Announcements
September 23, 2022
UAMS Speaks Out Against Racial Inequities in Health Care
Students and employees gathered in front of UAMS Medical Center to oppose disparities and structural racism in health care that adversely affect Black communities and to hear about efforts by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide equitable care for everyone. The White Coats for Black Lives event was first held in…
September 19, 2022
UAMS Ramping Up ‘Resource Optimization’ Efforts for Fiscal Year 2023
In response to rapid inflation and increased patient care expenses, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is expanding a successful savings initiative to find $85 million in savings for fiscal year 2023. UAMS has returned to pre-pandemic levels of surgeries and patient visits and is meeting expectations for clinical revenues, grants and contracts….
September 13, 2022
September MVP — Janet Hopper
Meet Janet Hopper, the MVP for September. Janet serves UAMS as a grants/cost accounting data manager.
September 8, 2022
BioVentures Team Aims to ‘Change Culture,’ Help Researchers Advance Discoveries
Kevin Sexton, M.D., stepped into the role as president of BioVentures LLC this year with a vision and a plan for increasing commercialization resources to UAMS-affiliated researchers.
UAMS to Offer Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mindfulness Program is offering the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting Sept. 27.
August 16, 2022
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Basks in Two Decades of Success
Standing behind a podium in the Rahn Auditorium, Joseph Bates, M.D., MS., prepared to present an award during the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s 2022 Convocation.
UAMS Begins Training for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
More than two dozen physicians from across the state gathered at the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in Little Rock for a training session that served as a first step in a program to expand the use of point-of-care ultrasound.
August 2, 2022
August MVP — Melissa Bryan
Meet Melissa Bryan, the MVP for August. Melissa serves UAMS as a diagnostic radiology technologist in the Internal Medicine Service Line.
July 22, 2022
UAMS Nurses Enjoy Cooking, Eating, Learning through Culinary Medicine
The UAMS Culinary Medicine Kitchen offers Team UAMS members like Dees Davis, RN, an opportunity to eat what they have learned at the end of a class.
July 19, 2022
UAMS Researchers Publish Advances in Use of Noninvasive, Miniature Laser-Based Blood Scanner for Disease Identification
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has published new advances in its ability to detect cancer, infections and other medical conditions using a portable blood sensor that does not require needles or other invasive methods. Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, published the work led by UAMS’ Vladimir Zharov, Ph.D., D.Sc.,…
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