Monique Parks feels blessed to go to work each day and help people who are facing the same challenges she once struggled with. An administrative coordinator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, Parks works daily with older adults and their caregivers to help…
Nine students from universities in Taiwan and Thailand visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for several weeks of rotations recently as part of a longstanding exchange program with the UAMS College of Pharmacy. The annual tradition, which originated with an agreement in the 1980s, has enabled dozens of students to learn about…
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team is examining the critical knowledge gap in cefiderocol resistance. En Huang, Ph.D., associate professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences is leading an interdisciplinary research team that will conduct the project, “Mechanisms of Cefiderocol Nonsusceptibility and…
In collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation, the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s in Rogers recently installed a lactation space for nursing mothers to comfortably breastfeed or express breastmilk. According to the National Institutes of Health, many Hispanic women living in the U.S. may feel…
Matt Garner, Pharm.D., a 2018 graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, received the 2024 National Preceptor of the Year Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation as part of its annual convention, held Oct. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio. The award recognizes a pharmacist who has made…
By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. Cigarette smoking harms nearly every part of your body and is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Arkansas has one of the highest rates of COPD in the U.S., and people living in rural areas often have worse outcomes. While COPD doesn’t have a cure yet, there are…
A successful effort at UAMS to reduce the amount of blood taken for lab tests from premature infants has been published in the journal Pediatrics. The project was led by Megha Sharma, M.D., a neonatologist and associate professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Her work was conducted in the UAMS Neonatal Intensive…
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joined U.S. Sen. John Boozman and Rep. Steve Womack at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation on Tuesday to hear about the institute’s work with community partners to reduce health disparities and improve health care access among underserved communities in Arkansas. The meeting…
LITTLE ROCK — Jun Song, M.D., a fellowship-trained urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of female pelvic floor disorders, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Urology. “Dr. Song’s expertise will enable the UAMS departments of urology and obstetrics/gynecology to join forces to meet the complex…