UAMS News


September 1, 2023

UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2027 Receives White Coats

Benjamin Waldrum

Atasia Thomas

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Class of 2027 received their white coats in a ceremony Aug. 25, marking their transition into pharmacy school. The ceremony, held at Connor Performing Arts Center at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, is the first of three milestone events on the students’ path to…


August 3, 2023

UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Contributes to Major Ovarian Cancer Discovery; Findings Published in Cell

Marty Trieschmann

Dr. Michael Birrer standing in the lobby of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS

The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way the disease is treated around the world. The discovery, which identifies a 64-protein-gene signature that can predict primary treatment resistance in patients with high grade…


July 31, 2023

UAMS Internship Program Enlists Students in the Fight Against Cancer

Marty Trieschmann

Group of medical students standing together

The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is getting medical students involved in the fight against cancer. For the third summer, UAMS hosted 12 medical students at its main campus in Little Rock for an eight-week internship experience. Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR), the…


May 24, 2023

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Names Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., as Gynecologic Oncology Chief

Marty Trieschmann

Doctor in white coat

Board-certified gynecologic oncologist Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is also co-director of cancer services and a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to…


May 9, 2023

Scavenger Hunt Regional Campuses

David Wise

Scavenger Hunt Card for Regional Campuses


April 25, 2023

UAMS Invests Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Andrew Vogler

Dunn Investiture

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences during an April 20 ceremony. Dunn, who joined UAMS in February 2022 as chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the UAMS…


February 27, 2023

UAMS Researchers Produce Journal’s Top Cited, Most Downloaded Article on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

David Robinson

Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been recognized by the publisher of Clinical and Translational Science for having its top-cited article in 2022 and the most downloaded paper since its publication in 2021. The article, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,”…


November 4, 2022

UAMS College of Medicine Student Shines on “The Voice”

Linda Satter

Andrew Igbokidi stands by the fountain outside UAMS

Nov. 4, 2022 | First-year medical student Andrew Igbokidi is on the path to a promising career. But whether that career will be medicine or music — or perhaps a combination of both  — is yet to be determined. In early August, as the 22-year-old from Hot Springs was preparing to begin medical school at…


September 29, 2022

UAMS Presents Virtual Family Medicine Conference, Tobacco & Disease Symposium October 25-28

Linda Satter

LITTLE ROCK — The 26th Annual Family Medicine Update with Tobacco & Disease Symposium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer up to 18 hours of online continuing education October 25–28 for primary care physicians, doctors of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, physical therapists, respiratory…


August 18, 2022

UAMS Heart Healthy Communities Project Teams Up with UCLA, Howard University Researchers

Linda Satter

Heart Healthy Communities workers gather information from community members.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Heart Healthy Communities Project  is partnering with researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) and Howard University to proactively engage historically marginalized and disadvantaged populations, and provide crucial information and resources during public health crises. The goal is to improve the quality and…



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