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March 13, 2023

UAMS Hosts United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) for Digital Health Training Program

Benjamin Waldrum

USTTI Visitors with Terri Imus

Representatives from the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI) as part of a three-day digital health training course held March 7-9. Thirteen international health and technology professionals converged on the UAMS Little Rock campus to learn more about applying…


March 9, 2023

UAMS Ceremony Recognizes Pioneers in Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit

Chris Carmody

UAMS leaders and members of the Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit stand together after the closing ceremony.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) held a Feb. 28 ceremony to recognize members of UAMS’ 2023 Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit.  The exhibit, which was displayed in the hospital’s first-floor admissions and discharge area during Black History Month, highlighted the accomplishments of Black pioneers…


March 8, 2023

UAMS Selected for Schwartz Center’s Inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative

Kate Franks

The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected UAMS as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).

LITTLE ROCK — The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).


March 6, 2023

Students in UAMS Pathways Academy Gain Exposure to Health Professions

Chris Carmody

A student practices intubation on a manikin during the UAMS Pathways Academy College of Health Professions Day.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted high school students from Pathways Academy’s Pine Bluff and Little Rock programs for a day of hands-on learning opportunities provided by the UAMS College of Health Professions. Pathways Academy — part of UAMS’ Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — is an educational and community engagement…


February 27, 2023

UAMS Researchers Produce Journal’s Top Cited, Most Downloaded Article on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

David Robinson

Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been recognized by the publisher of Clinical and Translational Science for having its top-cited article in 2022 and the most downloaded paper since its publication in 2021. The article, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,”…


February 21, 2023

UAMS Advances Health Equity with Computer-Guided Study Consent Forms

David Robinson

Members of the Informed Consent Navigator team include (front, l-r) Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D., Nicki Spencer, M.H.A., Alison Caballero, MPH, CHES, and Jonathan Bona, Ph.D.; (back row) Justin Whorton, Sarah Fountain, MPH, CPH, CHES, Jennifer Gan-Kemp, MBA, CRS, and Aaron Kemp, MBA.

LITTLE ROCK — A new software tool developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will help researchers quickly create consent documents in plain language for their prospective study volunteers. Called the Informed Consent Navigator, the web-based tool breaks new ground with its ability to guide researchers through the creation of plain-language informed…


February 16, 2023

Jim Wallis Pledges More Than $100,000 to Elevate UAMS’ Bates Professorship to Endowed Chair

Andrew Vogler

Jim Wallis

LITTLE ROCK — Jim Wallis, former president and CEO of ExOK Inc., pledged $102,948 towards the Joseph H. Bates III, M.D., M.S., Chair in Academic Public Health Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Wallis’ gift helped elevate the professorship to a fully endowed chair. UAMS created the professorship in 2017 to…


February 14, 2023

UAMS Celebrates Life of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.

Linda Satter

Andrew Morris, Ph.D., addresses the crowd, flanked by his late wife's portrait and son Edward, as well as the family dogs Saleh and Carmine.

About 120 people and two dogs gathered Feb. 9 in the Fred Smith Auditorium to participate in a live-streamed celebration of the life of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., who was the executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine.


February 13, 2023

I³R, UAMS and Health Tech Industry Collaborate to Deliver Innovation for Impact

News Staff

Members of the collaborating UAMS and University of Arkansas research teams for the prosthesis with the potential to provide sense of touch are (l-r) UAMS surgeons Mark Tait, M.D., John Bracey, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D.; and UA researchers James Abbas, Ph.D., Ranu Jung, Ph.D., Sathyakumar Kuntaegowdanahalli and Anil Thota.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and health technology companies and providers on a groundbreaking neural-enhanced prosthesis study, one that has the potential to deliver meaningful sensations of touch, grip force and hand opening…


February 10, 2023

UAMS College of Nursing Sees Impact of Scholarship for New BSN Students

Chris Carmody

A student in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program dons her white coat during a ceremony in October.

Staff and faculty members in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing believe that a recently announced scholarship will provide some much needed relief for new students in two programs. The $2,000 scholarship will be available in the 2023-24 academic year for newly admitted students in the Bachelor of Science in…



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