Regional Campuses
October 11, 2022
UAMS, Springdale School District Partnership Sustains Five-Year Reduction in Sodium Intake for Students
FAYETTEVILLE — The Springdale School District sustained a reduction in sodium levels in student lunches for the last five years as part of a collaboration with the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Sodium Reduction in Communities Program,…
September 26, 2022
UAMS Receives $5 Million Grant to Reduce Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve maternal health care in Arkansas. The funding from Health Resources and Services Administration will help increase access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities and assist in tackling…
September 22, 2022
UAMS Study Finds Pandemic Limited Physical Activity, Nutrition Access for Arkansans with Diabetes
FAYETTEVILLE — COVID-19 changed how Arkansans with diabetes manage their illness, especially during the height of the pandemic when stay-at-home orders were intensified, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. The study, Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption During the…
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.
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