May 23, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (HBHE) presented the 2023 Maternal and Child Health Summit. During the summit, researchers, health care professionals and community organizations learned about trends and solutions related to maternal and child health in Arkansas. “Our...
May 22, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today conferred degrees and certificates to 1,096 students in its five colleges and graduate school. Degrees and certificates were awarded to 157 students in the College of Medicine, 210 in the College of Nursing, 524 in the College of Health Professions, 76 in the...
May 22, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing hosted Karen E. Wickersham, Ph.D., RN, of the University of South Carolina for a lecture about her research on cancer survivorship. Wickersham, assistant professor at the Cancer Survivorship Research Center in the University of South Carolina College of Nursing, spoke to UAMS College of...
May 19, 2023 | Along with the 10th class of students to graduate from Project SEARCH on May 16, UAMS and Project SEARCH also reached a milestone – 10 years of working together for the benefit of those students.
May 19, 2023 | A recent University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS ) Fay W. Boozman College of Public of Health graduate led a project examining the use — and effectiveness — of dietary supplements, antimalarial medicines and vitamins during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corbin Norton, M.D., MPH, a urology resident at the University of...
May 19, 2023 | A celebration for the enduring legacy of Edith Irby Jones, M.D., and the scholarship that she inspired was held April 19. The event also provided an opportunity to acknowledge the growth of the Edith Irby Jones, M.D. Endowed Scholarship, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine students that have benefited...
May 18, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion at the Little Rock Zoo on Sunday, May 7.
May 18, 2023 | Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Thursday, May 18, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a new cancer clinic and infusion center on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock. UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Clinic-Little Rock, in Suite 500 of the Hickingbotham Outpatient Center,...
May 18, 2023 | May 18, 2023 | A cancer surgeon and researcher from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, whose work focuses on maximizing the surgical and medical treatment options for patients with melanoma, was the guest speaker May 5 at a lunchtime lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The talk by...
May 17, 2023 | The UAMS College of Pharmacy mourns the loss of retired longtime faculty member Charles K. Born, Ph.D., who died March 15 after an eight-year battle with multiple myeloma. “Charles had a tremendous impact on generations of pharmacists as a faculty member and mentor,” said Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D. “His legacy of educating, mentoring, and caring...