Regional Campuses


November 22, 2024

UAMS Launches Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

David Wise

Screenshot of Maternal Health Scorecard

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) recently launched an online maternal health scorecard to provide crucial data that could improve the well-being of mothers and babies across the state. The Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard is an interactive and user-friendly collection of maternal health data from the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review…


November 21, 2024

UAMS Receives Grant from Helena Health Foundation to Support Solid Organ Transplants in Arkansas Delta

Andrew Vogler

Burdine and Helena Health Foundation

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $125,000 grant from the Helena Health Foundation to support the solid organ transplant clinic at UAMS Health East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena. “I want to extend my gratitude to the Helena Health Foundation for their generous philanthropic commitment to benefit…


November 20, 2024

Adventure in the Wild: Students Dive into Emergency Medicine at UAMS Event

Philip Allison

University students get a hands-on look at emergency medicine.

Students from three south Arkansas universities recently got a unique hands-on look at emergency medicine thanks to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Held at Logoly State Park near McNeil, Arkansas, the Adventure in Medicine event gave students from Southern Arkansas University, the University of Arkansas at Monticello and Texas A&M University –…


November 15, 2024

Prescription for Inspiration: Students Check Out Health Care Careers

Philip Allison

A medical provider demonstrates a sonogram machine.

When Shane Lyerly, M.D., decided he wanted to pursue a career in health care, he admittedly had more questions than answers. What classes should he take? Would it help to shadow a doctor for a day? How should he prepare for medical school interviews?  Thankfully, he had help from both an academic advisor at Arkansas…


November 14, 2024

UAMS Expands Group Prenatal Care to Phillips County

David Wise

Women in a circle during a CenteringPregnancy meeting

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center are partnering to offer group prenatal care to pregnant women in Phillips County. CenteringPregnancy® is facilitated by the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation and is a group prenatal care program that includes a pregnant woman’s…


November 7, 2024

UAMS Chancellor Focuses on Growth in Northwest Arkansas at Rogers Rotary Meeting

David Wise

Cam Patterson speaking to Rogers Rotary

UAMS is committed to supporting growth in Northwest Arkansas, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, told the Rogers Rotary at its regular meeting Oct. 28. “Since we opened our campus in Northwest Arkansas in 2007, we have added new patient care services, research and educational programs as we work to be a part of the…


November 1, 2024

Schmieding Center Employee Finds Purpose Working at “Best-Kept Secret in Northwest Arkansas”

David Wise

Photo of Monique Parks

Monique Parks feels blessed to go to work each day and help people who are facing the same challenges she once struggled with. An administrative coordinator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, Parks works daily with older adults and their caregivers to help…


October 30, 2024

UAMS Partners with Local Nonprofit to Provide Safe Space for Breastfeeding Mothers

David Wise

Photo of the lactation space at Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s

In collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation, the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s in Rogers recently installed a lactation space for nursing mothers to comfortably breastfeed or express breastmilk. According to the National Institutes of Health, many Hispanic women living in the U.S. may feel…


October 29, 2024

Smoking and COPD: Tips for Breathing Easier

David Wise

Man breaking cigarette in half

By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. Cigarette smoking harms nearly every part of your body and is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Arkansas has one of the highest rates of COPD in the U.S., and people living in rural areas often have worse outcomes. While COPD doesn’t have a cure yet, there are…


October 28, 2024

NIH Director Visits UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation

David Wise

Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation, while U.S. Sen. John Boozman looks on.

Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joined U.S. Sen. John Boozman and Rep. Steve Womack at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation on Tuesday to hear about the institute’s work with community partners to reduce health disparities and improve health care access among underserved communities in Arkansas. The meeting…



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