Inside News
June 26, 2019
Volunteers Honored for Service to Hospital
UAMS Medical Center honored its volunteers at a June 5 luncheon in appreciation of 54,381 hours of service to the hospital and clinics in the past year.
June 20, 2019
Review Phase of ‘Ambitious’ 2029 Strategic Plan Nears End
After more than a month collecting feedback and reactions to the draft 10-year Vision 2029 strategic plan, UAMS is nearing the point where it will finalize the plan and shift to implementation, said Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., provost and chief strategy officer, during a June 17 town hall update.
June 18, 2019
Coming Soon – UAMS Food Pantry
Next month, UAMS will be launching Stocked and Reddie, an on-campus food pantry for members of Team UAMS (employees and students) who are food insecure. UAMS also will be hosting a Feed the Funnel event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, to make meal kits for the pantry. Volunteers are needed to help!
June 17, 2019
Vice Chancellor Leads Workshop on Defense Department Grant Process
UAMS research faculty learned how to get a leg up on applying for funding from the U.S. Department of Defense during a recent workshop hosted by Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., the new UAMS vice chancellor for research. Open to all research faculty, the U.S. Department of Defense grant writing crash course June 7 was scheduled in…
June 14, 2019
Two Nursing Graduates Get Unconventional Pinnings
While every new graduate is happy – and relieved – to get their diploma, many new nurses will tell you it is the unique pin traditionally given out just before graduation by colleges of nursing that they consider to be their true, symbolic entry into the profession. So it was with some dismay that two…
June 11, 2019
Physician Assistant Class of 2021 Accepts their White Coats
The Physician Assistant Studies program presented 40 students from the Class of 2021 with their white coats May 24 in a ceremony in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
June 7, 2019
Robust Family Medicine Research, Strong Residency Highlighted at Poster Day
Great things are happening in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, with a recent research poster day as just the latest sign of the department’s “good health.” The poster session featured 35 posters, including 20 projects by residents. Topics included residency administration and education, ethics, case reports, improvements in patient…
June 5, 2019
Diversity Helps Keep Educational Pipeline Flowing
The UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs has spent the spring working to fill the educational pipeline and inspire the next generation of health care workers: today’s junior high and high school students. “I think we’ve really been successful because we’ve had maybe 200 to 250 encounters with students, and that doesn’t include what we’ve got…
June 4, 2019
UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Invested in Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair
Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested June 3 as the third recipient of the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair.
June 3, 2019
Employees Honored at Awards of Excellence Ceremony
The Medical Center’s Sterile Processing leadership team, Michael Arnold and Chief Nursing Officer Mary Helen Forrest were honored May 22 at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony, an event sponsored by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary.
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