College of Health Professions
October 21, 2016
Physical Therapy Day of Service 2016
On Saturday, October 15, 2016, several of our students from the Physical Therapy program in Northwest Arkansas participated in this year’s Physical Therapy Day of Service. About 15 of our students helped provide over 7,000 meals to hungry families in Northwest Arkansas. We here at UAMS are very proud of the contributions our organization provides to…
June 27, 2016
Class of 2018 Physician Assistant Students Don White Coats for First Time
June 27, 2016 | Thirty-eight students in the physician assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions donned their white coats for the first time on May 20 and recited an oath to care for their patients. The students are at the beginning of a 28-month master’s degree program that will prepare them to provide…
June 20, 2016
Respiratory Care Program Featured in Newsletter
The Respiratory Care Program was featured in the March issue of The Coalition Chronicle, a newsletter by the Coalition for Baccalaureate and Graduate Respiratory Therapy Education, which advocates for and promotes the bachelor’s degree as the entry level for the profession of respiratory care. Click the button below to read the article:
June 14, 2016
College Celebrates Graduates at Hooding Ceremony
The College of Health Professions honored its 72 graduates earning master’s and doctoral degrees at a May 19 academic hooding ceremony, held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Faculty members from the various programs invested the graduates with the academic hoods they would wear around their shoulders at UAMS graduation on May 21….
March 31, 2016
Senior Sonography Student Receives Prestigious National Scholarship
March 31, 2016 | Beth Anderson, senior student in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, has been chosen as a recipient of the 2016 Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Award funded by contributions to the ASE Foundation’s 2015 Annual Appeal. In addition to a monetary award to go towards tuition costs, Beth has also been invited to…
March 8, 2016
Doc Student Selected for Research Mentoring Program
March 8, 2016 | Sarah Kennett, student in our Communication Sciences and Disorder Ph.D. program, has been selected from a competitive pool to participate in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2016 Pathways Program. The program is part of ASHA’s Research Mentoring Network, whose purpose is to foster the “development of researchers in communication sciences and…
December 17, 2015
College of Health Professions Faculty Accolades – December 2015
Here are recent achievements by members of the College of Health Professions faculty. Jennifer Vincenzo, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, was selected in November for a 2016 fellowship for junior faculty by the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program administered by the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The fellowship program…
December 12, 2015
CHP Students and Alumni Accomplish Great Things
CHP alumnus selected for national post – Aaron Scott, alumnus of the College of Health Profession’s Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate program (NMAA), was selected this summer to be the 2015-2016 president of the Technologist Section of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). He is an NMAA at Piedmont Healthcare System in Fayetteville,…
December 4, 2015
College Honors Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service
December 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions recently honored three faculty members for excellence, with its annual Faculty Excellence Awards. Tiffany Lepard-Tassin, M.S., a board-certified genetic counselor and assistant professor in the Department of Genetic Counseling, received the award for Excellence in Service. Her research interest in arterial tortuosity syndrome, a rare autosomal…
College Celebrates 2015 Scholarship Recipients, Donors
December 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions awarded more than $52,000 in scholarships for 2015-2016, a record amount for the college. The college celebrated its scholars, its growing number of scholarships and scholarship donors at its annual scholarship reception on Nov. 5. Thirty-nine students representing many of the college’s academic programs received 46…
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