The UAMS Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) Program is the only Au.D. program in Arkansas, dedicated to equipping students with the skills necessary to navigate the dynamic and evolving field of audiology healthcare.
The 2024 academic year in the College of Health Professions began with new leaders at the helms of four different degree programs. They are Charia Hall, Kandy Salter, Angel Holland and Shayla Stinnett.
When the UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) selected its Geriatric Student Scholars for 2023-2024, three of the five students were from the College of Health Professions. Those three students were: Margaret Boles, Holland Hardison and Lizeth Martinez-Lopez. The purpose of AGEC’s Student Scholars program is to increase health professions students’ interest and exposure to older…
In a short ceremony March 4 at UAMS, students in the Class of 2024 presented a large, mock check to representatives of the Arkansas Food Bank. That ceremonial prop was a stand-in for the students’ very real contribution of $6,500 to the Food Bank. Through its Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race in 2023, the Kelly-Rahn-Turnage…
Audrey Martinez, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has earned a scholarship to assist with her maternal and child health research and dissertation. Martinez, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research program, will receive a scholarship of $5,000. The funding…
Applications to the UAMS Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program increased for the sixth consecutive year, hitting an all-time high of 371 applications for five coveted first-year spots. “It’s quite competitive,” said Kostas Arnaoutakis, M.D., UAMS thoracic medical oncologist and director of the fellowship program for the past three years. “All of the applicants are very qualified…
LITTLE ROCK — National Park Medical Center, in support of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank, has opened a milk depot in its medical center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. National Park Medical Center’s milk depot is a designated space for women to donate milk, which will be sent to the UAMS…
Meet Mercedes Williams, the MVP for March 2024. Mercedes is a care management assistant in UAMS Inpatient Care Management.
LITTLE ROCK — James Graham, M.D., executive associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, was recently named chair-elect of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the national accrediting body for educational programs at medical schools in the United States. The committee elected Graham in…