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March 1, 2022

UAMS Receives National Accreditation for Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program

David Robinson

The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program fellows are: (l-r) Salem AlGhamdi, MBBS (emergency medicine); Daniel Liu, M.D. (pediatrics); Lori Wong, M.D. (preventive medicine); and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D. (pathology). Pictured separately below is Obeid Shafi, M.D. (pediatrics).

LITTLE ROCK — The  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the only institution in Arkansas and among the first in the country to gain national accredition of its Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program for physicians. The fellowship accreditation comes from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), providing 10 years of continued…


February 28, 2022

Danyelle Musselman to Emcee UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s ‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Walk on April 30

Marty Trieschmann

Be A Part of the Cure Walk Logo

On April 30, the first lady of Arkansas Razorback Men’s Basketball, Danyelle Musselman, will emcee the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s “Be a Part of the Cure” Walk honoring all Arkansas cancer patients.


February 22, 2022

UAMS Researchers Find COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Prevalent Even Among Vaccinated

David Wise

vials and syringes

FAYETTEVILLE — Researchers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health and Research recently published four articles on a study they conducted that found that many adults in Arkansas receiving the COVID-19 vaccine are doing so despite experiencing some doubts about the shot. The researchers determined – through a survey…


February 16, 2022

Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Support Orthopaedics at UAMS

Benjamin Waldrum

Mark and Patricia Harriman

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1 million gift from Mark S. Harriman, M.D., to support the new Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital and the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. The gift is primarily in support of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital and will be honored with the naming of a…


February 15, 2022

UAMS Receives $10 Million to Expand Community-Based Outreach Efforts to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations

David Wise

Andrew Roshell IV, 16, gets his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine during the first COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund COVID-19 outreach efforts across Arkansas. UAMS will use the grant to mobilize and deploy community health workers, patient navigators and social support specialists to the…


February 4, 2022

UAMS Hosts Inaugural Mentoring Excellence Awards

Kalee Sexton

Joan Y. Reede, M.D., MPH, MBA, gives a keynote address at UAMS's Mentor Appreciation event.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its inaugural Excellence in Mentorship Awards at a virtual Mentor Appreciation Day event Jan. 27.


February 3, 2022

Make It Five: UAMS College of Pharmacy Business Plan Team Wins Nationals Again

Benjamin Waldrum

Kramer, Le, Foshee, Lam

Once again, the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s business plan team has set a record, winning back-to-back national competitions — the first time ever for any college. It’s the fifth time in nine years that a team from UAMS has won the National Community Pharmacy Association’s (NCPA) Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. Teams…


February 1, 2022

UAMS Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs Again Ranked Among Best in Nation

Linda Satter

File photo; UAMS employees look through a report on the kidney transplant program.

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients has again ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) kidney and liver transplant programs among the top in the nation. For the second year in a row, the registry gave the UAMS kidney transplant program five bars – the highest ranking possible – in two categories: the…


January 27, 2022

SHARE Foundation Pledges $1.5 Million for UAMS Regional Campus in El Dorado

Benjamin Waldrum

Patterson, Cousins, Jones

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.5 million pledge from the SHARE Foundation as a commitment to establish a UAMS family medicine residency program in El Dorado. The gift will have a far-reaching impact not only for residents of El Dorado but also for patients in south Arkansas and across…


January 25, 2022

UAMS Research Team Finds COVID-19 Has Mutation Limits

David Robinson

Illustration of COVID-19 new mutation

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has found that while the coronavirus can create dangerous variants like delta and omicron, its ability to mutate has limits that should help drug and vaccine makers trying to thwart it. Drawing from global databases with millions of sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the…



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