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Expectant Mothers Throughout State Needed for Doula Training

July 16, 2025 | 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...

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Dean’s Message: Williams Lauds College’s Impact 

July 15, 2025 | Greetings alumni and Dean’s Society members, I’m pleased to announce that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health continues to excel despite these trying times for public health and especially public health research.  The college’s faculty, staff and students have remained productive and committed to improving the...

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College of Public Health Student Creates Website to Monitor Food Recalls

July 9, 2025 | Wilberforce Twinamatsiko, a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is using modern technology to help people make safe food choices. Twinamatsiko, who’s in the college’s Health Systems and Services Research doctoral program, is spearheading a group that has created a free website, Food Recall...

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Subaru of Little Rock, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver Gifts to UAMS Blood Cancer Patients

July 9, 2025 | Patients undergoing blood cancer treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will benefit from a recent act of kindness to help them through the process. Subaru of Little Rock delivered 80 blankets and 30 patient care kits to the Cancer Institute’s Patient Support Pavilion on June 27 as...

Students in the AR Tech DaSH 2025 summer camp use a robotic arm to stack cups.

UAMS Inspires Future Health Innovators at AR Tech DaSH Summer Camp

July 8, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus hosted its second annual Arkansas Technology and Data Science in Health & Medicine (AR Tech DaSH) summer camp from June 2–6. This immersive, hands-on camp brought together 25 rising 10th-grade students from 12 different schools across Northwest Arkansas, offering them a unique glimpse into...

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UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Program Announces Support Group, New Director

July 8, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Adult Sickle Cell Program celebrated World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19 by announcing a support group for adult patients with sickle cell disease, as well as a new director. During a free information session held on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller...

Laura Hays (pictured), associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during an Oct. 18 ceremony at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, to be Inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

July 7, 2025 | Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has been selected as part of the 2025 class of Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing. Hays’ induction will take place Oct. 18 during the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. The American Academy...

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