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July 26, 2023
Pathways Academy Summer Camps Reach Children Across State
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Pathways Academy marked its second year of summer programming by holding a series of events in Little Rock to introduce participants to STEM-H careers and provide them with the tools they’ll need to be successful adults. Pathways Academy — part of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity…
July 20, 2023
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center Receives $195,655 Grant from Methodist Foundation for Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center received a grant for $195,655 from the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas. With the grant, UAMS will purchase essential imaging equipment for the clinic. Located in Little Rock’s 12th Street corridor, just south of the UAMS’ main campus, the…
July 18, 2023
UAMS Opens New Radiation Oncology Center; Proton Therapy Coming Soon
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute opened a new Radiation Oncology Center today with expanded capabilities to provide advanced radiation treatments for children and adults with cancer, including the state’s first Proton Center. The $65 million, 58,000-square-foot structure at 3900 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock was built…
UAMS’ Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Makes Becker’s List of Top Physician Leaders
LITTLE ROCK — Becker’s Hospital Review named Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, the chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and CEO of UAMS Health, as one of its 2023 “Physician leaders to know.”
July 14, 2023
Camden Mom Donates Tiny Angel Gowns to NICU
| One day as Haley Myers Clark looked out the window of her Camden home, lost in painful memories of losing her premature son, Noah, a little blue butterfly fluttered by. “My mom would always tell me, ‘If you see a butterfly, that’s somebody from Heaven coming to see you, and that’s God sending a…
July 11, 2023
UAMS Receives $1 Million FCC Grant to Enroll Arkansans in Affordable Connectivity Program for Broadband Internet
LITTLE ROCK — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) $1 million to fund outreach for the commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps ensure that households across America have access to broadband internet. The FCC created the Affordable Connectivity Program to help households struggling to pay for internet…
July 7, 2023
Little Rock Subaru Delivers Blankets, Activity Boxes to UAMS Myeloma Center
The Subaru Loves to Care initiative returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) this summer. In partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Subaru of Little Rock delivered 100 blankets and 30 arts and crafts kits to the Myeloma Center on June 21. The blankets are intended to provide comfort for myeloma…
July 6, 2023
UAMS Welcomes First Cohort of Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars Program
Seven students from colleges across the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the inaugural Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars program, a three-day session intended to give them the tools they’ll need to gain acceptance to nursing school. The program, a partnership between the UAMS College of Nursing and the Division for…
June 27, 2023
UAMS Bone Research Center Secures Second NIH Grant of Over $11 Million
LITTLE ROCK — A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The $11.5 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 grant from the National Institute…
June 26, 2023
UAMS Ranks 17th Nationally for Primary Care in Annual U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health professions were recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best graduate schools in the country. The UAMS College of Medicine continued to climb the rankings, earning 17th place overall in primary care, up from 36th…
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