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August 28, 2024

For 10th Year, UAMS Nationally Recognized for Commitment to High-Quality Stroke Care

Linda Satter

2024 Get With the Guidelines logo in front of UAMS stock photo

LITTLE ROCK — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with its highest level of stroke recognition for the 10th consecutive year for providing stroke patients with the most advanced treatments, leading to the best outcomes. In addition to the Get With The…


August 23, 2024

UAMS’ HCOP Academy Holds First Summer Session for High School Seniors

Chris Carmody

Chris Carlock (left) and other students in the HCOP Academy take part in a session on public health issues. The teens later drafted and filmed a series of public service announcements that covered topics such as mental health, opioids, pollution, sexually transmitted illnesses and vaping.

High school students from the Delta and South Arkansas gathered in Pine Bluff during the summer for the inaugural session of the Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) initiative that supports teens in their pursuit of health careers. The effort is operated by UAMS’ Pathways…


August 21, 2024

College of Pharmacy Recognized by AACP with Designation, Individual Awards

Benjamin Waldrum

Johnson Lumsden Perry Clifton

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) recently recognized the UAMS College of Pharmacy with a prestigious designation and handed out national awards to two faculty members, one preceptor and a student. The College of Pharmacy was one of only 17 schools of pharmacy nationwide selected as an inaugural Academia-Community Transformation (ACT) Community Pharmacy…


August 15, 2024

UAMS College of Medicine Welcomes 175 Students at Joint White Coat Ceremony in Little Rock, NWA

Linda Satter

Students stand and read the medical student oath. Upper balconies in background.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine welcomed 175 new medical students to its Little Rock and Fayetteville campuses in an Aug. 9 white coat ceremony attended by hundreds of friends, family and other well-wishers. A tradition for incoming medical students, the ceremony followed a week of orientation…


August 9, 2024

‘Magical’ Project SEARCH Program Builds Graduates’ Skills, Confidence

Benjamin Waldrum

Makayla Hill and Patterson

Every morning at 7:30, Hunter Hatchett arrives at the Biomedical Research Building I on the UAMS Little Rock campus for his job as a lab technician. After pulling on a smock and gloves over his black scrubs, he sets about organizing and preparing supplies for the day. It’s a job he became familiar with as…


August 7, 2024

UAMS Breast Cancer Program Earns Fourth National Accreditation

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS Breast Team Earns Fourth National Accreditation

The Breast Cancer Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has earned reaccreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) for the fourth time in 10 years. The UAMS Breast Cancer Program first received accreditation from NAPBC in 2014 and was reaccredited in 2017 and…


August 6, 2024

UAMS Researchers Discover Cholesterol Drug’s Potential as Treatment for Alzheimer’s, Other Dementia

Chris Carmody

Researchers Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam (from left), Ph.D.; Srikanth Vallurupalli, M.D.; Robert J. Shmookler Reis, Ph.D.; Srinivas Ayyadevara, Ph.D.; and Akshatha Ganne are shown in their research laboratory at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Ganne was the lead author of the study published in the journal Aging Biology.

Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered that an FDA-approved cholesterol drug holds the potential to disrupt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The research team published its findings in the journal Aging Biology. Akshatha Ganne, a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department…


August 1, 2024

UAMS Achieves Fundraising Milestone with $40.8 Million Received in Fiscal Year 2024

Andrew Vogler

Patterson and Erck

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reported the second highest fundraising year, raising more than $40.8 million through gifts and philanthropic grants in the 2024 fiscal year. It is only the second time in UAMS’s history that fundraising has exceeded $40 million. In total, 5,336 donations were received in the…


July 30, 2024

UAMS Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions, Public Health, Make List of Top Graduate Schools for 2024

News Staff

Nationwide, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UAMS College of Pharmacy 31st; the UAMS College of Nursing 45th; the UAMS College of Health Professions' occupational therapy program 79th and its physical therapy program 74th; and the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health 88th among all graduate schools.

LITTLE ROCK — U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of Best Graduate Schools for 2024 ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions and Public Health highly among their peers nationwide. The UAMS College of Pharmacy was ranked 31st nationwide among all pharmacy colleges. It has produced…


July 29, 2024

UAMS MASH Program Introduces High School Students to Health Care Careers

Philip Allison

An instructor showing students an interactive screen

Ask Issabella Drew about her experience at one of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) summer programs and you might be surprised when she mentions pig feet. “My favorite part of the week was probably suturing,” Drew said. “We used pig feet to demonstrate all the different ways you can suture a wound….



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