College of Medicine
July 23, 2024
U.S. News Names UAMS a Best Medical School for Primary Care, Rural Practice
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) continues to climb U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Medical Schools. The magazine’s annual ranking of medical and osteopathic schools across the country was released today, showing that for 2024, UAMS ranked fourth nationally for primary care education, ninth for the most…
July 17, 2024
Women’s Foundation of Arkansas Names Nirvana Manning, M.D., Woman of the Year in Public Service
Nirvana Manning, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named Woman of the Year in Public Service by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA). Manning will be honored along with two other Women of the Year, one in Business and…
July 11, 2024
UAMS’ Yulian Menyaev, Ph.D., Completes Six of the World’s Toughest Marathons to Win Abbott World Marathon Majors Medal
Yulian Menyaev, Ph.D., keeps a low profile as a research associate in the UAMS Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, quietly helping researchers conduct clinical trials on potentially life-saving therapies.
July 8, 2024
UAMS Gets $1.3 Million Grant for High School-Focused Tech and Data Science Exposure Program in NWA
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its Arkansas Technology and Data Science in Health and Medicine (AR Tech-DaSH) program. The five-year grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will support an…
June 25, 2024
UAMS Invests Brian W. Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, in Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and medical director of the Odyssey Clinic, in the Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry in a June 13 ceremony. “I am very fortunate to have had…
June 24, 2024
Wesley Burks, M.D., Receives UAMS College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award
LITTLE ROCK — Wesley Burks, M.D., dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. “Wesley’s current roles alone would warrant the Distinguished Alumnus Award, but he has…
June 18, 2024
NIH Awards Additional $3.7 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research into High Blood Pressure
LITTLE ROCK — In a major boost to cardiovascular research, the National Institutes of Health has awarded an additional $3.7 million to Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., and his team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue their groundbreaking study on the role of immune cells in hypertension. Mu, an associate…
June 14, 2024
Breakthrough Device Implant at UAMS Restores Young Woman’s Pain-Free Life
Jolee Camp was a thriving 15-year-old who dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on her family’s farm in Lonoke when she was suddenly disabled by unexplained low back pain. “She spent her senior year in a wheelchair,” said her mother, B.J. Camp, who took her daughter from doctor to…
June 11, 2024
UAMS’ Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., Named Fellow of the American College of Radiology
Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., director of the Breast Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has received the prestigious designation of Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR). ACR awards fellowships to only 15% of its 40,000 members for exceptional service to the organization and to the…
UAMS First in Nation to Offer Groundbreaking Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first medical facility in the United States to provide an innovative therapeutic treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).
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