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portrait photo of James Rutka, M.D., Ph.D.

UAMS to Host Feb. 19 Lecture on Brain Cancer in Children

 LITTLE ROCK — A free, public lecture entitled “Discoveries Impacting on Survival of Children with Brain Cancer” will be held Feb. 19 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The lecture by pediatric neurosurgeon James T. Rutka, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at the University of Toronto, will begin at 5 p.m. on the…

UAMS Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, M.D.

C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Selected as Next Chancellor of UAMS

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today approved the selection of C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the next chancellor of the state’s only academic health sciences center.

Becky Smith, MVP for February 2026

Becky Smith

Meet Becky Smith, the university’s MVP for February and a UAMS Health pharmacy specialist. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.

Dr. Sheldon Riklon, UAMS family medicine physician, checks a patients heart during a health checkup.

The Heart & Lung Connection

    By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. Your heart and lungs are two of the most important organs in your body. They work closely together every minute of the day to keep you healthy and strong. When one is not healthy, the other is often affected. That’s why taking care of both your heart and your…

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Amanda L. Golbeck, Ph.D., Participates in Statistics Symposium Panel

Amanda L. Golbeck, Ph.D., enjoyed the opportunity to serve as a panelist during the University of California at Berkeley Statistics Annual Research Symposium. “As an alum, it’s a huge honor to participate in an alumni and friends panel associated with such a prestigious statistics department,” said Golbeck, associate dean for academic affairs at the University…

Nurse giving a patient a blood sugar level test

Digital Health Diabetes Education Improves Health of Rural Communities Across Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK — Delivering family-centered diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) programs through digital health can significantly improve health outcomes for people with Type 2 diabetes, particularly those living in rural and underserved communities, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation.

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