June 27, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The $11.5 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 grant from the National Institute...
June 26, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health professions were recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best graduate schools in the country. The UAMS College of Medicine continued to climb the rankings, earning 17th place overall in primary care, up from 36th...
June 23, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of its Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic with a ceremony to mark its expansion into a newly remodeled space. The renovated area adds 3,490 square feet to the clinic’s existing footprint. With the...
June 23, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented awards to nine faculty and staff members during a June 14 ceremony that celebrated the service and commitment of mentors throughout the university. Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health, opened the second annual Excellence in Mentoring Awards ceremony with a prerecorded...
June 22, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two grants totaling $50,000 from the Arvest Foundation to benefit the Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence, which will support the UAMS Research Center for Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy. The Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence will provide...
June 21, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) convened a panel discussion that focused on the importance of increasing representation of Black men in the medical field. The “Black Men in Medicine” event featured four panelists from the UAMS College of Medicine. The speakers were Wayne Bryant Jr., M.D., assistant professor in the Department of...
June 21, 2023 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research, recently launched a mobile CenteringPregnancy® program, a group prenatal program that is headed to medically underserved areas across Arkansas. CenteringPregnancy® is prenatal care that includes a woman’s regular health checkup, along with extra time for group learning and sharing....
June 20, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year renewal of funding under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ AHEC Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement (POSME) grant, which will benefit programs administered by UAMS Regional Campuses. The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency in the...
June 20, 2023 | Nikolas Berardi, MHA, a program manager for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute (TRI), credits the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Master of Health Administration program for helping to change his life. That includes putting him in position to work for TRI. “The college and my directors...
June 19, 2023 | Omar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in the nation. A professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and...