Regional Campuses
July 28, 2025
UAMS Research Highlights Innovative, Community Driven Approaches to Combat Food Insecurity in Arkansas
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 25, 2025
UAMS Staff, Students Attend National AHEC Conference
Four staff members from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Campuses and four UAMS AHEC Scholars recently attended the National Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Organization 2025 Biennial Conference, held June 17-20 in Lexington, Kentucky. The conference brought together more than 600 AHEC leaders, scholars, health care professionals and partners from across…
July 22, 2025
UAMS Researchers Identify Digital Health as Bridge for Essential Postpartum Care Services
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 21, 2025
UAMS Receives $75,000 Grant for Statewide Family Medicine Residency Learning Network
A $75,000 grant from the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation will help the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to develop an educational collaborative aimed at improving and unifying family medicine residency programs across Arkansas. The three-year seed grant will help create the Arkansas Family Medicine Residency Network Educational Collaborative, a new initiative…
July 18, 2025
UAMS Family Medicine Department Hosts First Statewide Research Symposium and CARE Awards
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently brought together family medicine faculty, residents and students from across Arkansas for its inaugural research symposium and first-ever Chair’s Awards for Recognition of Excellence (CARE) Awards. “For the first time, we’re bringing all 11 family medicine residency programs across the…
July 16, 2025
Expectant Mothers Throughout State Needed for Doula Training
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
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 8, 2025
UAMS Inspires Future Health Innovators at AR Tech DaSH Summer Camp
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus hosted its second annual Arkansas Technology and Data Science in Health & Medicine (AR Tech DaSH) summer camp from June 2–6. This immersive, hands-on camp brought together 25 rising 10th-grade students from 12 different schools across Northwest Arkansas, offering them a unique glimpse into…
July 7, 2025
Increased WIC Participation Could Be Key to Improving State Maternal Health Rates, UAMS Researchers Find
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…
July 3, 2025
UAMS Welcomes 3 New Sports Medicine Physicians to Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — Primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, M.D., Jake Martin, M.D., and Jacob Smith, M.D., MPH, recently joined UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Northwest Arkansas, bringing sports medicine expertise to enhance patient care in Northwest Arkansas. Arthur, who was the very first graduate of the UAMS sports medicine fellowship program in…
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