UAMS News


October 7, 2019

UAMS Orthopaedics Adds Fayetteville Specialist to Clinical Team

Spencer Watson

Ramon Ylanan, M.D.

Ramon Ylanan, M.D., previously the head team physician for the Arkansas Razorbacks since 2012, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) orthopaedic clinical care practice in Fayetteville. “We are very fortunate to bring someone of Dr. Ylanan’s caliber and experience to our team to care for patients in such a vibrant and…


October 3, 2019

UAMS Breast Center Patients Eligible to Participate in National Mammography Research Study

Susan Van Dusen

If it’s time for your annual mammogram, you may qualify to take part in a national research study at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


October 2, 2019

Showcase Affirms Maturity of Community-Engaged Research at UAMS

David Robinson

Kisa Vaughn, M.P.A., presents her poster to Reza Hakkak, Ph.D., on the Passion Project, which showed how additional health resources can improve health in African-American women with substance use disorder

Kate Stewart, M.D., MPH, was smiling as she gestured toward the room packed with community engagement-themed research posters at the Sept. 25 UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries. “Community-engaged research has grown a lot in the 22 years I have been here,” said Stewart, who leads the UAMS Translational Research Institute’s Community Engagement Program. “We would…


October 1, 2019

Retired Police Officer Finds ‘Top-Notch’ Breast Cancer Treatment at UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

Patty Allen and Crystal Smith

Patty Allen is the first to admit it: Mammograms make her nervous. With no history of breast cancer in her family, she never imagined the test would come back positive. But the experience always left her rattled nonetheless.


September 25, 2019

Gala for Life Breaks Record, Raises $1.2 Million for UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

Gala for Life

Almost 600 guests took a journey down the yellow brick road Sept. 6 when the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute hosted its 24th annual Gala for Life. Complete with a Wizard of Oz theme, the black-tie event raised a record-setting amount of more than $1.2 million to benefit the institute’s efforts to achieve National…


Research Induction Ceremony Launches Graduate Students’ Path to Ph.D.

Linda Haymes

Twenty-five UAMS Graduate School students from seven programs received white lab coats Sept. 16, signaling their readiness to begin doctoral research.

Twenty-five UAMS Graduate School students from seven programs received white lab coats Sept. 16, signaling their readiness to begin doctoral research. The donning of new research coats embroidered with their name to celebrate their pursuit of doctoral degrees may seem like a transformative moment happening in an instant. In reality, a lot of work took…


UAMS Researchers Awarded $600,000 Grant to Evaluate the Pulaski County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit

Ashley McNatt

Pulaski County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received a $600,000 grant to study the Pulaski County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). Arnold Ventures awarded the three-year grant to Nick Zaller, Ph.D., professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAMS…


September 24, 2019

Employees at UAMS Take Time to Share, Celebrate Kindness

Linda Haymes

Medical student Dhruba Dasgupta receives a Kind bar from Stephanie Gardner, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost, during Kindness Week.

Watch out; it is highly infectious. It began when one person shared it with another and it appears to be on the rise. Few, from employees to patients, seem to be immune as it continues to increase. What is ‘it’? Good will toward others. There has been an outbreak of kindness across UAMS and it…


September 23, 2019

Little Rock Volunteer Uses Love of Knitting to Give to UAMS Cancer Patients

Linda Haymes

“I knew there was a need so I began by making 50 or more hats a year,” said Ferren, 54, a former elementary school teacher who is legally blind.

Carolaina Ferren uses her knitting needles, crochet hooks, and bundles of yarn to share her empathy with those who are battling cancer. “I knew there was a need so I began by making 50 or more hats a year,” said Ferren, 54, a former elementary school teacher who is legally blind. “A lot of knitting…


Workshops Invite Input on Diversity

Spencer Watson

Brian Gittens, Ed.D., welcomes attendees to the second Breaking BREAD town hall as guests eat lunches provided by UAMS catering.

Brian Gittens, Ed.D., who joined UAMS in June as its new vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, hosted two town hall-style meetings to welcome dozens of employees and students to help shape his division’s strategic plan to invite and support greater diversity on campus. Both workshops were part of the Division of Diversity, Equity…



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