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November 21, 2025

UAMS Invests Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., in Ernest J. Ferris, M.D., Chair in Diagnostic Radiology

Andrew Vogler

Sanjaya Viswamitra

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine, in the Ernest J. Ferris, M.D., Chair in Diagnostic Radiology during a Nov. 6 ceremony. “I want to extend my gratitude to the people…


November 19, 2025

UAMS Program Stokes High School Students’ Interest in Health Careers

Chris Carmody

Students from schools across the state take part in a sheep-brain dissection during the Find Your Future in Health Care event.

More than 1,100 high school students from dozens of schools across the state took part in the latest virtual Find Your Future in Health Care event, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) program that offers a closer look at a variety of health careers.


UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Michael J. Birrer, director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS, was invested as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Nov. 12. The honor recognizes his decades of scientific leadership and pioneering work in gynecologic oncology.


November 18, 2025

UAMS Begins Calling Postpartum Moms across Arkansas

Linda Satter

Image of a new mother sitting in a big soft chair holding her newborn wrapped in a blanket.

Nurses at the Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have started calling postpartum moms across Arkansas to ensure that they and their babies are off to a healthy start.


November 17, 2025

Grateful Patient Thanks UAMS, MEMS, LRFD for Rescue, Encourages Blood Donations

Kate Franks

Katie McClanahan (center) and her husband thanked the UAMS Trauma Team, Trauma Team, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) and the Little Rock Fire Department for saving her life.

LITTLE ROCK — Katie McClanahan, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two young children from midtown Little Rock, says she wouldn’t be alive to share her story without the extraordinary efforts of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Trauma Team, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) and the Little Rock Fire Department.


November 14, 2025

G. Richard Smith, M.D., Shares Four Decades’ Worth of Advice in his Last Lecture

Linda Satter

Close-up shot of G. Richard Smith, M.D., at the lectern, raising his hand to emphasize a point during his lecture.

G. Richard Smith, M.D., better known simply as Rick Smith, shared pearls of wisdom gathered during more than four decades of leadership at UAMS with a packed auditorium as he presented the third annual Last Lecture on Oct. 30.


November 13, 2025

UAMS Study Finds Digital Barriers May Limit Rural Cancer Survivors from Participating in Research

David Wise

senior Hispanic couple walking and holding hands on sidewalk

LITTLE ROCK — Limited access to digital resources may be one reason why rural cancer survivors are underrepresented in cancer research, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. Researchers found that rural cancer survivors were willing to participate in cancer research studies. However, factors such…


November 12, 2025

UAMS Researcher Leads $2.2 Million Project Addressing Youth Health in Arkansas

Kev' Moye

Chou

Ann Chou, Ph.D., MPH, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to preventive health services for Arkansas’ youth. “We have challenges in our state and the idea is to work toward improving the situation as…


November 10, 2025

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 14 Programs

Andrew Vogler

Chancellor’s Circle

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 14 grants totaling $273,072 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Nov. 3 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members…


November 7, 2025

UAMS Employee Overcomes Breast Cancer, Highlights Importance of Yearly Mammograms

Chris Carmody

Treneica McKnight, department finance administrator in the UAMS College of Nursing, is sitting at a table in the UAMS Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building.

Treneica McKnight’s breast cancer journey began in February 2024 with a nagging thought about the mammograms she had missed.   



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