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Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., director of UAMS’ Health and the Legal System (HEALS) Lab.

Researchers Forming Alliance to Help Women Who Have Been Incarcerated

June 6, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help launch an alliance of Arkansas organizations that provide services to women who have been incarcerated.

Hayley Melvin, left, receives the Customer Service Award from Ashley McMillan, D.D.S.

Winners of College’s 2023 Staff Excellence Awards Named

June 5, 2023 | In April, the College of Health Professions announced the recipients of the 2023 Staff Excellence Awards. Hayley Melvin, a dental assistant in the Center for Dental Education, was the recipient of the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Jeffrey DeSantis, assistant director of assessment in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, was the recipient of the Excellence in...

Tom Jones, M.Ed., RRT, CPFT, is the chair and program director and assistant professor in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Respiratory Care.

Spotlight on the Department of Respiratory Care

June 5, 2023 | The College of Health Professions Department of Respiratory Care offers Arkansas’ only baccalaureate entry-to-practice respiratory therapy program and online A.S. to B.S. degree advancement program. The program is currently awaiting final approval of accreditation for the Masters of Science in Respiratory Care program, set to launch in fall 2024. The MSRC program will be one...

Lisa Jansen, Ph.D.

Unexpected Opportunities, Passion to Improve Health Brought Lisa Jansen to UAMS

June 5, 2023 | Chance encounters and a journey that began in a softball field in Germany brought UAMS assistant professor and researcher Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., to UAMS. She hopes the research she’s doing here now will succeed in improving the health outcomes for women with high-risk pregnancies and their children. Jansen is an assistant professor of clinical nutrition...

Convocation

College of Public Health Students, Faculty and Staff Celebrated at Convocation

June 2, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health held its 2023 convocation, celebrating the success of students, faculty and staff. Dean Mark Williams, Ph.D., slowly gazed over the massive crowd packed into an auditorium in the Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building before expressing his excitement for the...

The 2023-2024 KL2 Scholars are (l-r, clockwise from top): Mary “Katy” Allison, Michail Mavros, Brian D. Piccolo, Megha Sharma, Ankita Shukla and Alicja Urbaniak.

Six Early-Career UAMS Researchers Receive KL2 Scholar Awards

June 1, 2023 | Six early-career researchers have been selected to receive two years of funded translational research training and support in the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards Program. The promising junior faculty researchers were selected for the 2023-2024 program through a competitive application process. KL2 scholars receive two years of mentored...

Members of the UAMS Movement Disorders Team

UAMS Huntington’s Disease Clinic Receives Renewed Designation as a Center of Excellence

June 1, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The Huntington’s Disease Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received a three-year designation as a Center of Excellence by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA), signifying that it provides the best possible care for patients and families. It is the only HDSA Center of Excellence in...

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