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October 3, 2022

New Researchers Find Valuable Resources at Research Expo 2022

David Robinson

Veronica Smith, who directs the UAMS Rural Research Network, speaks with Ruiqi Cen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public. Health.

Research Expo 2022 arrived at a great time for Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., and more than 100 other researchers wanting to learn about and leverage the numerous research resources available at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS). “I am a new…


September 30, 2022

UAMS Satellite Training Centers Make Digital Health Accessible, Understandable for All

Benjamin Waldrum

Melony Stokes

New medical innovations are always around the corner. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a host of digital health options that connect patients across the state to providers, often miles away. More virtual visits mean less travel time for patients who don’t live close to their provider, which is a good thing. But…


September 29, 2022

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 14 Programs

Andrew Vogler

2022 Chancellor's Circle Grant award winners

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 14 grants totaling $336,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Sept. 19. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members donates nearly $300,000 a year that funds grants to address…


September 28, 2022

UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Kev' Moye

Bates-Hill

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala earlier this month at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. Several elected officials, in addition to several of the college’s community supporters, faculty, staff and students attended the Sept. 9 soiree. The event featured special…


September 27, 2022

UAMS College of Nursing’s BSN Program Ranked 67th in Nation by U.S. News & World Report

Chris Carmody

U.S. News & World Report recognized the UAMS College of Nursing as one of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate nursing programs for the 2022-23 academic year. UAMS was the only Arkansas program that made the Top 100.

LITTLE ROCK — U.S. News & World Report recognized the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing as one of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate nursing programs for the 2022-23 academic year.


September 23, 2022

Implant Offers UAMS Patient Relief from Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Kaitlin Barger

Herb Lair at UAMS

Herb Lair got an upgrade to his quality of life after having a device implanted in his spinal cord at UAMS. Lair, 78, suffered from painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) for about two years until he had the procedure in June 2022. Even after major back surgery and different treatment therapies, Lair had trouble walking long…


September 19, 2022

UAMS Ramping Up ‘Resource Optimization’ Efforts for Fiscal Year 2023

Benjamin Waldrum

Gold and Staggers

In response to rapid inflation and increased patient care expenses, UAMS is expanding a successful savings initiative to find $85 million in savings for fiscal year 2023.


September 16, 2022

New Cooking Class at UAMS Helps Parkinson’s Patients Learn to Manage Tremors in the Kitchen

Linda Satter

Darwinda Terwilliger, seated, and daughter Jacqueline Terwilliger, enjoy the cooking and the social interaction.

|From slicing onions to boiling eggs to removing a sheet of perfectly browned vegetables from the oven, cooking when you have Parkinson’s disease and don’t move as gracefully as you once did can be challenging. But it can also be necessary, therapeutic and for many, just plain fun. For all those reasons, as well as…


September 15, 2022

UAMS College of Public Health Researchers to Use $4 Million Grant to Address Health Impact of Structural Racism, Discrimination on Middle-Aged Black Men

Kev' Moye

Study of Black male health

LITTLE ROCK — Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Southern Public Health and Criminal Justice Research Center will use a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to study structural racism and discrimination. Specifically, the researchers are…


September 14, 2022

UAMS Breaks Ground on Child Development Center

Chris Carmody

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks Wednesday during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Child Development Center project in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground today on a nearly $10 million Child Development Center on a four-acre property in Little Rock. The approximately 20,000-square-foot Child Development Center will be built at the intersection of 11th and Monroe streets, just south of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library…



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