Announcements


March 20, 2025

Speaker at Sandor Lecture Discusses Climate Change’s Impact on Mental Health

Linda Satter

Artist Ellen Sandor; Susi Moser, Ph.D.; and businessman Richard Sandor, Ph.D., pose after the lecture.

The mental health impacts of climate change and the importance of working as a community to mitigate them was the focus of the third annual Richard and Ellen Sandor Lecture Series on Medicine and Sustainability.


March 18, 2025

UAMS Honors Famed Neurosurgeon, Nurse at Symposium

Linda Satter

view of Yasargil talking in recorded message on large screen with conference attendees seated and listening.

A recent symposium honored the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at UAMS, and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse.


College of Pharmacy Recognizes Class of 2026 at Pinning Ceremonies

Benjamin Waldrum

COP Class of 2026 LR

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 received commemorative pins marking their transition to patient care during ceremonies held in Little Rock on March 7 and Fayetteville on March 10. Thirty-nine students in Little Rock and 14 students in Fayetteville participated in the ceremonies, held at their respective…


March 12, 2025

MVP for March — Summer Jamison

Ben Boulden

Summer Jamison, MVP for March 2025

Meet Summer Jamison, the university’s MVP for March and a General Medical Education coordinator at the UAMS South Central Regional Campus in Pine Bluff.


February 20, 2025

College of Public Health Student Inspired to Make Direct Impact in the Lives of Arkansans

Kev' Moye

Bilodeau

A pair of life occurrences motivated Michael Bilodeau to find a way to help people in their time of need. Bilodeau is a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Leadership program. “My hope with the Dr.PH., degree…


February 11, 2025

MVP for February — Naomi Elliott

News Staff

Naomi Elliott, MVP, February 2025

Meet Naomi Elliott, the MVP for February. Naomi serves a case manager in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.


January 21, 2025

UAMS Doctoral Candidate’s Research Published by Pediatric Journal

Kev' Moye

Boyd

Melanie Boyd, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and Graduate School, recently served as the first author on one of her team’s research projects. Boyd, who is in UAMS’ Health Systems and Services Research doctoral program, was the lead investigator for the…


January 14, 2025

MVP for January — Dollie Allen-Williams

News Staff

Dollie Allen-Williams

Meet Dollie Allen-Williams, the MVP for January. Dollie serves UAMS as a supervisor in the Phlebotomy Laboratory.


December 31, 2024

Family Motivates UAMS College of Public Health Student to Serve

Kev' Moye

S. Ferguson

Shanda Ferguson, Pharm. D., a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, has witnessed several family members deal with medical hardships, some due to circumstances beyond their control. For that reason, scholastically, professionally and personally, she’s on a mission…


December 27, 2024

UAMS Students Spearhead Maternal and Child Health Interest Group

Kev' Moye

MCH Student Group

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health strives to address the state’s maternal and child health status in a myriad of ways. That includes a Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group, established in 2021, that trains the next generation of maternal and child health experts. “Students…



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