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March 7, 2019

Patterson Discusses Finances, Raises in First State of the University Address

Yavonda Chase

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, addresses employees during his first State of the University presentation. Patterson said he is committed to ensuring every UAMS employee is paid a living wage.

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, addressed a packed house Tuesday as he delivered his first State of the University address in the Fred Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.

March 6, 2019

Twelve Programs Receive Grants from UAMS Chancellor’s Circle

Benjamin Waldrum

Chancellor Patterson speaks at the awards ceremony. Twelve UAMS programs received grants totaling $425,000.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, awarded 12 program grants totaling a record-tying $425,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception held March 5. The funds awarded match the record set last year by the Chancellor’s Circle, which provides funds to support key mission areas in health care education, research and patient…

March 5, 2019

History Professor Talks 1860 Expulsion of Free Blacks for Black History Month

Spencer Watson

Brian Mitchell, Ph.D., delivers a lecture on the expulsion of free blacks from Arkansas in 1860.

Dozens attended a celebration held to conclude Black History Month hosted by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, which featured musical entertainment and a lecture. “Given the way things are in our society, we need to become more proactive and aggressive in addressing some of the issues that go on around us,” said Billy Thomas,…

March 1, 2019

Exhibit Features History of Minority Students, Faculty at UAMS

Spencer Watson

April Hughes standing next to her favorite elements in the exhibit, including a photo taken with Edith Irby Jones and a photo of Jones meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.

Numerous achievements of minorities over the past 70 years of UAMS history, as well as photographs and artifacts that tell the story of minority health care in Arkansas before the end of Jim Crow are on display in a new historical exhibit across from the College of Medicine. The exhibit is sponsored by the UAMS…

February 27, 2019

Black Expo Offers Health, Entertainment and Shopping

Spencer Watson

Expo volunteers (from left) Margaret Woods, Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., and her son Anders Tillman in front of the UAMS MammoVan.

UAMS provided health screenings along with health education at the 15th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo held Feb. 23 at the Little Rock Metroplex. The expo, presented by UAMS, brought together a community of entertainers, health institutions, businesses and other organizations to celebrate Black History Month.

February 25, 2019

Randolph Leads SEED Peer Program for Change

Linda Haymes

Marlo Thomas and Mildred Randolph, D..V.M., facilitate the Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) Project, a program that uses group discussions to lead change within communities through personal growth, professional development and social justice.

Mildred Randolph, D.V.M., is helping her UAMS colleagues view their professional and personal worlds from a new perspective to shine a light on differences and offer more inclusiveness.

February 21, 2019

UAMS Establishes Institute for Digital Health & Innovation; Curtis Lowery, M.D., Named Director

Ben Boulden

Curtis Lowery, M.D., will lead the new UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, and named Curtis Lowery, M.D., as its director.

February 20, 2019

PA Students Give More Than $12,000 to Arkansas Foodbank

Yavonda Chase

Emily McKinney, president of the Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2019, presents a check for $12,167.96 to Nick Bradford (second from left) from the Arkansas Food Bank during a Jan. 31 ceremony. The funds were raised during the PA students' Heroes Against Hunger 5K. They are joined by Edward Williams, MPAS, chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and director of the PA program, and William Greenfield, M.D., from the Arkansas Medical, Dental & Pharmaceutical Association.

60,840
That’s how many meals for children the Physician Assistant Studies (PA) program in the College of Health Professions (CHP) bought for the Arkansas Foodbank with the money they raised from their fifth annual Heroes Against Hunger 5K.

February 14, 2019

UAMS Physician, Nurse Honored by Legislature

Spencer Watson

Lawrence O'Malley and Jo Smith at the Arkansas State Capitol.

A UAMS physician and nurse were honored Feb. 12 by the Arkansas Legislature with temporary appointments to meet the representatives’ health care needs, along with those of State Capitol guests. Orthopedic specialist Lawrence O’Malley, M.D., and Jo Smith, a nurse and the director of special projects in the UAMS Center for Patients and Families, were…

February 13, 2019

Sally the Robot Now Serving Custom Salads at UAMS

Liz Caldwell

Laura Rule, service line nursing director, was the first at UAMS to have a salad prepared by Sally the robot.

A robot named Sally — the first robot of its kind in the industry — is making customized salads 24 hours a day at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), providing guests and employees with a healthy meal option to meet individual needs. Sally was installed Jan. 30 in the Lobby Café and…


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