Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
March 9, 2022
Research about Mask Mandates in Arkansas Schools Published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
![Research published in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report finds that face masks were effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas K-12 schools.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iStock-1271467389-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) contains research on mask mandates in Arkansas school districts and how the mandates helped to limit COVID-19 at the schools.
UAMS’ Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., Receives President’s Award from Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
![Pebbles Fagan](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Fagan-16-x-9-150x150.png)
Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., MPH, a leading expert on tobacco-related health disparities at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), received the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco’s (SRNT) President’s Award. Fagan was recognized by the organization due to her decades of scientific excellence and efforts to combat health inequities related to nicotine and…
November 15, 2021
UAMS Receives $18.9 Million NIH Award to Address Health Disparities
![Members of the research team include, (back row, l-r) Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., FNP-BC, RN, Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., Carol Cornell, Ph.D., Linda Luster and Christina Hamilton; (front) Elizabeth Taylor, Theresa Prewitt, Dr.P.H., and Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D. Pictured separately are, from top: Mark Williams, Ph.D., Chris Long, Ph.D., and Mignonne Guy, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University).](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cornell-Fagan-Research-Team-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $18.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support new research and interventions that will focus on reducing cancer and cardiovascular disease disparities among people who live in rural areas and African American populations across Arkansas. The five-year award from…
October 25, 2021
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Receives $158,000 Grant from U.S. Department of Labor
![Workers with face masks](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iStock-1214440763-150x150.jpg)
Funds Will Train 550 Employers and Workers in Pandemic Preparedness LITTLE ROCK — The Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a one-year grant for $156,800 to provide infectious disease pandemic preparedness training to 550 employers and workers across the state. The U.S. Department of…
October 22, 2021
Three UAMS Researchers Receive DART Seed Grants for Data Science Projects
![Tiffany Huitt and Kevin Phelan sit behind open computers that display some of the NOAA curriculum students will use.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PhelanHuitt-150x150.jpg)
Three researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – two in the College of Medicine and one in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health – recently received seed grants from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Division of Science and Technology to increase Arkansas students’ knowledge about data science. The DART (Data…
October 7, 2021
Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., Invested in Inaugural Governor Sidney S. McMath Endowed Chair in Obesity Prevention
![Thomsen, Gardner, WIlliams and Phillip McMath](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Thomsen-Investiture-McMath-Chair-10062021-850_6207-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., professor in the Health Policy and Management Department in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, was invested Oct. 6 in the inaugural Governor Sidney S. McMath Endowed Chair in Obesity Prevention. “To be entrusted with this endowment is the honor…
October 5, 2021
UAMS-Led Study Links Mental Health Conditions to Higher Costs, Severe Maternal Morbidity During Labor, Delivery
![Clare Brown](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brown_Clare-3e-scaled-150x150.jpg)
Women with mental health disorders are 50% more likely to experience a severe clinical condition while giving birth compared to women without a mental health disorder and have an average of $458 in additional costs per delivery, according to a study led by Clare Brown, Ph.D., MPH, at UAMS.
September 29, 2021
‘The Faith Community’s Response to COVID-19 in Arkansas’ Documentary to Premiere Oct. 7
LITTLE ROCK — The documentary, “The Faith Community’s Response to COVID-19 in Arkansas,” will premiere online at noon, Thursday, Oct. 7.
August 23, 2021
UAMS Researchers Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Create Phone App to Prevent Opioid Use Relapse
![Andrew James, Ph.D., a neuroimaging scientist in UAMS’ Brain Imaging Research Center, seeks to understand how the reward systems of the brain change during recovery from opioid use disorder.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Andrew-James-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — A team of UAMS research scientists has been awarded a five-year grant worth $2.5 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to determine if a cell phone application can reduce the relapse rate in people with opioid use disorder.
August 18, 2021
UAMS Researcher Establishes Scholarship for Sexual Health and Gender Equity
![Alex Marshall, Ph.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Marshall_Sarah-Alexandra_wide-1-150x150.jpg)
Alexandra Marshall, Ph.D., has gifted $50,000 to UAMS to establish the Marshall Scholarship for Sexual Health and Gender Equity in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.
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