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July 11, 2025
UAMS Names Andy Davis Its Chief Transformation Officer
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Andy Davis, MSCE, PE, as its chief transformation officer (CTO), effective today.
July 8, 2025
UAMS Inspires Future Health Innovators at AR Tech DaSH Summer Camp
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus hosted its second annual Arkansas Technology and Data Science in Health & Medicine (AR Tech DaSH) summer camp from June 2–6. This immersive, hands-on camp brought together 25 rising 10th-grade students from 12 different schools across Northwest Arkansas, offering them a unique glimpse into…
July 1, 2025
Designing with Empathy at the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center
At the intersection of innovation and infrastructure, a transformative project is taking shape in Northwest Arkansas: a world-class orthopedic and sports performance surgical center for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). More than just another health care facility, this project promises to be a beacon of cutting-edge design, precision construction and community impact….
June 30, 2025
UA System President Names Barnes as UAMS Interim Chancellor Beginning July 11
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria today announced that C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named interim chancellor of the university and will begin his role July 11.
June 19, 2025
UAMS Earns Initial Accreditation for Family Medicine Residency Program in El Dorado
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a family medicine rural track residency program in El Dorado. The new residency program will focus on full scope family medicine with a unique emphasis on obstetrics. Recruiting for the program will…
Message from UA System President Jay B. Silveria to UAMS
Lt. Gen. (Retired) Jay B. Silveria, President of the University of Arkansas System, recorded a special message for Team UAMS about the search for the next chancellor of our university. In his message, President Silveria discusses the process and names the chair of the search committee. Please tune in to watch the video message. A transcript is included with the video post.
June 18, 2025
UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology
Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John…
June 17, 2025
UAMS Names Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, Vice Chancellor of the Division of People and Culture
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, the vice chancellor for the Division of People and Culture, effective June 16. Gittens has been serving as interim vice chancellor since March 14, while continuing to lead the Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships. “With more than 11,000 employees,…
June 16, 2025
UAMS Performs Groundbreaking Epilepsy Surgery as Part of FDA-Approved Clinical Trial
LITTLE ROCK — Surgeons from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the first transplantation in Arkansas of interneuron cell therapy, called NRTX-1001, into a patient with non-lesional epilepsy as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial under way at multiple locations across the United States. Four months later, the 33-year-old patient, who…
June 13, 2025
Father’s Cancer Battle Inspires Son’s Research
When Don Tackett learned that he had prostate cancer, his first call was to his son, Alan. “It was difficult to hear,” said Alan Tackett, Ph.D., a leading UAMS cancer researcher whose life’s work collided with his father’s health that day. “I’m used to researching cancer, but not my father being a cancer patient,” said…
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