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May 23, 2023

UAMS Surgeons Implant Innovative Device Developed by I3R Researchers to Restore Sense of Touch after Amputation

David Robinson

Erika Petersen, M.D., seated, pauses to look at a monitor as the surgery begins with (l-r) John Bracey, M.D., Brooke Elberson, M.D., Ph.D., Bridgette Vinyard-Hartwick, and Mark Tait, M.D. (photo by Evan Lewis)

LITTLE ROCK — The first Arkansan and only second person in the world has received an innovative prosthetic hand, developed by researchers at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R), that restores a meaningful sense of touch and grip force following surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The lengthy and…


May 18, 2023

UAMS, Baptist Health Celebrate Opening of New Cancer Clinic in Little Rock; Infusion Center to Open This Fall

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS and Baptist Health leaders cut the ribbon to officially open a new cancer clinic on the Baptist Little Rock campus

Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Thursday, May 18, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a new cancer clinic and infusion center on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock. UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Clinic-Little Rock, in Suite 500 of the Hickingbotham Outpatient Center,…


May 16, 2023

Research Team Looking for Connection Between Isolation, Mental Illness in Older Adults

Tim Taylor

Tatiana Wolfe, Ph.D., is part of a group of UAMS researchers who are studying a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.

LITTLE ROCK — A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has launched a pilot project to study a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.


May 15, 2023

American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study of ACA’s Impact on Breast Cancer Treatment

David Robinson

Chenghui Li, Ph.D., said findings from her study should provide important insights into how the Affordable Care Act has impacted racial disparities in breast cancer treatment.

LITTLE ROCK — An American Cancer Society grant will support a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) influence on racial disparities in the use of a common, life-saving treatment for Arkansas breast cancer patients. The two-year, $222,000 grant is led by Chenghui Li, Ph.D., an associate professor…


UAMS Names Rohit Dhall, M.D., as Neurology Department Chair

Tamara Robinson

Rohit Dhall, M.D., is the new chair of the Department of Neurology, effective July 1.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Rohit Dhall, M.D., as chair of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine, effective July 1.


May 12, 2023

UAMS Brain Injury Program to Offer Free Virtual Workshop May 24

News Staff

The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation’s Brain Injury Program will host a virtual workshop, “The Dating Game — Navigating Dating after a Brain Injury,” May 24 to connect anyone affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to helpful resources and support.

LITTLE ROCK — The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation’s Brain Injury Program will host a virtual workshop, “The Dating Game — Navigating Dating after a Brain Injury,” May 24 to connect anyone affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to helpful resources and support.


May 11, 2023

Be A Part of the Cure Walk Sets Attendance, Fundraising Records

Marty Trieschmann

group photo of people at the Be A Part of the Cure Cancer Walk

On Saturday, May 6, the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute hosted the Third Annual Be A Part of the Cure Walk at War Memorial Stadium to raise money for cancer research. A record-breaking crowd of 1,500 walkers of all ages took off from the starting line led by UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Little…


May 5, 2023

UAMS CLIMB Leads Kids Out of Cancer Isolation

Marty Trieschmann

Parents and children in a cancer support group pose for a photo in front of a cancer center sign

On a recent Wednesday night, five children ages 7 to 11 came together to draw pictures, play and talk. This wasn’t an after-school event or an arranged playdate. Instead, the gathering was a unique support group called CLIMB, a program at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute for children coping with a parent or…


May 2, 2023

Christi Madden, MPA, Named Executive Director of UAMS Translational Research Institute

David Robinson

Christi Madden, MPA, has joined the Translational Research Institute as executive director.

LITTLE ROCK — Christi Madden, MPA, has joined the UAMS Translational Research Institute as its executive director. Madden, a leader with more than two decades of research programmatic management experience, spent most of her career in her home state of Oklahoma at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), where she worked in the…


April 28, 2023

Seeing is Believing: Jones Eye Institute Restores Pacific Islanders’ Sight

Benjamin Waldrum

JEI Gift of Sight April 2023

Cataracts had made life so difficult for Joshua Roby, 43, of Springdale that he could not write up reports at his security job, and he needed help walking around. Less than a day after cataract surgery, he says his vision is “much, much better,” and he can move well on his own. Eight patients from…



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