Sept. 7, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation committed $2 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The gift will support construction of the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center in Springdale, Arkansas, which is scheduled to open in summer 2025. “The Walker Foundation has been instrumental in the...
Sept. 6, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) opened the UAMS Milk Bank, the first facility of its kind in Arkansas, during a Sept. 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Sept. 6, 2023 | The Arkansas Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) Network is a growing coalition of ministries and nonprofits striving to address access to care, health disparities and health info gaps throughout the state. The FAITH Network is a platform of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department...
Sept. 5, 2023 | The Aug. 25 valediction ceremony for the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2023 celebrated the completion of the students’ studies and the end of the first decade of Physician Assistant Studies degree program.
Sept. 5, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D., recently received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Stolarz, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, is the principal investigator on a study...
Sept. 1, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Class of 2027 received their white coats in a ceremony Aug. 25, marking their transition into pharmacy school. The ceremony, held at Connor Performing Arts Center at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, is the first of three milestone events on the students’ path to...
Aug. 31, 2023 | A group of students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology attended the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) conference in Portland, Oregon, thanks to a partnership that promotes diversity. At the event, the students received a chance to attend symposiums, present research and...
Aug. 31, 2023 | UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology faculty members on Aug. 18 helped students put on their white coats and celebrate the start of their postgraduate studies. At the department’s White Coat Ceremony, each student walked to the front of the auditorium, and two faculty members held up the coats as...
Aug. 31, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS Health) is the first health organization in Arkansas to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Certification in Spinal Fusion. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care....
Aug. 30, 2023 | Kandy Salter, OTD, has been named the director of the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.