June 5, 2023
Winners of College’s 2023 Staff Excellence Awards Named
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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