Announcements


December 12, 2024

MVP for December — Steve Swaim

News Staff

Steve Swaim, MVP for December 2024

Meet Steve Swaim, a patient representative in the Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Program in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.


December 6, 2024

Pharmacy Student Among 15 Nationwide Chosen for ACCP Standing Committee

Benjamin Waldrum

Jessica Allred COP

Jessica Allred, a fourth-year student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently one of only 15 pharmacy students nationwide to be awarded a standing committee position with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). “Jessica’s selection to this national standing committee is a testament to her dedication, leadership…


November 27, 2024

College of Public Health Student Balances School, Parenting and Music

Kev' Moye

Sundell

Joe Sundell is a dedicated family man, student and singer-songwriter. Sundell, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Health Systems and Services Research doctoral student, acknowledges that balancing the responsibilities can be tough. However, he finds a way to manage the tasks as each play a role…


November 25, 2024

REACH Delta Event Shows Teens the Pathway to Health Careers

Chris Carmody

Representatives from the UAMS College of Nursing guide students through a demonstration of how to intubate patients.

Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sought to offer encouragement and inspiration to the more than 200 high school teens who attended an outreach event earlier this month at the Pine Bluff Armory in White Hall. Meena Chatrathi, a third-year student in the UAMS College of Medicine, gave an overview of…


November 21, 2024

UAMS Medical Center Achieves Magnet® Recognition for Clinical Care and Nursing Excellence

News Staff

Employees celebrate the announcement of UAMS’ designation as a Magnet® hospital from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center was awarded the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), achieving designation as a Magnet® hospital.


November 13, 2024

Miss America Madison Marsh Visits UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Marty Trieschmann

Miss America Madison Marsh Visits UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Miss America Madison Marsh understands what cancer can do to a family. The Fort Smith, Arkansas, native lost her mother, Whitney Marsh, to pancreatic cancer when Madison was just 17 years old.


November 6, 2024

MVP for November — Natasha Jones

News Staff

Natasha Jones, MVP for November 2024

Meet Natasha Jones, the MVP for November. Natasha serves as credit manager in UAMS Finance and Administration. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.


November 4, 2024

UAMS Earns ‘Most Wired’ Recognition from CHIME for Use of Technology

Chris Carmody

A logo for the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired honor is shown over a photo of the UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently garnered recognition as a 2024 Digital Health Most Wired organization from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).


October 18, 2024

College of Nursing Holds White Coat Ceremony to Celebrate Students’ Next Step

Chris Carmody

A student dons her white coat during the College of Nursing ceremony.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing held a white coat ceremony to welcome more than 100 nursing students to the clinical phase of their education. The Oct. 4 ceremony, held at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, honored students in the college’s undergraduate and graduate programs. Patricia Cowan,…


October 15, 2024

‘Drugified’ Depictions Everywhere in America, Says Author Sam Quinones

Tim Taylor

Author Sam Quinones, sitting with Department of Psychiatry Chair Laura Dunn, M.D.,, said an estimated 100,000 Americans will overdose on fentanyl this year. “That is a staggering amount of people.”

The American public is “assaulted” with addictive images every day, according to award-winning author Sam Quinones, so it should come as no surprise that so many people are drawn to the abundance of illicit drugs available throughout the country.



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