College of Medicine
November 15, 2022
Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D., Joins UAMS Division of Vascular Surgery
LITTLE ROCK — Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D., recently joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery. A Hot Springs native, Story-Hefta graduated summa cum laude in May 2013 from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia with a…
November 14, 2022
UAMS Using $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Bacterium that Causes Tick-borne Relapsing Fever
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a new federal grant to study genetic systems of the bacterium that causes tick-borne relapsing fever to better understand their molecular functions and reveal possible drug targets. UAMS’ Jon Blevins, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine Department of…
November 7, 2022
UAMS, Washington Regional Team Up for New Internal Medicine Residency Program in Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center launched a new internal medicine residency program that will bring eight new medical residents to Northwest Arkansas each year. The UAMS-Washington Regional Internal Medicine Program is a community-based, academic-affiliated residency program rooted in training skilled internists. The curriculum consists of…
UAMS Assisting Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office in Care of Detainees with Substance Use Disorder
Several University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers are working with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office to reduce the use of opioids among its incarcerated population.
November 4, 2022
UAMS College of Medicine Student Shines on “The Voice”
Nov. 4, 2022 | First-year medical student Andrew Igbokidi is on the path to a promising career. But whether that career will be medicine or music — or perhaps a combination of both — is yet to be determined. In early August, as the 22-year-old from Hot Springs was preparing to begin medical school at…
November 3, 2022
UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Launch Program to Improve Mental Health Care for Children in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded more than $2 million in federal grant money to equip and support primary care providers across the state to screen, diagnose, treat and refer children with behavioral health conditions. With the grant money, the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, under an agreement…
October 31, 2022
UAMS Hosts Australian Neurosurgeon for Demonstration of Innovative Robotic Spine Surgery
UAMS Serves as Teaching and Observation Site for Robotic Spine Surgery LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed Professor Greg Malham, BSc, MB ChB, director of spine surgery at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, as the first visiting international surgeon to observe a procedure that uses an innovative technique for…
October 27, 2022
UAMS Receives Perinatal Care Certification from The Joint Commission
LITTLE ROCK — The Joint Commission awarded its Gold Seal of Approval for Perinatal Care Certification to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), demonstrating that UAMS has met and exceeded strict standards of care for maternal, fetal and newborn health. UAMS is the first hospital in Central Arkansas and one of 66 hospitals…
Four UAMS Researchers Receive Arkansas Breast Cancer Research 25th Anniversary Grants
The Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program is celebrating its 25th year of funding breakthrough research by Arkansas scientists studying breast cancer. Since the program’s inception in 1997 with the passage of The Arkansas Breast Cancer Act, the annual grants program has awarded nearly $10 million in direct research support. UAMS administers the program. “Twenty-five years…
October 25, 2022
NIH Awards UAMS $7.9 Million to Create More Space for Pandemic Response, Infectious Disease Research
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a $7.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to expand its infectious disease research capacity and establish a Pandemic Response and Public Health Laboratory by renovating existing research space. The renovation will create about 9,900 square feet of additional research space…
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