Announcements
March 20, 2024
UAMS Students Shine in Student Research Day Presentations
![SRD Students](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bryan-SRD-Featured-2-150x150.jpg)
Graduate and professional students, postdoctorate fellows, and medical house staff presented research to faculty and peers during Student Research Day at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Nobel Prize winner Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., spoke as part of the Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research. A concurrent Student Research…
March 18, 2024
College of Medicine Student Wins Little Rock Half Marathon
![Robbie Kiss, fourth-year College of Medicine student, breaks the ribbon and finishes first March 3 in the Little Rock Half Marathon. Photo courtesy of the Little Rock Marathon](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/RobbieKiss-WinsHalfM-150x150.jpg)
As Robbie Kiss finishes his fourth year as a UAMS College of Medicine student, he can look back on being the first runner on March 3 to cross another finish line to win the Little Rock Half Marathon. It was his third time competing in the race and his first win.
March 14, 2024
Students Learn About How Community Partnerships Enhance Relevancy of Research
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Three doctoral students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health met with community members from various Little Rock civic and faith-based organizations during a special forum at Second Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock. Participating in the forum were students Alice Gardner, Rachel Hale and Ishu…
March 13, 2024
Pharmacy Students Learn, Make Lasting Memories on International Rotations
![COP Students in Rome](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7111-150x150.jpeg)
A hallmark of the fourth and final year of school for UAMS College of Pharmacy students is experiences, where they work alongside pharmacists providing care for real patients. These are primers for the pharmacy world once their education is complete. Some pharmacy students take that a step further, doing elective experiences thousands of miles away…
March 7, 2024
Three College of Health Professions Students Named Geriatric Student Scholars
![Margaret Boles, left; Holland Hardison, center; Lizeth Martinez-Lopez, right.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GeriatricTriptych-featured-150x150.jpg)
When the UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) selected its Geriatric Student Scholars for 2023-2024, three of the five students were from the College of Health Professions. Those three students were: Margaret Boles, Holland Hardison and Lizeth Martinez-Lopez. The purpose of AGEC’s Student Scholars program is to increase health professions students’ interest and exposure to older…
PA Students Raise $6,500 to Fight Hunger, Present Check to Arkansas Food Bank
![Parker Work, left, presents a ceremonial check to Claire Tiffin.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PA-Food-Bank-5K-check-presentation-featured-150x150.jpg)
In a short ceremony March 4 at UAMS, students in the Class of 2024 presented a large, mock check to representatives of the Arkansas Food Bank. That ceremonial prop was a stand-in for the students’ very real contribution of $6,500 to the Food Bank. Through its Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race in 2023, the Kelly-Rahn-Turnage…
Doctoral Student Receives Scholarship to Aid Maternal and Child Health Research
![A. Martinez](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A.-Martinez-150x150.jpg)
Audrey Martinez, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has earned a scholarship to assist with her maternal and child health research and dissertation. Martinez, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research program, will receive a scholarship of $5,000. The funding…
March 5, 2024
March MVP — Mercedes Williams
![Mercedes Williams, MVP for March 2024](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Williams_Mercedes-MVP-March2024-post-150x150.jpg)
Meet Mercedes Williams, the MVP for March 2024. Mercedes is a care management assistant in UAMS Inpatient Care Management.
February 26, 2024
Black History Month Celebration Recognizes Stories Told Through Art
![Rex Deloney, chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Little Rock Central High School, describes the inspiration that led him to create a series of paintings called “Brothers by One: The Black Athlete and Social Justice.”](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Black-History-DDEI-02212024-EK2_8607-150x150.jpg)
Students and employees from UAMS celebrated Black History Month with a Feb. 21 event that highlighted the works of artists on campus and in the community.
February 15, 2024
February MVP — Mike Pense
![Mike Pense, MVP for February 2024](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MikePense-MVPFeb2024-working-150x150.jpg)
Meet Mike Pense, the MVP for February. Mike serves as a heating-ventilation-air condition controls technician on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville.
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