College of Health Professions
June 12, 2025
Dental Hygiene Students Achieve 100% Clinical Board Pass Rate for Fourth Consecutive Year
Graduates of the Department of Dental Hygiene in May achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the clinical board exam for the fourth year in a row.
June 10, 2025
Physician Assistant Class of 2027 Don White Coats
The Class of 2027 Physician Assistant students began their studies a month ago, and on May 23 they donned their white coats for the first time in a ceremony marking the formal start of their professional education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The ceremony represents a rite of passage as students…
June 2, 2025
Spotlight on the Department of Genetic Counseling
We are often asked, “What is a genetic counselor?” In clinic, genetic counselors help patients navigate the emotional and psychological elements of inherited genetic conditions and genetic testing. UAMS established the Master of Science in Genetic Counseling program in 2004 with its first cohort matriculating in 2006. An impetus of establishing the program was to…
Winners of College’s 2025 Staff Excellence Awards Named
In April, the College of Health Professions announced the recipients of the 2025 Staff Excellence Awards. Gloria Johnson, executive assistant in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, was the recipient of the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Carrie Hamblin, administrative coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy, was the recipient of the Excellence in Performance Award. Candidates…
May 29, 2025
College of Health Professions Celebrates College’s Largest Graduating Class Ever
Although the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is more than 50 years old, the college celebrated its first college-wide commencement ceremony on May 16..
May 21, 2025
UAMS Receives $575,113 NIH Grant to Study Eye-Tracking Technology in Assessing Autistic Children
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $575,113 three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the feasibility of using eye-tracking technology as a measure of the implicit word comprehension of autistic children who are minimally verbal or non-speaking.
May 19, 2025
UAMS Graduates 1,186 Health Professionals
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently held commencement ceremonies to confer degrees and certificates to 1,186 students in its five colleges and graduate school. UAMS awarded a total of 1,207 degrees or certificates: 168 to students in the College of Medicine, 183 in the College of Nursing, 643 in the College of…
May 2, 2025
Physician Assistant Students Present Their Research at Student Research Day
Students in the College of Health Professions Department of Physician Assistant Studies recently showcased the research they’ve done at UAMS.
April 10, 2025
Schmieding Foundation Donates $100,000 to UAMS to Establish Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship
LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Foundation Inc., gifted $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship benefitting the UAMS College of Health Professions at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. “With abundant growth in Northwest Arkansas comes plenty of challenges to the area’s…
April 9, 2025
Cytology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony
Cytology students in the Class of 2025 donned their white coats for the first time March 21 and celebrated the completion of academic, classroom study and the start of their clinical learning in working laboratories.
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