Announcements
September 14, 2023
Gittens Delivers Fifth Annual State of Diversity Address
![Brian Gittens, vice chancellor of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, delivers his State of Diversity address.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Edith_Irby_Jones-Awards-DDEI-09062023-EK2_2236-150x150.jpg)
Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, delivered his fifth annual State of Diversity address to a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) crowd, describing the university’s commitment to inclusivity as “dynamic and thriving.”
September 13, 2023
UAMS College of Nursing Honors Inaugural Graduating Classes for Two Programs
![Graduates from the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nurse Anesthesia program stand with UAMS College of Nursing faculty members in the Rahn Interprofessional Education Building.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UAM_2036-150x150.jpg)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing held a pair of celebrations to honor the first graduating classes in its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nurse Anesthesia and Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs. Sixteen students from the College of Nursing made up the inaugural cohort of the DNP Nurse…
UAMS Jones Eye Institute Ophthalmology Residency Program Rises to 9th Nationally in Research Output
![Jones Eye Institute](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jones-Eye-Institute-10122022-EDL_8618-150x150.jpg)
The Doximity online networking service recently ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute’s ophthalmology residency program ninth nationally among 125 programs in research output. The institute rose four places from its ranking of 13th last year. The institute has 16 residency slots and ranked ahead of several…
September 11, 2023
Soirée, AY Magazine Recognize Nearly 250 UAMS Physicians, Nurses
![Soirée and AY Magazine recognized nearly 250 UAMS doctors and nurses in their health care lists.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UAMS-exterior-front-07152021-850_3635-2-150x150.jpg)
Little Rock Soirée and AY Magazine recently recognized nearly 250 health care professionals from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
September 8, 2023
September MVP — Gabbie Robinson
![Gabrielle Robinson, MVP for September 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MVP-Sept2023-GabbieRobinson-post-150x150.jpg)
Meet Gabrielle “Gabbie” Robinson, the MVP for September. Gabbie serves as a medical assistant in the UAMS Cardiology Clinic in the Outpatient Center.
Please read what one of her nominators wrote about how she embodies the core values of UAMS: Gabbie has always gone above and beyond to make sure patients have a positive experience here at UAMS. She always makes the visit 100% about the patient. She always makes a patient feel heard. She is quick to turn a bad patient experience into a good one.
September 5, 2023
UAMS Physician Assistant Program Celebrates Class of 2023, 10th Anniversary
![Physician Assistant Studies faculty members stand and receive applause at the valediction ceremony for the Class of 2023. Edward Williams stands and the lectern, left, as Chancellor Cam Patterson, Dean Susan Long, Ryan Toliver and Tiffany Huitt join in the applause.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PA-Valediction-Ceremony-2023-featured-150x150.jpg)
The Aug. 25 valediction ceremony for the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2023 celebrated the completion of the students’ studies and the end of the first decade of Physician Assistant Studies degree program.
August 31, 2023
UAMS College of Public Health Epidemiology Students Benefit from SERvisits Initiative
![Epi](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Epi-Ser-1-150x150.jpg)
A group of students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology attended the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) conference in Portland, Oregon, thanks to a partnership that promotes diversity. At the event, the students received a chance to attend symposiums, present research and…
White Coats On, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Start New Academic Journeys
![Dana Moser speaks and formally begins the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology White Coat Ceremony in an auditorium of the I. Dodd Wilson Building on the UAMS Little Rock campus.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CHP-White-Coat-Audiology-Speech-featured-150x150.jpg)
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
![Incoming medical students, known as the Class of 2027, recite the medical student oath before donning their white coats on stage.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/COM-White-Coat-ceremony-2023-08042023-850_1062-1-150x150.jpg)
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
![Lisa Jensen, MVP for August 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jensen_Lisa-MVPAug2023-post-150x150.jpg)
Meet Lisa Jensen, the MVP for August. Lisa serves UAMS as an executive assistant in the UAMS Division of Finance & Administration.
Previous page Next page