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate. Please read what his nominator wrote about how he does that: This nomination is…


March 2, 2023

Two PT Alums Achieve Rare Perfect Scores on National Exam

Ben Boulden

Shortly after graduating in 2022, Antonio Martinez, left, and Rush Hemphill achieved perfect scores on the national physical therapy examination.

Rush Hemphill and Antonio Martinez had to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination to start their careers, and in the summer of 2022, they aced it, earning perfect 800 scores. Both graduated in May with Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degrees after three years of study in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of…



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