College of Health Professions


August 26, 2025

UAMS Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2025 Achieves 100% First-Time Pass Rate on National Licensing Exam

David Wise

The UAMS Physical Therapy Class of 2025 poses in their caps and gowns on the lawn of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2025 has achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE), marking the third consecutive year that the program has reached this milestone. The exam, taken at the end of July, serves as the national…


June 12, 2025

Dental Hygiene Students Achieve 100% Clinical Board Pass Rate for Fourth Consecutive Year

Ben Boulden

A Dental Hygiene student practices her skills using a typodont.

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

Ben Boulden

The PA Class of 2027 recites the Professional Oath before the conclusion of the White Coat Ceremony.

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

Ben Boulden

Noelle Danylchuk, M.S., CGC

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

Ben Boulden

Gloria Johnson, second from left, receives the 2025 Excellence in Customer Service Award. Carrie Hamblin, fourth from left, receives the Excellence in Performance Award.

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

Ben Boulden

Graduating College of Health Professions students proceed in a long line up to the Statehouse Convention Center stage at the start of the college's May 16 commencement ceremony.

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

Ben Boulden

Kristen Muller, Ph.D.

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

Chris Carmody

A graduate receives her hood during the UAMS College of Nursing’s commencement ceremony.

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

Ben Boulden

UAMS Student Research Day on April 17 included many College of Health Professions students who presented their research along with students from other UAMS colleges and the Graduate School.

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

Andrew Vogler

Jefferson

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…



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