Regional Campuses
September 20, 2022
UAMS Health Opens Long COVID-19 Clinic in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering a new clinic in Fayetteville for patients who still have symptoms of a COVID-19 infection three weeks or more following a positive COVID test. Some people are reporting that they are continuing to experience COVID-19 symptoms weeks or months after their diagnosis. Commonly…
September 8, 2022
Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Re-Opens Under UAMS Leadership
Until the Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit opened last month in Fayetteville, too often the choices for those going through a mental-health crisis were limited: jail or the hospital.
September 6, 2022
UAMS Researchers Link Food Insecurity to Job Loss, Illness
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansans were more likely to rely on food pantry services following income loss or the diagnosis of a serious illness, according to a study published recently by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research.
September 1, 2022
UAMS Receives $350,000 in Grants from Walmart Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received grants from the Walmart Foundation, $250,000, and the Alice L. Walton Foundation, $100,000, to support the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Farmers’ Market Alliance’s Double Your Dollars program, an initiative that provides residents access to affordable, healthy foods at farmers markets. Created in 2012 to…
August 30, 2022
UAMS Collaborates with EAST Students, City of Springdale to Install StoryWalk at Murphy Park
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research worked with Springdale EAST students and the City of Springdale to install a StoryWalk at Murphy Park. A StoryWalk is a literacy-boosting project that separates and enlarges the pages of a children’s book and displays them on a walking path,…
August 26, 2022
Accelerated BSN Students Begin Nursing Journey with White Coat Ceremony
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) nursing students on an accelerated path to their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees participated in a White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 19, at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale.
August 25, 2022
UAMS, AmeriCorps Announces Food Security Initiative in Arkansas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced more than $255,000 in American Rescue Plan grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program’s food security initiative over the next three years.
August 17, 2022
UAMS Researchers Find That COVID-19 Pandemic Increased Stress for Women
FAYETTEVILLE – The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted women’s stress levels, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. The study, which was published by Dialogues in Health analyzed various factors that affected women in Arkansas, particularly working women in caregiver roles, and…
August 16, 2022
UAMS Begins Training for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
More than two dozen physicians from across the state gathered at the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in Little Rock for a training session that served as a first step in a program to expand the use of point-of-care ultrasound.
July 21, 2022
UAMS MASH Program Gives High School Students Glimpse Behind the Scenes
During the summer, high school students can go behind the scenes at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to find out what it really takes to be a health care professional. Since 1988, hundreds of high school students in Arkansas have donned surgical scrubs or lab coats at UAMS Regional Campuses and community…
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