Announcements
August 16, 2022
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Basks in Two Decades of Success
![Joseph Bates, M.D., speaks to Samantha Wells, a doctoral student in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, following her Grand Rounds presentation at the Arkansas Department of Health.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_0035-150x150.jpg)
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
![Physicians take part in point-of-care ultrasound training at the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ultrasound-training-3-150x150.jpg)
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 15, 2022
UAMS College of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2026 to Two Campuses
![Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the College of Medicine, addresses the audience at Robinson Center Performance Hall.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1-150x150.jpg)
Aug. 15, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed the incoming College of Medicine Class of 2026 in an Aug. 5 white coat ceremony held simultaneously at two different campuses for the first time in UAMS history. The new physicians-in-training gathered for the first in-person ceremony celebrating this rite of passage…
August 2, 2022
August MVP — Melissa Bryan
![Melissa Bryan](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MVP-post-Bryan-Aug2022a-150x150.jpg)
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
![Rebecca Smith, left, and Dees Davis, right, cook a frittata during a workshop in late June in the UAMS Culinary Medicine Kitchen.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Culinary-workshop-nurses-Featured-150x150.jpg)
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 20, 2022
UAMS Welcomes First Class in Accelerated BSN Program, Opens Simulation Center in Northwest Arkansas
![Nursing students and faculty in the new simulation center on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DSC_8924-150x150.jpg)
FAYETTEVILLE — A new class of nursing students are experiencing real-world scenarios in a new simulation center on the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). All UAMS students in Northwest Arkansas will eventually use the center. UAMS’s new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a 15-month program designed…
July 19, 2022
UAMS Researchers Publish Advances in Use of Noninvasive, Miniature Laser-Based Blood Scanner for Disease Identification
![The journal Scientific Reports recently published the research findings of co-authors Vladimir Zharov, right, and James Y. Suen, left.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SuenZharov-featured-150x150.jpg)
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.,…
July 15, 2022
Turnout Strong for First ‘Summer of Smiles’ Dental Hygiene Clinic
![More than 70 children received preventative care at two Summer of Smiles clinics.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SummerOfSmiles-featured-150x150.jpg)
More than 70 children received preventative care at two Summer of Smiles clinics organized in June by the Department of Dental Hygiene in the UAMS College of Health Professions. They were the department’s first summer clinics. “I was a bit surprised,” said Bridget Fitzhugh, RDH, an instructor in the department. “Sometimes the clinics can be…
Authors Update ‘Healthcare Ethics’ with Second Edition
![Cambridge University Press recently published a second edition of 'Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees,' co-edited by Micah Hester, left, and Toby Schonfeld, right.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HesterCoverSchonfeld-featured-150x150.jpg)
In early 2020 just as D. Micah Hester, Ph.D., and his co-editor Toby Schonfeld, Ph.D., hoped to finalize the text of the second edition of Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees, the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States and the world.
July 11, 2022
July MVP — Victoria Smith
![Victoria Smith](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Smith-Victory-MVP-featured-150x150.jpg)
Meet Victoria Smith, the MVP for July. Victoria serves UAMS as a medical assistant in the Internal Medicine Clinic in the Outpatient Center.
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