UAMS Rural Health Hub


November 19, 2025

Council for Regional Health Education Gift to UAMS Creates Endowed Fund to Support Southwest Arkansas Residencies

Andrew Vogler

The Council for Regional Health Education

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $75,000 gift from the Council for Regional Health Education to establish the Senator C. Wayne Dowd Endowed Excellence Fund in Family Medicine to support the Family Medicine Residency Program at the UAMS Southwest Regional Campus in Texarkana, Arkansas. “I want to extend…


November 13, 2025

UAMS Study Finds Digital Barriers May Limit Rural Cancer Survivors from Participating in Research

David Wise

senior Hispanic couple walking and holding hands on sidewalk

LITTLE ROCK — Limited access to digital resources may be one reason why rural cancer survivors are underrepresented in cancer research, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. Researchers found that rural cancer survivors were willing to participate in cancer research studies. However, factors such…


October 13, 2025

UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation Receives $11.7 Million COBRE Award for Maternal Health Research

David Wise

Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., director of the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation will expand research for maternal health in Arkansas by establishing the Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence (MaRCH) research center funded through National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE).


October 1, 2025

UAMS Hosts National Rural Health Research Meeting

David Robinson

TRI Director Laura James, M.D., (standing left) moderates a panel of implementation scientists representing institutions in the Consortium of Rural States.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute brought together more than 60 researchers and leaders from nine Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions Sept. 18–19 for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Rural States (CORES).


September 17, 2025

UAMS Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs Receive National Honors for Improving Rural Access

Kate Franks

UAMS' Katelyn Faust (right) accepts the John M. Eisenberg Award from Dana Gelb Safran, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum and chief scientific officer of the Joint Commission.

LITTLE ROCK — The kidney and liver transplant programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were honored with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Award for Local Achievement in Patient Safety and Quality from The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum.


August 15, 2025

Stakeholders in Arkansas Maternal Healthcare Improvements Come Together

Linda Satter

Wide-angle shot of group of people, mostly women, sitting around tables in the cultural living room, listening to a panel discussion.

Doctors, birthing center administrators, lawmakers and advocacy groups from across the state gathered Aug. 6 in downtown Little Rock for an “honest dialogue” about ongoing efforts to improve maternal health outcomes in Arkansas. The Arkansas Maternal Health Roundtable, hosted by the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical…


August 12, 2025

UAMS Receives $1.3 Million Grant to Expand Digital Health Access

Benjamin Waldrum

Digital health visit

The South Central Telehealth Resource Center, housed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $1.3 million, four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement and expand digital health services. The grant, part of the HRSA Telehealth Resource Center Program that supports regional and national telehealth resource…


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…


June 5, 2025

Latest NWA Health Summit Focuses on ‘Meeting People Where They Are’

David Wise

A speaker addresses the audience at the NWA Health Summit at the Fayetteville Town Center

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation brought together health care professionals and thought leaders at the Northwest Arkansas Health Summit on May 21 to strategize ways to meet communities where they are to improve health across Arkansas. The summit was supported by Heartland Whole Health Institute, the Northwest…


April 17, 2025

UAMS Mobile Health Units Now Feature Internet Access

David Wise

Members of the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation with computer laptops outside the mobile unit.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is expanding health care access with Arkansas’ first-ever statewide mobile health connectivity project, which equips each mobile unit with wireless network access using SD-WAN technology to enhance reliability, security and performance in remote rural areas. With all four mobile…



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