Regional Campuses
November 4, 2020
UAMS Diabetes Study Gets $400,000 to Meet COVID-19 Restrictions
![Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/McElfish_Pearl-Anna_environmental_web_wide-scaled-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — COVID-19 hit as UAMS’ Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA, and her research team were starting a major study comparing diabetes education interventions with diverse populations. The five-year, $3.73 million Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) award was to support in-person type 2 diabetes prevention education in rural UAMS Regional Campus Family Medical Centers….
October 28, 2020
Simmons Bank Donates $25,000 to El Dorado UAMS Regional Campus
![UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, holds the $25,000 check with Amy Wenger, M.H.S.A., vice chancellor for Regional Campuses and Robert "Rob" Robinson, community president for Simmons Bank El Dorado. To their right is Freddie Black, chief business development officer for Simmons Bank.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC06160e-150x150.jpg)
On Oct. 28 Simmons Bank presented $25,000 to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) representatives to help fund the coming UAMS regional campus in El Dorado. The campus represents a joint effort by the Medical Center of South Arkansas (MCSA) and UAMS to increase medical access throughout south Arkansas by training primary care physicians…
May 27, 2020
UAMS Receives $1.28 Million Pledge to Develop School Nutrition Program for Healthier Food Choices in Northwest Arkansas
![Food Bank](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/food-bank-150x150.jpg)
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand partnerships with local school districts to implement a school nutrition enrichment program in Northwest Arkansas to provide healthier food choices for students. The program expansion is supported by a $1.28 million grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation. It will build on a…
May 21, 2020
UAMS Researcher to Use $991,000 to Improve Health of Arkansans with Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes
![Chris Long](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Long-Chris-150x150.jpg)
FAYETTEVILLE – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher recently received a $991,145 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the nutritional health of low-income individuals with type 2 diabetes. Christopher Long, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, will use the award from the USDA’s National Institute…
May 12, 2020
Funded Training Announced for Three Early-Career Researchers
![Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D., and Brooks Gentry, M.D., co-leaders of the KL2 Program, here at the UAMS Translational Research Institute's fall 2019 Planning Retreat.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Gentry-Brooks-Borsheim-crop-150x150.jpg)
The UAMS Translational Research Institute has selected three early-career researchers to receive KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Awards. The KL2 program, co-led by Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D., and Brooks Gentry, M.D., provides two years of research training to promising junior faculty. It provides 75 percent salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research, tuition,…
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