Medical News
UAMS Maternity Kits Evolve to Better Serve Arkansas Families
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is streamlining its efforts to improve health outcomes for mothers and newborns across the state by updating the distribution of its Mother & Infant Supply kits.
UAMS Research Shows Online Program Significantly Reduces Benzodiazepine Use in Adults
LITTLE ROCK — A new study involving University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists offers hope for patients who are seeking to reduce their dependence on benzodiazepines, powerful drugs prescribed to relieve anxiety and insomnia and reduce seizures.
UAMS Enrolls 25 Doula Trainees from 14 Arkansas Counties in Latest Class
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation will train at least 25 doulas in 2026 after enrolling its latest class of trainees in January. The institute launched its comprehensive doula training program in 2025 in partnership with Ujima Maternity Network and Birthing Beyond, enrolling more than…
UAMS to Receive $40 Million in Congressional Appropriations Championed by Arkansas’ U.S. Sen. John Boozman
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today that it will receive $40 million in congressional appropriations for a variety of programs, including several targeting Arkansas’ high rates of infant and maternal mortality.
UAMS’ Trauma Director Kyle Kalkwarf, M.D., Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board for The Permanente Journal
Kyle Kalkwarf, M.D., medical director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Trauma Program, recently was appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for The Permanente Journal, a medical publication that strives to improve health outcomes through the dissemination of innovative research.
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…
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.
MVP for February — 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.
