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May 2, 2025

Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’

Linda Satter

Author Jack El-Hai entertains a crowd at the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS.

May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…


April 29, 2025

UAMS Names Andrew James, Ph.D., as Director of Helen L. Porter, James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center

Tim Taylor

Andrew James, Ph.D., has been named director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center.

LITTLE ROCK — Andrew James, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, has been named the director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center, effective May 1.


April 24, 2025

Exciting Changes to Arkansas Medicaid: What You Need to Know

David Wise

Graphic with the word "Medicaid"

  By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. In recent months, Arkansas Medicaid has undergone significant updates aimed at improving health care access for mothers, infants and communities across the state. Let’s break down these important changes and how they impact Arkansans. The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act In February, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the Healthy Moms,…


April 22, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies

Marty Trieschmann

Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D.

Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the research on the process…


April 21, 2025

UAMS’ AGEC, Community Groups Present ‘Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults’ on May 7

News Staff

The UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) and community partners will present “Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults,” on May 7.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) and community partners will present “Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults,” on May 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Patrick Hays Senior Citizens Center, 401 W. Pershing, in North Little Rock.


April 18, 2025

UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries Focuses on Digital Health, Collaboration

Benjamin Waldrum

Stefanie Kennon-McGill presenting at UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries 2025

Amidst the digital health initiatives on display during the latest research showcase at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was the opportunity for good, old-fashioned collaboration. Approximately 40 people attended the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries, held April 9 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little…


April 17, 2025

UAMS Mobile Health Units Now Feature Internet Access

David Wise

Members of the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation with computer laptops outside the mobile unit.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is expanding health care access with Arkansas’ first-ever statewide mobile health connectivity project, which equips each mobile unit with wireless network access using SD-WAN technology to enhance reliability, security and performance in remote rural areas. With all four mobile…


Suicide Prevention Update Addresses Growing Concern

Tim Taylor

Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., (left) relates her experiences with suicide intervention in a candid conversation with Laura Dunn, M.D., director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.

As chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., hears countless stories of desperation and pain every day from those who have lost loved ones as a result of a self-inflicted death.


April 11, 2025

UAMS and Partners Building CHW Workforce Amid Passage of the Community Health Worker Act

David Wise

A community health worker speaks with a member of the public

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and its partners are continuing to build the state’s community health worker workforce following Gov. Sarah Sanders’ signing of House Bill 1258 on April 3, establishing the Community Health Worker Act. The act formally establishes the role of a…


April 7, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer, Rison Pharmacy Partner to Host Colon Cancer Screening Event April 17

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer, Rison Pharmacy Partner to Host Colon Cancer Screening Event April 17

Residents of Cleveland County are invited to a colon cancer screening event on Thursday, April 17, in Rison. Patient navigators from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer free take-home colorectal cancer screening kits, as well as information and resources on other recommended cancer screenings….



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