Inside News
July 11, 2019
July MVP — Gayla Houston
Congratulations to Gayla Houston, the inaugural UAMS MVP of the Month! Gayla is a technician in the Outpatient Pharmacy whose friendly demeanor is appreciated by her colleagues and patients.
July 9, 2019
CDC Director Discusses Important Public Health Issues for Arkansas
Stigma has no role in public health, said Robert Redfield, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a visit June 27 to UAMS.
Schwartz Rounds Offer Support to Caregivers
UAMS held its first Schwartz Rounds session June 19 in the hospital’s Lobby Gallery. More than 100 frontline caregivers, physicians and clinical staff attended and participated in the hour-long session designed to bring caregivers together to discuss the human elements of health care.
July 2, 2019
Six Small Grants Awarded for Interprofessional, Population Health Work
Six projects recently received small grants for efforts including an interprofessional approach to address social determinants of health; improvements to population health; and reduction in opioid use for pain management following certain surgical procedures.
June 28, 2019
College of Pharmacy Students Set to Trailblaze New UAMS-Thailand Exchange
Three UAMS College of Pharmacy students in September will encounter diseases seldom seen in Arkansas and will become pioneers, the first in their college to do a clinical rotation at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. “Thailand has more tropical diseases that students here would never see in the U.S. They may learn and see that…
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 & Reddie, an on-campus food pantry for members of Team UAMS (employees and students) who are food insecure.
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…
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