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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,…


Larry and Sandy Mahoney Donate $100,000 to Create Scholarship in UAMS College of Medicine

Andrew Vogler

Mahoney family

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $100,000 gift from Larry and Sandy Mahoney to create the Brendan Lawrence Mahoney, M.D., Endowed Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. The scholarship was made in honor of their son Brendan Lawrence Mahoney, M.D., who is a 2020 graduate of…


April 22, 2025

UAMS Invites Parents to April 30 Tobacco Education Night

News Staff

No smoking sign

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will offer a tobacco and vaping education session for parents of El Dorado students on Wednesday, April 30. Chandra Hicks, a tobacco cessation specialist with UAMS, will share information and resources during the UAMS Parent Education event at the Boys & Girls Club of El Dorado, which is…


April 21, 2025

UAMS Hosts Pre-Health Conference for Aspiring Health Care Professionals

Philip Allison

Health care students participate in a panel discussion

Undergraduate students from across Arkansas recently gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) central campus for the annual Undergraduate Pre-Health Conference. The event provided current college students with a comprehensive introduction to careers in health care and featured representatives from all five UAMS colleges — Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Health Professions…


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…


April 16, 2025

UAMS, Washington Regional Approved for Residency Programs in Neurology, Emergency Medicine in Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Jay Hinkle, M.D., as program director, and Margaret Tremwel, M.D., Ph.D., as associate program director

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center have received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a neurology residency program and an emergency medicine residency program in Northwest Arkansas through their joint graduate medical education program. These are the first non-primary…


UAMS Adds Tobacco Cessation Specialist at Family Medical Center in El Dorado

Philip Allison

Chandra Hicks

Community members in south Arkansas looking to quit tobacco now have a new resource at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).  Chandra Hicks has joined UAMS as a tobacco cessation specialist, seeing patients at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in El Dorado. A certified tobacco cessation specialist, Hicks provides individual and group…


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 4, 2025

UAMS Residency Fair Connects Arkansas Medical Students with Training Programs

Philip Allison

Matthew Nix, M.D. (right) talks with a student at the recent UAMS Residency Fair.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently hosted its second annual Residency Fair, an event aimed at connecting medical students with primary care residency programs across Arkansas. The event provided students with a unique opportunity to explore residency training options in a casual setting. Unlike traditional residency…


April 2, 2025

UAMS Offers Diabetes Education to Health Care Providers in the Marshall Islands

News Staff

A group of Marshallese health care workers pose with their certificates from a The institute launched its Family-Model Diabetes-Self-Management Education & Support (FDSMES) education program.

With support from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health & Human Services, members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus and the Institute for Community Health Innovation visited the Marshall Islands this month to provide training to community health workers (CHWs) and doctors on diabetes curriculum and pharmaceutical advancements.



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