College of Health Professions
January 26, 2017
New Chair of Audiology, Speech Pathology Lays Out Vision for Department
Amyn Amlani, Ph.D., wants to know why people don’t adopt amplification devices to overcome their hearing difficulties — even when it would greatly improve their lives. It is a question he has spent years researching — and one he regards as his calling. “We know this technology is important because hearing loss leads to social…
Hansen Leaves Mark on Ophthalmic Medical Technology Program
For 16 years, the Ophthalmic Medical Technology program in the College of Health Professions has been teaching students the skills they need to be indispensable to an ophthalmologist. And for most of those years, Suzanne Hansen, M.Ed., COMT, has been right there. Hansen was a member of the program’s second class of students. After graduation,…
December 22, 2016
UAMS Reaches Milestones in 2016
Dec. 22, 2016 | In 2016, UAMS and its physicians and researchers achieved several firsts along with other milestones in patient care, education and research. From treating chronic pain and brain tumors to starting the first comprehensive research study of synthetic marijuana products and graduating the largest class in UAMS history, the university continued to…
October 21, 2016
Physical Therapy Day of Service 2016
On Saturday, October 15, 2016, several of our students from the Physical Therapy program in Northwest Arkansas participated in this year’s Physical Therapy Day of Service. About 15 of our students helped provide over 7,000 meals to hungry families in Northwest Arkansas. We here at UAMS are very proud of the contributions our organization provides to…
June 27, 2016
Class of 2018 Physician Assistant Students Don White Coats for First Time
June 27, 2016 | Thirty-eight students in the physician assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions donned their white coats for the first time on May 20 and recited an oath to care for their patients. The students are at the beginning of a 28-month master’s degree program that will prepare them to provide…
June 20, 2016
Respiratory Care Program Featured in Newsletter
The Respiratory Care Program was featured in the March issue of The Coalition Chronicle, a newsletter by the Coalition for Baccalaureate and Graduate Respiratory Therapy Education, which advocates for and promotes the bachelor’s degree as the entry level for the profession of respiratory care. Click the button below to read the article:
June 14, 2016
College Celebrates Graduates at Hooding Ceremony
The College of Health Professions honored its 72 graduates earning master’s and doctoral degrees at a May 19 academic hooding ceremony, held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Faculty members from the various programs invested the graduates with the academic hoods they would wear around their shoulders at UAMS graduation on May 21….
May 23, 2016
UAMS Graduates 1,002 New Health Care Professionals
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 1,002 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
March 31, 2016
Senior Sonography Student Receives Prestigious National Scholarship
March 31, 2016 | Beth Anderson, senior student in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, has been chosen as a recipient of the 2016 Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Award funded by contributions to the ASE Foundation’s 2015 Annual Appeal. In addition to a monetary award to go towards tuition costs, Beth has also been invited to…
March 8, 2016
Doc Student Selected for Research Mentoring Program
March 8, 2016 | Sarah Kennett, student in our Communication Sciences and Disorder Ph.D. program, has been selected from a competitive pool to participate in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2016 Pathways Program. The program is part of ASHA’s Research Mentoring Network, whose purpose is to foster the “development of researchers in communication sciences and…
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