Announcements


February 7, 2024

UAMS Honors Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Kicks Off Service Campaign

Chris Carmody

Sharon Ingram, assistant vice president at U.S. Bank and chair of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, stands at the lectern as she gives a speech that focused on King’s six principles of nonviolence.

UAMS held a Jan. 30 celebration to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and to kick off the 2024 UAMS Serves campaign.


February 2, 2024

College of Pharmacy Students Place High at National Competitions

Benjamin Waldrum

COP ACCP Competition 2023

UAMS College of Pharmacy students recently reached two milestones on the national level, ranking high in competitions for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). A team of Tori Hoggard, Lexi Jacobus and Dylan Yowell was the national runner-up at the ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, held during…


January 25, 2024

UAMS Faculty, Staff Members Recognized for Excellence in Mentoring

Chris Carmody

Robert A. Winn, M.D., director and Lipman chair in oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center in Richmond, Virginia, gives a presentation as part of the Excellence in Mentoring Awards and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Grand Rounds leadership series.

UAMS honored nine faculty and staff members during a Jan. 17 ceremony that acknowledged their commitment to the mentorship of colleagues and students. 


January 5, 2024

January MVP — Angela Ward

Ben Boulden

Angela Ward, MVP for January 2024

Meet Angela Ward, a registered nurse in the UAMS East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena, and the university’s MVP for January 2024. 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. Please read what one of her nominators…


December 27, 2023

The Year in Review, 2023: UAMS Opens Several New Buildings, Expands Clinical Programs

Ben Boulden

In 2023, UAMS celebrated several openings of new facilities as well as broke ground on new construction. Starting top left, they were: 1 - Urology Center in Premier Medical Plaza; 2 - Orthopaedic & Spine Clinic in North Little Rock; 3 - new Radiation Oncology Center; 4 - Proton Center; 5 - The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital; 6 - Cancer clinic and infusion center at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock; 7 - Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center in Springdale (concept art); and 8 Milk Bank.

The spring and summer of 2023 brought growth to UAMS as the university opened several new facilities including a new hospital  on the Little Rock campus and broke ground on a new sports performance center in Northwest Arkansas.


December 26, 2023

Gardner Admitted to Esteemed Public Health Minority Scholar Program

Kev' Moye

Gardner

Alice Gardner, MPH, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research program, earned entry into the Southern Region Educational Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program. “This is truly an honor,” she said. “This program gives a boost to students from…


December 21, 2023

Head Start Carolers Bring Merriment to UAMS

Nathan Tidwell

UAMS Head Start Carolers

A delightful tradition continued Dec. 18 as preschoolers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Head Start program delivered a spirited performance, full of holiday cheer. Students from the UAMS Head Start program have sung carols on campus for more than 20 years. Dressed in green T-shirts and Santa caps, 11 carolers, ages…


December 20, 2023

UAMS Public Health Innovator Joe Bates, M.D., M.S., Fondly Remembered at Book Signing

Nathan Tidwell

Sandra Chai, Jennifer Dillaha, Larry Floyd

Colleagues and family reflected on the accomplishments and shared memories of Joe Bates, M.D., M.S., during a book signing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Dec. 8. Larry Floyd, who co-authored “Stalking the Great Killer: Arkansas’ Long War on Tuberculosis” with Bates, led a panel discussion that also included Arkansas Department…


December 1, 2023

December MVP — Dominique Covington

News Staff

Dominique Covington, MVP for December 2023

Meet Dominique Covington, the MVP for December. Dominique serves as a patient care technician in UAMS Labor & Delivery. Please read what one of her nominators wrote:

Dominique is an exceptional example of UAMS core values and our mission. Every shift she works, she exemplifies respect, compassion, kindness, and a positive attitude no matter what the floor or staffing looks like that shift.


Kent Westbrook, M.D., Keeps Audience Laughing While Delivering Wisdom

Linda Satter

Kent Westbrook, M.D., entertains his audience while offering serious life lessons.

Laughter spilled out of the Walton Auditorium and three overflow rooms during much of the inaugural Last Lecture, delivered Nov. 16 in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute by Kent C. Westbrook M,D., distinguished professor of surgery. A leader at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for five decades who continues to see…



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