Northwest Regional Campus
January 11, 2022
UAMS Occupational Therapy Students Break Ground, Complete Mental Health Fieldwork
This story was written by Meeghan Gotcher, a senior Public Health major at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became the first Occupational Therapy (OT) students in Arkansas to participate in mental health fieldwork in locations across the state. People who are experiencing mental…
December 15, 2021
UAMS-led Proposal Competing for $75 Million to Advance Health Care and Technology in Northwest Arkansas
A proposal led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is in the running to receive about $75 million in federal funding for a health care workforce and technology initiative in Northwest Arkansas. The UAMS-led effort is among 60 finalists from around the nation announced December 13, 2021, by the U.S. Department of…
November 30, 2021
UAMS Launches Five Satellite Training Centers to Improve Digital Health in Arkansas, Tennessee
LITTLE ROCK — The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening five satellite training centers in Arkansas and Tennessee.
November 2, 2021
UAMS Family Wellness Program Graduates First Fatherhood FIRE Participant
The UAMS Community Health and Research (UAMS CHR) Family Wellness program recently graduated its first participant in the Fatherhood FIRE education course. Through Fatherhood FIRE (which stands for Family Focused, Interconnected, Resilient, Essential), Family Wellness staff work with fathers, couples and co-parents to ensure that every child is raised in a safe and nurturing environment…
October 21, 2021
Arkansas 211 and UAMS Partner to Promote Lyft Transportation to Vaccinations and Health Services
Arkansas 211 has been awarded grants totaling $97,000 to launch a statewide partnership with the rideshare company Lyft. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will promote the free service through its eight regional campuses throughout the state. An $87,000 grant for free rides to COVID-19 vaccination sites is awarded by The Palo Alto…
October 20, 2021
Amy Wenger Named Vice Chancellor of UAMS Northwest Regional Campus
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Amy Wenger, MHSA, vice chancellor of its Northwest Regional Campus, effective Dec. 1.
September 24, 2021
UAMS Offers Booster COVID Vaccines in Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus will begin offering booster doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying individuals on Monday, Sept. 27, at its drive-thru Vaccine Clinic at 1100 N. Woolsey Ave. in Fayetteville. No appointments are necessary. In accordance with FDA authorization, booster doses of the…
September 23, 2021
UAMS Receives Additional $4.75 Million to Train Primary Care Physicians, Improve Rural Health Care
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an additional $4.75 million in federal grant money to continue efforts to improve health care in rural Arkansas through training and retaining primary care physicians. The supplemental award from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…
September 15, 2021
UAMS Outpatient Therapy Clinic Receives Parkinson’s Grant
FAYETTEVILLE – Parkinson Voice Project has named the UAMS Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Fayetteville as a recipient of its 2021 SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Grant Program. SPEAK OUT! is a therapy regimen tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease to improve their voicing, and in turn, their swallowing. SPEAK OUT! is usually completed in 12…
September 10, 2021
UAMS to Host Vaccine Clinics at Fayetteville Public Library
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is hosting a free community COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Fayetteville Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 21, and Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic will be held in the library’s Willard and Pat Walker Community Room. The public should park…
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