Announcements
May 24, 2023
College of Pharmacy Sees 100% Postgraduate Attainment Rate for 2023
Twenty-one UAMS College of Pharmacy seniors announced their postgraduate residency positions May 11 as their classmates, family and friends looked on and applauded. The college announced that each student who applied for a residency received one, for a perfect 100% rate. Six alumni also matched to second-year positions in their specialty. At the ceremony, held…
May 22, 2023
UAMS Graduates 1,096 Health Care Professionals
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today conferred degrees and certificates to 1,096 students in its five colleges and graduate school. Degrees and certificates were awarded to 157 students in the College of Medicine, 210 in the College of Nursing, 524 in the College of Health Professions, 76 in the…
May 19, 2023
UAMS, Project SEARCH Celebrate Decade of Partnership, 10th Graduating Class
Along with the 10th class of students to graduate from Project SEARCH on May 16, UAMS and Project SEARCH also reached a milestone – 10 years of working together for the benefit of those students.
May 12, 2023
UAMS Graduate School Spring Reception Highlights Faculty, Staff, Students
The Graduate School at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its Spring Awards Reception on April 20 and celebrated faculty, staff and students for their achievements. It was the final awards reception for Robert E. McGehee, Jr., Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, who is retiring May 20, the day of…
Arkansas Research Alliance Selects UAMS Researchers as Scholar, Fellow
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) recently announced that two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be joining their ranks. John Imig, Ph.D., an accomplished scientist focused on cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney diseases, was named an ARA Scholar, and Antiño Allen, Ph.D., a researcher known for his insight into the effects…
May 10, 2023
Author of ‘Hemingway’s Brain’ Discusses Forces that Led to Ernest Hemingway’s Suicide
| A forensic psychiatrist who spent 17 years studying Ernest Hemingway presented a detailed look at the neurological and mental health issues that contributed to American writer and journalist’s suicide. The Nobel Prize-winning author was found dead July 2, 1961, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, where…
May 9, 2023
Bates Co-Authors a Book Detailing History of Tuberculosis in Arkansas
Joseph Bates, M.D., M.S., associate dean for public health practice for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has co-authored a book chronicling the history of tuberculosis in Arkansas. Bates and Larry Floyd wrote “Stalking the Great Killer: Arkansas’s Long War on Tuberculosis.” The book is the culmination…
May 5, 2023
May MVP — Ashleigh Kathiresan
Meet Ashleigh Kathiresan, the MVP for May. Ashleigh serves UAMS as director of clinical informatics. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of being integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.
May 3, 2023
UAMS Pharmacy Students Participate in Association’s Regional Conference
Ten students represented the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association at a regional conference that gave them the opportunity to network with peers, pharmacists and potential employers. The conference, held March 31-April 1 in New Orleans, included pharmacy students from the organization’s West Coast, Midwest and Southwest…
April 28, 2023
Health Professionals Can Play Important Role in Combatting Climate Change, Guest Lecturer Says
Health professionals in the United States have an important role to play in the climate crisis because it is also a public health crisis, Victor J. Dzau, M.D., president of the National Academy of Medicine, told an audience at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). As the inaugural lecturer for The Richard and…
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