June 26, 2020
Students, Educators Transfer Teaching to Virtual Learning
When UAMS sent students home March 13 for the rest of the school year to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the College of Medicine quickly transitioned classroom instruction to online learning.
June 2, 2020
Weeks After Major Surgery, Fitness Enthusiast is Back in the Gym
Sandra Tindall loves the group classes at the Ottenheimer Therapy and Fitness Center in the Donald W. Reynold Institute on Aging. On Jan. 28, 2020, Tindall was running late to yoga, one of her favorite classes. “I wasn’t paying attention. I tripped on the fire door seal and hit the floor,” Tindall said. “I landed…
May 26, 2020
Kangaroo Care Promotes Growth, Bonding
While so many things have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the benefits of skin-to-skin time for moms and their preemies is still strong. Kangaroo Care, the name for skin-to-skin contact with a preterm baby, has a positive physical that goes beyond strengthening a bond, researchers say. “In the best of circumstances, Kangaroo care provides…
May 20, 2020
Kidney Transplant Changes Life of Former High School Athlete
Anthony Freeman was a star athlete when he was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure at age 15. The then-ninth grader from Gravel Ridge took a physical examination as required for all members of the football team, when the examiner discovered his blood pressure was dangerously high. “I was probably showing symptoms before,” Freeman said. “But…
May 4, 2020
Volunteer Group Donates 10,000 Masks to UAMS
Volunteerism has always been at the forefront of the Ismaili Muslim Community. So when members of the Ismaili Jamatkhana Little Rock heard there was a need for masks at UAMS, they sprang into action. I-CERV, which stands for Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering, is a platform for the Ismaili community to engage in community…
Caregiving Couple Makes Time for Exercise Together
Tom and Mary Banks are professionals when it comes to family caregiving. The Little Rock couple has been caring for Mary Banks’ 101-year-old mother, Virginia Lee Pairett, for the past three years. Before that, they cared for Tom Banks’ mom until she passed away at 102 years old. The Banks lived in North Carolina for…
April 24, 2020
Gardening Community Steps in to Keep UAMS Beautiful
The tulips on the main campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were just starting to bloom when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Arkansas. In this time of anxiety about the future, the flowers’ beauty did not go unnoticed. “There was so much concern and uncertainty,” said UAMS Landscape Manager Penny Talbert. “Many…
March 17, 2020
Student Doesn’t Miss a Beat with New Leadless Pacemaker
Last year at this time, Catherine (Kathi) Clevenger was running an average of six miles every day and would spend her free time studying at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. But around August, she noticed something was off. She would occasionally experience shortness of breath, heart palpitations and fainting. “Sometimes I would wake…
February 19, 2020
Free Dementia Training Now Offered Online
UAMS police and others are taking advantage of a free newly available online course to improve interactions when they come in contact with older Arkansans who have dementia. The course is provided by the Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) at UAMS. Laura Spradley, an outreach coordinator for AGEC, says the training allows officers to not…
February 18, 2020
Family and Baby Stay Close with Ronald McDonald Family Room
Emily and Michael Baker are no novices when it comes to being the parent of a premature baby. Their daughter, Isabella, 3, and son, Bradley who is nearly 2, are both graduates of the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). And now their son Joshua, born Jan. 14 at 28 weeks and 2 days, is…
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