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May 10, 2022

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Be A Part of the Cure Walk Draws 1,000, Surpasses Fundraising Goal

Marty Trieschmann

the crowd at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Be A Part of the Cure Walk

More than 1,000 people gathered at War Memorial Stadium early April 30 for the 2nd Annual Be A Part of the Cure Walk benefiting the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Despite predictions of rain, the weather and atmosphere were perfect for the event that brought together cancer survivors, family, friends, physicians, nurses, researchers, and…


May 6, 2022

First LVAD Recipient at UAMS Ready to Head Home, Get Back to Fishing

Linda Satter

Layman Roseby sits next to Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., surrounded by his UAMS and care team, upon being discharged.

LITTLE ROCK — The first patient to receive a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) through the new Heart Restoration Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is being discharged today after a successful procedure Feb. 28.


May 5, 2022

Arkansas Medical Partnership Launches Health Careers Workforce Mobile Unit

Andrew Vogler

Health Careers Workforce Mobile Unit

LITTLE ROCK — The Health Careers Workforce Mobile Unit, a new traveling medical education facility, is hitting the road to educate students across the state on the various career opportunities in health care.


May 4, 2022

For Second Year, UAMS Designated as a Center of Excellence for Treating Huntington’s Disease

Linda Satter

Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., left, and Rohit Dhall, M.D.

LITTLE ROCK — The Huntington’s Disease Society of America has designated the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) a Center of Excellence for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease for the second year in a row. “Continued designation as an HDSA Center of Excellence recognizes our multidisciplinary team’s commitment to providing care to people with…


May 3, 2022

UAMS’ Heart Healthy Communities Program Initiates Health App in Phillips County

Linda Satter

Stock image of a door-to-door surveyor and a resident at the door. going door-to-door.

LITTLE ROCK — Community health workers have been going door-to-door in Phillips County to show residents how a new app can help them improve their health. On behalf of the UAMS Heart Healthy Communities project based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the five workers work to identify needs in medically underserved…


May 2, 2022

UAMS Researchers Find Link between Experiences of Racism and Vaccine Hesitancy among Black Arkansans

David Wise

African-American women received vaccine

FAYETTEVILLE – Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research have found that Black Arkansans who reported racial discrimination in the criminal justice system also experienced higher levels of hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, only around 41% of Black Arkansans five…


April 27, 2022

UAMS Testing New Noninvasive Device for Diagnosing Fetal Heart Conditions

David Robinson

UAMS researcher Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., first will test the new optically-pumped magnetometer's effectiveness detecting fetal heart conditions. The noninvasive imaging technology will be tested in the future for its ability to reveal other important functional details of fetal development.

LITTLE ROCK — Three grants in six months from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are helping University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., explore promising noninvasive methods for diagnosing serious fetal health conditions. The grants total $4.4 million and support his pioneering work with sensor arrays that can reveal important…


April 25, 2022

UAMS, Presbyterian Village Celebrate 8 Centenarians

Linda Haymes

Margaret Alexander, 103, with her daughters at a Centenarian Celebration luncheon, hosted by Presbyterian Village and the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.

For eight Little Rock women, it was the party of the century — all of their centuries. The ladies, all Presbyterian Village retirement community residents, were recently honored for having reached their 100th birthdays.


April 22, 2022

Marshallese Patients Receive “Gift of Sight” Thanks to Jones Eye Institute

Benjamin Waldrum

Gift of Sight group photo

The morning of Saturday, April 9 was sunny, and Barmej Tibies had to wear special dark sunglasses to shield her healing eyes. But she felt like a movie star. Tibies and five other Marshallese patients from Northwest Arkansas received cataract surgeries April 8 as part of the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute’s second…


April 21, 2022

UAMS Alumnus Honors Father with $1 Million College of Medicine Scholarship

Benjamin Waldrum

UAMS Medical Center and College of Medicine

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1,050,000 gift commitment from Primepares “Prime” G. Pal, M.D., to create a College of Medicine scholarship in honor of his late father. The Dr. Agaton P. Pal Scholarship is designed to support medical students with an academic background in the social sciences, or medical…



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