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Little Rock spine surgeon, Wayne L. Bruffett, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Spine Surgeon Wayne Bruffett, M.D., Joins UAMS

July 5, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock spine surgeon, Wayne L. Bruffett, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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Katy Allison, Ph.D., MPH, Receives KL2 Scholar Award

June 29, 2023 | Katy Allison, Ph.D., MPH, a research assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical (UAMS) Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, said she was grateful for being one of six people selected for the KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards Program. The KL2 program...

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College of Pharmacy’s Kris Dunlap, Pharm.D., Named AACP Distinguished Preceptor

June 28, 2023 | Kris Dunlap, Pharm.D., the pharmacy clinical coordinator for the emergency department at Arkansas Children’s, has been named a Distinguished Preceptor by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Dunlap, a 2006 UAMS College of Pharmacy graduate who has served as a preceptor for the college since 2015, is one of only five distinguished preceptors...

Team members of the UAMS Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research include:, front row: Jinhu Xiong M.D., Ph.D., Amy Sato, Ph.D., Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D.; second row: Janeelle Whitfield, Melda Onal, Ph.D., Qiang Fu, M.D., Ph.D.; third row: Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., Maria Almeida, Ph.D., Roy Morello, Ph.D.; back row: Intawat Nookaew, Ph.D., Ha-neui Kim, Ph.D., and Elena Ambrogini, M.D., Ph.D.

UAMS Bone Research Center Secures Second NIH Grant of Over $11 Million

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...

Chancellor Cam Patterson addresses the audience at the June 23 celebration of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the UAMS Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic.

UAMS Oral Health Clinic Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Expansion

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...

Seven of the Excellence in Mentoring Award recipients pose for a photo after the June 14 ceremony.

Award Ceremony Honors UAMS Faculty, Staff for Excellence in Mentoring

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...

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UAMS Receives $50,000 from Arvest Foundation to Support Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy

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...

Adam Johnson (from left), M.D., Ph.D.; Sharanda Williams, M.A.; John Ukadike, D.O., MPH; Wayne Bryant Jr., M.D.; and William Greenfield, M.D., stand for a group photo after the Black Men in Medicine panel discussion.

UAMS Holds Panel Discussion on Representation of Black Men in Medicine

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...

A group of pregnant women discussing their prenatal needs.

UAMS Taking Group Prenatal Care on the Road through CenteringPregnancy®

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....

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