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July 9, 2021

UAMS Medical Student Published in JAMA Network Open

Linda Haymes

Austin Morgan, a third-year student in the College of Medicine, was recently published in JAMA Network Open, an international, peer-reviewed, open access, general medical journal that focuses on original research articles and commentary on a variety of medical and health topics.

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Austin Morgan’s results from his study on diversity among cancer centers’ leadership.


July 8, 2021

Physician Assistant, Audiology, Speech Pathology Students Don White Coats

Ben Boulden

Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D., left, reads the names of students as each one takes a turn at putting on their white coat.

May often brings graduations and happy endings to the studies of many types of students.

But for the first-year students in the UAMS department of Physician Assistant Studies and fourth-year audiology students in Audiology and Speech Pathology, the month and the departments’ white coat ceremonies marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.


July 6, 2021

Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts First Summer Research Intensive for Medical Students

Marty Trieschmann

The NIH-funded Partners in Cancer Research Program is underway at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Second-year medical students learning clinical and in-depth cancer research this summer include (l to r) Nadia Safar, Anna Bragg, Pamela Rosales, Payton Smith, Carl Ramponi, Faizan Cheema, Tom Kelly, M.D. (associate director of Cancer Research and Training), Angel Castro, Robert Kiss, Delanie Mack, Sangeetha Sonney and Claire Keisling. Matthew Newman is not pictured.

New discoveries in cancer treatment might come from 24-year-old Nadia Safar, one of 12 UAMS medical students participating in the state’s first and only undergraduate cancer research program at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.  


June 8, 2021

College of Pharmacy Inducts 19 Students and Faculty Members into Prestigious National Honor Society

Karmen Robinson

Third-year student and Beta Iota chapter president Madison Green delivers welcome to initiates and attendees during The Rho Chi Society induction ceremony held virtually April 9, 2021.

The College of Pharmacy inducted 17 students and two faculty members into The Rho Chi National Honor Society during a virtual ceremony April 9. Membership into The Rho Chi Society is the highest academic achievement in pharmacy and recognizes students in the top 20% of their entering class, in addition to faculty members selected by…


June 7, 2021

Two UAMS Doctoral Nursing Students Named Jonas Scholars

Spencer Watson

Vivian White and Rachel Pascoe

LITTLE ROCK — Two students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing have been awarded grants totaling $30,000 from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education.


May 28, 2021

UAMS Student Moriah Hollaway Receives Prominent Award from U.S. Public Health Service

Ashley McNatt

Moriah Hollaway

LITTLE ROCK — Moriah Hollaway, a senior at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected to receive a 2021 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The national award is given to medical students who are public health champions advancing the U.S. Public…


May 25, 2021

Student Pharmacists Garner 3 National Awards from American Pharmacists Association

Karmen Robinson

Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., and then-P3 student Kathryn Barfield demonstrate blood glucose testing with KATV on behalf of APhA Operation Diabetes on November 14, 2019.

The Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) at UAMS received three national awards for its work in communities throughout the state. The Division AA Chapter Achievement Award topped the list of honors for the UAMS chapter of APhA-ASP, and the group also earned National First Runner-Up accolades in two patient care projects: Operation Diabetes and Operation…


May 19, 2021

UAMS Staff Collaborate to Hold Virtual Training for Medical Students’ Transition to Intern Practice

Linda Haymes

Veronica Ussery (on screen) is joined with (front right) Karen J. Dickinson, M.D.; (second row, left to right) Patti Griffey, a simulated patient, and Sherry Johnson; and (third row, left to right) Jerry Halpain, Andrew Warr, simulated patient, Margaret Glasgow, Matthew Spond, M.D., and another simulated patient.

UAMS turned its annual Rising Intern Preparation Week into a virtual affair this year in order to prepare the entire fourth-year medical student class for intern life. Typically, UAMS holds Rising Intern Preparation Week in late April. Last year, when COVID-19 arrived in Arkansas six weeks before the training was set to occur, organizers had…


May 17, 2021

UAMS Celebrates Underrepresented Students at Virtual Graduation Event

Spencer Watson

DDEI Virtual Commencement

Adversity and resilience were common themes at a special virtual celebration the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion held May 6 for underrepresented and minority graduates. The event spotlighted nearly 140 graduates from across all five UAMS colleges and the graduate school, who overcame pandemic conditions and social unrest on their path to graduation…


May 4, 2021

College of Pharmacy Celebrates 35 Students in Match Day Ceremony

Karmen Robinson

Assistant professor Megan Smith, Pharm.D., welcomes students to the virtual Postgraduate Match Day Ceremony on April 27.

The College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recognized 35 students who will continue their education in postgraduate residencies and graduate programs. Twenty-four students will head to first-year residency programs (PGY1), 10 will continue their residencies in second-year programs (PGY2) and one will begin a Ph.D. program. “This year, the…



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