UAMS Health Names Harrison Reed Chief Administrative Officer

July 17, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — Harrison Reed, MHSA, has been appointed as chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance and strategy for UAMS Health.

UAMS Hosts STEAM Education Camp

July 14, 2023 | Through a collaborative effort of the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 25 students from Reed Elementary in the Dumas School District visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on June 19 as part of a science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM)...

College of Pharmacy Recognizes Outstanding Preceptors for 2022-23

July 13, 2023 | The UAMS College of Pharmacy has recognized a number of outstanding preceptors for their efforts in teaching pharmacy students over the 2022-23 academic year. Preceptors were recognized by the college’s Office of Experiential Education through its advisory committee for showing the highest commitment to student education and engagement. The list includes 10 UAMS Health system...

American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study to Understand Treatment Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

July 12, 2023 | Adam Wolfe, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has received a $583,200 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer, a lethal disease with the highest mortality rate of all cancers. The four-year ACS Clinician Science...

Study Shows Factors that Impact Cancer Survivors’ Likelihood to Maintain Employment

July 11, 2023 | Jaimi Allen, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, led a study that examined factors that often impact a cancer survivor’s job status during and upon completion of treatment. A cancer survivor is someone who has been diagnosed with cancer, regardless of...

UAMS Receives $1 Million FCC Grant to Enroll Arkansans in Affordable Connectivity Program for Broadband Internet

July 11, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) $1 million to fund outreach for the commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps ensure that households across America have access to broadband internet. The FCC created the Affordable Connectivity Program to help households struggling to pay for internet...

UAMS, Arkansas Crime Laboratory Offer Forensic Pathology Fellowship

July 10, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has partnered with the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to offer a one-year fellowship in forensic pathology, starting July 1, 2024.

UAMS Welcomes First Cohort of Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars Program

July 6, 2023 | Seven students from colleges across the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the inaugural Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars program, a three-day session intended to give them the tools they’ll need to gain acceptance to nursing school.   The program, a partnership between the UAMS College of Nursing and the Division for...

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.

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...