College of Health Professions


November 22, 2024

UAMS Launches Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

David Wise

Screenshot of Maternal Health Scorecard

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) recently launched an online maternal health scorecard to provide crucial data that could improve the well-being of mothers and babies across the state. The Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard is an interactive and user-friendly collection of maternal health data from the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review…


October 20, 2024

UAMS and UA Distribute Electric Ride-On Cars to GoBabyGo Families in Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Students and faculty present a GoBabyGo modified ride-on care to a child with mobility issues.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the University of Arkansas (UA) today distributed electric ride-on cars to families participating in GoBabyGo, a national program that promotes the use of modified electric ride-on cars as a solution for independent mobility during early childhood. The event is part of the capstone…


October 10, 2024

College of Health Professions Welcomes Academic Advisors to UAMS

News Staff

Students on a workshop panel discuss their scholastic and clinical training experiences. The panelists and the programs they are in are, left to right: A’Javius Brown – Dental Hygiene; Allison Weaver – Radiologic Imaging Sciences; Macy McPhillips – Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Patricia Nyangoma – Cytology; Erin Flanagan – Medical Laboratory Sciences; and Madison Hefner – Occupational Therapy.

The UAMS College of Health Professions held its first Academic Advisory Workshop on the Little Rock campus this month.


September 16, 2024

College of Health Professions Celebrates Students, Donors at Scholarship Reception

Ben Boulden

College of Health Professions students hold certificates of scholarship while gathering on the lobby stairs in the Rahn Education Building after a scholarship reception that recognized scholarship donors and student recipients.

The UAMS College of Health Professions brought together and celebrated both the students who recently received scholarships and many of the donors who support them. At the Sept. 5 reception, College of Health Professions Dean Susan Long, Ed.D., said the average debt of an in-state undergraduate student is $35,000, while an in-state graduate student’s debt…


September 12, 2024

Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony

Ben Boulden

Along with faculty, students in the audiology and speech-language pathology programs gather for photo after the White Coat Ceremony.

UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology students slipped their arms into the sleeves of their white coats for the first time and celebrated the beginning of their postgraduate studies.


September 9, 2024

Physical Therapy Class of 2024 Achieves 100% First-Attempt Pass Rate on Board Exams

David Wise

Photo of the UAMS Doctor of Physical Therapy class of 2024

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2024 accomplished a remarkable feat by achieving a 100% first-attempt pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Board Exam. All seven graduating classes in the UAMS Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Professions have had an overall pass…


September 4, 2024

UAMS Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates Class of 2024

Ben Boulden

On Aug. 23, the Class of 2024 in the Physician Assistant Studies Program stood for one final group photo together after a valediction ceremony.

Joined by family, friends and faculty at an Aug. 23 valediction ceremony, the Physician Assistant Class of 2024 celebrated the completion of their degrees and prepared themselves for the start of their careers in health care.


UAMS College of Health Professions to Offer Academic Advisors Workshop on Oct. 2

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions will present an Academic Advisors Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the I. Dodd Wilson building, Room 126, on the Little Rock campus.


August 19, 2024

Students Graduate, Earn Master’s Degrees in Dietetics at UAMS

Ben Boulden

Class of 2024 graduates of the Master of Science in Dietetics Program take the stage in the Smith Auditorium and are joined by the department's faculty for a final class photo..

Fourteen students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated receiving their Master of Science in Dietetics degrees in an Aug. 9 ceremony that honored their significant achievements during the 15-month program.


July 30, 2024

UAMS Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions, Public Health, Make List of Top Graduate Schools for 2024

News Staff

Nationwide, U.S. News & World Report ranked the UAMS College of Pharmacy 31st; the UAMS College of Nursing 45th; the UAMS College of Health Professions' occupational therapy program 79th and its physical therapy program 74th; and the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health 88th among all graduate schools.

LITTLE ROCK — U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of Best Graduate Schools for 2024 ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions and Public Health highly among their peers nationwide. The UAMS College of Pharmacy was ranked 31st nationwide among all pharmacy colleges. It has produced…



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