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Jay Hinkle, M.D., as program director, and Margaret Tremwel, M.D., Ph.D., as associate program director

UAMS, Washington Regional Approved for Residency Programs in Neurology, Emergency Medicine in Northwest Arkansas

April 16, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center have received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a neurology residency program and an emergency medicine residency program in Northwest Arkansas through their joint graduate medical education program. These are the first non-primary...

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One in 34 (3.0%) of 8-year-old children in Arkansas were identified with autism spectrum disorder by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) program in 2022.

UAMS, CDC Find 3% of Arkansas 8-Year-Olds, 2.5% of 4-Year-Olds Diagnosed with Autism

April 15, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — One in 34 (3.0%) of 8-year-old children in Arkansas were identified with autism spectrum disorder by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) program in 2022, according to an analysis published April 15 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summaries.

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Stefanie Kennon-McGill presenting at UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries 2025

UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries Focuses on Digital Health, Collaboration

April 18, 2025 | Amidst the digital health initiatives on display during the latest research showcase at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was the opportunity for good, old-fashioned collaboration. Approximately 40 people attended the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries, held April 9 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little...

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

UAMS Mobile Health Units Now Feature Internet Access

April 17, 2025 | 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...

Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., (left) relates her experiences with suicide intervention in a candid conversation with Laura Dunn, M.D., director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.

Suicide Prevention Update Addresses Growing Concern

April 17, 2025 | As chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., hears countless stories of desperation and pain every day from those who have lost loved ones as a result of a self-inflicted death.

UAMS College of Pharmacy students posing in front of a large APhA sign.

Pharmacy Students Recognized Nationally at APhA Annual Meeting

April 14, 2025 | At this year’s American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting, the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter was named national runner-up in its division, and third-year student Hayden Wood was elected ASP speaker of the house. The college’s ASP student chapter has been named runner-up or division winner multiple times over the...

A community health worker speaks with a member of the public

UAMS and Partners Building CHW Workforce Amid Passage of the Community Health Worker Act

April 11, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and its partners are continuing to build the state’s community health worker workforce following Gov. Sarah Sanders’ signing of House Bill 1258 on April 3, establishing the Community Health Worker Act. The act formally establishes the role of a...

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Schmieding Foundation Donates $100,000 to UAMS to Establish Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship

April 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Foundation Inc., gifted $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship benefitting the UAMS College of Health Professions at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. “With abundant growth in Northwest Arkansas comes plenty of challenges to the area’s...

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In a First for Arkansas, UAMS Uses NanoKnife Technology to Treat Prostate Cancer

April 9, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first provider in Arkansas of NanoKnife technology, a new form of focal therapy for localized prostate cancer. Focal therapy is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that uses different forms of energy to target only the area of the prostate where cancerous...

Shayla Stinnett, far left, and Andrew Prince, far right, stand with the Cytology Program's Class of 2025 after they put on their white coats for the first time.

Cytology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony

April 9, 2025 | Cytology students in the Class of 2025 donned their white coats for the first time March 21 and celebrated the completion of academic, classroom study and the start of their clinical learning in working laboratories.

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