Announcements
August 31, 2023
White Coats On, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Start New Academic Journeys
UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology faculty members on Aug. 18 helped students put on their white coats and celebrate the start of their postgraduate studies. At the department’s White Coat Ceremony, each student walked to the front of the auditorium, and two faculty members held up the coats as…
August 17, 2023
College of Medicine Class of 2027 Takes Medical Student Oath, Dons White Coats
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed 175 incoming students to the College of Medicine during an Aug. 4 ceremony at the Robinson Center Performance Hall in downtown Little Rock. Collectively known as the Class of 2027, the 155 incoming first-year medical students at the main campus in Little Rock and the 20…
August 4, 2023
August MVP — Lisa Jensen
Meet Lisa Jensen, the MVP for August. Lisa serves UAMS as an executive assistant in the UAMS Division of Finance & Administration.
July 31, 2023
UAMS Internship Program Enlists Students in the Fight Against Cancer
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is getting medical students involved in the fight against cancer. For the third summer, UAMS hosted 12 medical students at its main campus in Little Rock for an eight-week internship experience. Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR), the…
July 18, 2023
UAMS’ Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Makes Becker’s List of Top Physician Leaders
LITTLE ROCK — Becker’s Hospital Review named Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, the chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and CEO of UAMS Health, as one of its 2023 “Physician leaders to know.”
July 6, 2023
July MVP — Janet Jackson
Meet Janet Jackson, the MVP for July. Janet serves as a lab support technician in the UAMS Laboratory & Pathology Service Line. She’s a member of Team UAMS who represents the university’s values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.
June 23, 2023
Award Ceremony Honors UAMS Faculty, Staff for Excellence in Mentoring
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented awards to nine faculty and staff members during a June 14 ceremony that celebrated the service and commitment of mentors throughout the university. Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health, opened the second annual Excellence in Mentoring Awards ceremony with a prerecorded…
June 16, 2023
June MVP — April Wurtz
Meet April Wurtz, the MVP for June. April serves as a medical dosimetrist in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence.
UAMS Students Attend Travelers Game, Learn of Opportunities in Family Medicine
UAMS Students gathered with faculty members and residents from the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and UAMS Regional Campuses to enjoy an Arkansas Travelers baseball game and discuss the opportunities the family medicine program offers across the state.
June 8, 2023
Adesoba Sees Lean Diabetes Research Project Published by National Health Magazine
Taiwo Adesoba, Ph.D., a spring 2023 doctoral graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, saw his study on the nationwide increase of lean diabetes recently published in Diabetes Care. Adesoba’s research, Trends in the Prevalence of Lean Diabetes Among U.S. Adults, 2015-2020, examined the growing…
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