College of Health Professions


December 11, 2024

College of Health Professions 2024 Faculty Promotions

News Staff

College of Health Profession faculty promoted in 2024 are, left to right, top row, Shayla Stinnett, Edward Williams, Courtney Anderson; bottom row, Lesley Jones and Cherika Robertson.

The UAMS College of Health Professions recently announced the promotions of five faculty members.


Muriithi Receives Grant to Test Diabetes Intervention

David Wise

Bernard Muriithi, Ph.D.

Bernard Muriithi, Ph.D., OTR/L, an assistant professor in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) program, has been selected for the K12 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards Program as the principal investigator on a study to develop and test an occupational therapy intervention for Type 2 diabetes in the Marshallese people of Northwest Arkansas.


Morrisons Establish Emergency Fund for College of Health Professions Students

Ben Boulden

Stephen Morrison, M.D., and his wife, Debra Morrison

Forty-one years after Stephen Morrison, M.D., first met surgical nurse Debra Bellisle in a UAMS operating room, the success the couple has had since is benefiting at-risk students in the College of Health Professions. Supported by the generosity of the couple, the Emergency and Student Success Fund assists the college’s students who experience unexpected or…


Dental Hygiene Program Delivers Thousands of Hours of Community Service

Ben Boulden

The UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic provides dental assessments and cleanings to children like this one during its Summer for Smiles events every year.

Community service is an important part of the education provided to students in the UAMS dental hygiene program. While helping students learn and gain experience, it increases access to preventive dental care and helps to address oral health care issues in society. Since moving into its Freeway Medical Tower clinic in early 2021, the College…


December 9, 2024

CHP 2024 Faculty Excellence Awards

News Staff

CHP Faculty Excellence Awardees

The College of Health Professions recently recognized three exceptional faculty members with awards.


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.



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