College of Medicine
August 15, 2024
UAMS College of Medicine Welcomes 175 Students at Joint White Coat Ceremony in Little Rock, NWA
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine welcomed 175 new medical students to its Little Rock and Fayetteville campuses in an Aug. 9 white coat ceremony attended by hundreds of friends, family and other well-wishers. A tradition for incoming medical students, the ceremony followed a week of orientation…
August 13, 2024
UAMS Hosts Nation’s First Pediatric Green Lab for Neurosurgery Residents
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurosurgery recently held its first “pediatric green lab” for neurosurgery residents — part of its ongoing efforts to provide training that is more sustainable, affordable and environmentally conscious. “The course was unique, not only at UAMS but also in the nation, for resident teaching using…
August 6, 2024
Undergraduates Show Off Research Skills at UAMS’ Summer Symposium
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted students from 39 colleges and universities across the nation at the 11th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. The symposium was an opportunity for undergraduate students to present research on a wide range of topics including biomedical sciences, plant science. informatics and modeling. The UAMS College…
August 5, 2024
UAMS, UA and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Collaborate to Support Women’s Health Research in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) are collaborating on a yearlong project to make decades of maternal health research readily available for future researchers. The project is funded by a $310,000 grant from the National Institutes of…
July 30, 2024
Sam Dalvi, M.D., Joins UAMS as Director of Rheumatology and Immunology
LITTLE ROCK — Sam Dalvi, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Internal Medicine as a professor and director of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology. Dalvi joins UAMS from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, where he was an associate professor….
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 as a Tier 1 school nationally for primary care education,…
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…
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