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October 6, 2020

UAMS Researcher Finds Women Unaware of Risks of Heart Disease

Spencer Watson

Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., RN

A UAMS nurse researcher has found that women’s awareness of the dangers of heart disease has declined significantly over the past decade. Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., RN, professor emerita in the UAMS College of Nursing, was among a dozen co-authors of the research paper, published in September by the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. “Heart…


October 5, 2020

Scarless Hysterectomy Gives Sherwood Woman Peace of Mind

Katrina Dupins

Lee Butler with her grandchildren, Emily and Andrew.

Lee Butler loves to garden. Her family and her neighbors all enjoy the abundant foliage of hosta plants and ferns as well as the blooms on the rose and azalea bushes surrounding her Sherwood home. “People ask me how I have time to make them all so beautiful. I tell them, “It didn’t start out…


October 1, 2020

Ophthalmology Residents Stay Active Despite COVID Restrictions

Spencer Watson

A clip from a video by Riley Sanders, M.D., and Sami Uwaydat, M.D., featured on the American Academy of Ophthalmology website, where it's accessible to an international audience for training.

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic closed most everything, including doctor’s offices, giving many people free time to learn new skills. Internet videos on making sourdough bread raked in viewers. But the residents in training at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, though unable to see patients, spent their time online learning skills…


September 30, 2020

UAMS Stroke Care Celebrated by American Heart Association

Spencer Watson

The UAMS Stroke Program care team with the Get with the Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Gold Plus award.

The quality of care for stroke patients at UAMS was recognized today in an online awards celebration hosted by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The UAMS Stroke Program was noted for recent accomplishments, including Get with the Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll Gold Plus award, and its certification by The Joint Commission as central…


UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary Holds Virtual Fundraising Event to Serve Patients, Families, Staff

Linda Haymes

LITTLE ROCK —The UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary is taking to the internet to raise money for services that help improve the health and comfort for patients, families and staff of the medical center. Call it the biggest non-event of the year. The fundraising event, running Oct. 1-15, is a virtual one. Those wishing to donate…


September 29, 2020

UAMS Research Shows Transparent Face Shields Significantly Muffle Sounds

Yavonda Chase

New research by Samuel Atcherson, Ph.D.,shows that transparent masks and face shields muffle sounds more than other masks do.

LITTLE ROCK —New research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) shows that while transparent masks and face shields aid in communication by restoring the visibility of the mouth and the lips, they muffle the sounds made by the speaker more than other masks do.


September 23, 2020

Physician Assistant Students Receive White Coats in Virtual Ceremony

Yavonda Chase

The Department of Physician Assistant Studies held its first virtual white coat ceremony Sept. 17. Students in the Class of 2022 were assisted by friends, family and significant others as they donned their white coats for the first time.

The Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Health Professions celebrated the Class of 2022 with a virtual white coat ceremony Sept. 17.


September 22, 2020

New Exhibit Features Toys That Inspire Health Professions

Spencer Watson

Different versions of the classic board game Operation are included in the exhibit.

For even the most accomplished surgeons, advanced nurses or brilliant researchers, their journey toward health sciences began somewhere, and a new campus exhibit explores the origin of many of those careers: toys and games. The exhibit is located in the Central Building near the College of Medicine administrative offices “There’s a board game there called…


September 21, 2020

Retired UAMS HR Chief Shares Myeloma Journey through Blog

Linda Haymes

“The staff at the UAMS Myeloma Center has always made me feel like they are concerned about my well-being and that I get the best of medical and bedside care available,” said Hosea Long of Little Rock, former associate vice chancellor and chief human resources officer, and a 20-year survivor of myeloma.

Hosea Long of Little Rock recently turned 70, a milestone that for most may seem unremarkable. After all, it was not the former UAMS employee’s 100th, 90th or even his 80th birthday. But it was inspiring and incredible for him and his loved ones. Long explained why in a recent entry titled “Tomorrow starts a…


September 18, 2020

Pharmacy Senior from Bahamas Finds Family at UAMS

News Staff

Byron Johnson at the podium

Fourth-year pharmacy student Byron Johnson found more than an education at UAMS, he found family. Johnson told his story to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, which oversees UAMS, at its September meeting. Johnson is from Freeport, Bahamas, which was decimated by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. His aunt and cousin died, and…



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