The public is invited to a community town hall meeting on cancer prevention and screening at noon Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Dierks Church of Christ, 308 Main Ave., in Dierks. Hosted by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement team, the free event will share information with area residents about current…
Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., APRN, will serve as chair of the patient engagement advisory panel (PEAP) for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). A professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Bryant-Moore joins other researchers, patients, policy experts and…
LITTLE ROCK — Cardiologist Jorge Saucedo, M.D., MBA, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, effective Nov. 1. “Dr. Saucedo is a highly regarded cardiologist who brings over 25 years of leadership experience to his new role at UAMS, where he started…
About one-third of the more than 500 veterans and active-duty members of the U.S. military who study or work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have found a home base in the UAMS College of Health Professions.
The Go Baby Go project in Northwest Arkansas recently completed its second year of operation, expanding its reach and refining its approach to providing modified electric ride-on cars to children with mobility challenges.
Jaimi “Mimi” Allen, Ph.D., is examining the link between physical activity and employment for Arkansas women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Allen, an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, is leading the project, “Explaining the Potential Role of…
The Department of Respiratory Care in the UAMS College of Health Professions (CHP) on Oct. 17 provided a hands-on learning experience to 15 seventh grade students from the Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy in Little Rock. “I think it went really well. These students were really engaged, and obviously very bright. I knew they…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank recently welcomed families to acknowledge October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time for people to recognize the thousands of families who experience perinatal loss every year, and a time to remember the babies who have passed away. The private event Oct. 23…
LITTLE ROCK — Differences in molecules that help build DNA could be the key to explaining why the Marshallese community faces high rates of Type 2 diabetes and related chronic health conditions, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds…