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July 28, 2025

UAMS Research Highlights Innovative, Community Driven Approaches to Combat Food Insecurity in Arkansas

David Wise

Soup kitchen staff serve food to food insecure people.

LITTLE ROCK — Two studies led by researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) spotlight the daily struggles of food-insecure Arkansans and offer new insights into community driven solutions to address hunger in one of the nation’s most food-insecure states. The research, conducted through UAMS’s Institute for Community Health Innovation, reveals the…


July 23, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Partners with Arcare to Boost Colorectal Cancer Screenings in State

Marty Trieschmann

The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ArCare are working together to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties.

LITTLE ROCK — A new partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ARcare aims to dramatically improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties where late-stage diagnoses and cancer disparities are on the rise.


July 22, 2025

Alexis House, D.O., Joins UAMS’ Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic

Chris Carmody

Alexis House, D.O., is accepting patients at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in Little Rock.

Alexis House, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will treat patients at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. She also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics. House earned her Bachelor of Science in…


UAMS Researchers Identify Digital Health as Bridge for Essential Postpartum Care Services

David Wise

New mother kissing baby

LITTLE ROCK — Digital health care, such as virtual doctor’s appointments, could fill gaps in care services for postpartum mothers and help their doctors identify critical needs earlier, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. In a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics…


July 16, 2025

UAMS Earns Accolades from Arkansas Times’ Readers

Yavonda Chase

The UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, Lee Archer, M.D., and C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., were awarded "Best of Arkansas" honors by Arkansas Times' readers.

Arkansas Times’ readers offered recent praise for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), with the Psychiatric Research Institute, Lee Archer, M.D., and C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., taking home “Best of Arkansas” honors.


Expectant Mothers Throughout State Needed for Doula Training

David Wise

A doula and a pregnant women practice breathing exercises

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is looking for expectant mothers in 41 Arkansas counties to receive free services from doulas-in-training. The institute is seeking mothers who are expected to give birth before Dec. 1. Accepted mothers will receive the names of doulas-in-training to contact…


July 15, 2025

Erin Jefferson, M.D., Joins UAMS to Lead Women’s Mental Health Clinic in NWA

Tim Taylor

Erin Jefferson, M.D.

FAYETTEVILLE — Erin Jefferson, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Women’s Mental Health Program, Northwest Arkansas’s first specialized clinic dedicated to perinatal mental health.


July 9, 2025

Subaru of Little Rock, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver Gifts to UAMS Blood Cancer Patients

Nathan Tidwell

Subaru Blanket Donation

Patients undergoing blood cancer treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will benefit from a recent act of kindness to help them through the process. Subaru of Little Rock delivered 80 blankets and 30 patient care kits to the Cancer Institute’s Patient Support Pavilion on June 27 as…


July 8, 2025

UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Program Announces Support Group, New Director

Benjamin Waldrum

UAMS Adult Sickle Cell team 2025

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Adult Sickle Cell Program celebrated World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19 by announcing a support group for adult patients with sickle cell disease, as well as a new director. During a free information session held on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller…


July 7, 2025

Increased WIC Participation Could Be Key to Improving State Maternal Health Rates, UAMS Researchers Find

David Wise

Assortment of healthy foods

LITTLE ROCK — Expanding awareness of the WIC program and improving access to WIC-approved foods could help boost maternal and infant health in Arkansas, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Arkansas ranks among the worst in the nation for…



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