College of Health Professions


March 8, 2016

Delta Dental Foundation Awards $30,000 to UAMS 12th Street Center

Ben Boulden

March 8, 2016 | Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently presented a $30,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the center. Some of center patients are referred for the next level of care to…


December 17, 2015

College of Health Professions Faculty Accolades – December 2015

Robert Tolleson

Here are recent achievements by members of the College of Health Professions faculty. Jennifer Vincenzo, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, was selected in November for a 2016 fellowship for junior faculty by the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program administered by the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The fellowship program…


December 12, 2015

CHP Students and Alumni Accomplish Great Things

Robert Tolleson

CHP alumnus selected for national post – Aaron Scott, alumnus of the College of Health Profession’s Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate program (NMAA), was selected this summer to be the 2015-2016 president of the Technologist Section of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).  He is an NMAA at Piedmont Healthcare System in Fayetteville,…


December 4, 2015

College Honors Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service

Robert Tolleson

Tiffany Lepard Award

The College of Health Professions recently honored three faculty members for excellence, with its annual Faculty Excellence Awards. Tiffany Lepard-Tassin, M.S., a board-certified genetic counselor and assistant professor in the Department of Genetic Counseling, received the award for Excellence in Service. Her research interest in arterial tortuosity syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive genetic, connective tissue…


College Celebrates 2015 Scholarship Recipients, Donors

Robert Tolleson

John Shock MD and students

December 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions awarded more than $52,000 in scholarships for 2015-2016, a record amount for the college. The college celebrated its scholars, its growing number of scholarships and scholarship donors at its annual scholarship reception on Nov. 5. Thirty-nine students representing many of the college’s academic programs received 46…


August 21, 2015

College of Health Professions Highlights Faculty Work, Collaborations

Robert Tolleson

Tina Crook Presentation

Aug. 21, 2015 | Faculty members in the College of Health Professions gathered Aug. 6 for the college’s first Faculty Showcase, an event designed to spark more collegiality and collaboration. A keynote speaker touting leadership and seizing opportunity complemented two poster sessions featuring research by faculty members. Twenty-four posters featured work from faculty investigators across…


July 20, 2015

First Three Graduate UAMS’ EMS Bachelor’s Degree Program

Robert Tolleson

BS EMS Student

July 20, 2015 | Fort Smith paramedic Miranda Hagans says the opportunity to further her education led to pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Medical Sciences at UAMS. After recently becoming one of the first three graduates of the degree program in the College of Health Professions program, she now sees how the additional skills will allow her to better serve…


May 18, 2015

UAMS Graduates 931 New Health Care Professionals

Spencer Watson

May 18, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


UAMS Graduates 931 New Health Care Professionals

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


December 22, 2014

UAMS Leads in Research, Patient Care, Education in 2014

Ben Boulden

Dec. 22, 2014 | UAMS saw some new faces in leadership positions in research in 2014 alongside a year of dynamic, positive change with several new expansions in patient care.



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