College of Medicine


May 12, 2025

UAMS’ AR ConnectNow Website Connects Families with Mental Health Resources for Assisting Youth

Tim Taylor

The UAMS AR ConnectNow platform offers parents and caregivers extensive information for youth mental health engagement.

LITTLE ROCK — As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has unveiled a comprehensive online hub designed to equip parents and caregivers with resources that empower youth to develop positive mental health skills while fostering the confidence to reach out for support when necessary.


May 9, 2025

UAMS Invests Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, in Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology

Andrew Vogler

Webber, Govindarajan and Patterson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, in the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D., Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology…


May 8, 2025

UAMS Virtual Conference Explores Front Lines of Family Medicine

News Staff

Amy Grooms, M.D.

Family medicine providers from across the country recently gathered for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) virtual 2025 Family Medicine Spring Review, where they heard updates on colorectal cancer screening, sleep apnea, obesity and mental health. The three-day conference was presented by the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Community Health and…


May 2, 2025

Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’

Linda Satter

Author Jack El-Hai entertains a crowd at the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS.

May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…


April 30, 2025

UAMS Parkinson’s Symposium Focuses on Patients and Caregivers

Linda Satter

Jessica Holton, occupational therapist, leads two Parkinson's patients in a chair yoga demonstration on the stage as the audience participates from their seats.

April 30, 2025 | Visitors from across the state gathered this month to hear the latest about Parkinson’s disease and Atypical Parkinsonism at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ Parkinson’s Symposium 2025. It marked the 10th year that UAMS experts held the public forum to share the latest advances in diagnoses and treatments…


UAMS Invests Nikki Edge, Ph.D., in Newly Established Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience

Andrew Vogler

Edge and Seilhans

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Nicola “Nikki” Edge, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of research in the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, in the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience during an April 17 ceremony. Edge…


April 29, 2025

UAMS Names Andrew James, Ph.D., as Director of Helen L. Porter, James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center

Tim Taylor

Andrew James, Ph.D., has been named director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center.

LITTLE ROCK — Andrew James, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, has been named the director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center, effective May 1.


April 24, 2025

Larry and Sandy Mahoney Donate $100,000 to Create Scholarship in UAMS College of Medicine

Andrew Vogler

Mahoney family

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $100,000 gift from Larry and Sandy Mahoney to create the Brendan Lawrence Mahoney, M.D., Endowed Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. The scholarship was made in honor of their son Brendan Lawrence Mahoney, M.D., who is a 2020 graduate of…


April 23, 2025

Postpartum Moms at UAMS Begin Receiving Mother & Infant Supply Kits

Linda Satter

Nirvana Manning, M.D., wide portrait

LITTLE ROCK — Nurses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) began distributing Mother & Infant Supply Kits this month to mothers of newborns at the UAMS Health Medical Center in Little Rock. The kits contain items to support infant health and safety, development and safe sleep practices. Kits include baby shampoo, baby…


April 22, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies

Marty Trieschmann

Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D.

Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the research on the process…



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