Regional Campuses


August 11, 2025

Arkansas High School Students Get Firsthand Look at Health Care Thanks to UAMS

Philip Allison

Students across Arkansas learned about health care professions thanks to the UAMS MASH program.

When she first signed up for the summer medical program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Frasier Howard thought that she would be most interested in the neonatal intensive care unit. But after a tour of an emergency room, the fast pace and unpredictability of emergency medicine captured her imagination. “I always…


August 7, 2025

Richard Chastain, M.D., Joins UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville

David Wise

Headshot of Richard Chastain, M.D.

FAYETTEVILLE — Richard B. Chastain, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a family medicine physician at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville. Chastain brings more than a decade of experience in patient-centered care, clinical education and leadership. A native of Arkansas and an alumnus of the UAMS…


July 30, 2025

Safe Summer Fun: Protecting Yourself from UV Rays

David Wise

Photo of someone pouring suncreen into hand

    By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. The summer months are great for spending time outside. You can find plenty of physical activity opportunities like swimming, biking, or playing sports, and being outside can help to reduce stress. But it’s important to remember to stay safe when you are out in the sun. The sun emits…


July 28, 2025

UAMS Research Highlights Innovative, Community Driven Approaches to Combat Food Insecurity in Arkansas

David Wise

Soup kitchen staff serve food to food insecure people.

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

Philip Allison

UAMS attendees at the 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

David Wise

New mother kissing baby

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

Philip Allison

UAMS residents looking at a computer screen

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

Philip Allison

UAMS hosted the inaugural Family Medicine Research Symposium.

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

David Wise

A doula and a pregnant women practice breathing exercises

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

Tim Taylor

Erin Jefferson, M.D.

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.



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