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UAMS Hosts United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) for Digital Health Training Program

March 13, 2023 | Representatives from the United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI) visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI) as part of a three-day digital health training course held March 7-9. Thirteen international health and technology professionals converged on the UAMS Little Rock campus to learn more about applying...

Larry Cornett, Ph.D. (center),received the W. Fred Taylor Ph.D. Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., here with Prakash Nagarkatti, Ph.D., (left), chair of the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation, and Taylor.

UAMS’ Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., Receives National Award for NIH IDeA Contributions

March 13, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., has received the W. Fred Taylor Ph.D. Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program. The award presentation took place Feb. 28 at the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research...

UAMS Contributes to Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

March 10, 2023 | The long-awaited results of a 10-year lung cancer clinical trial that UAMS contributed to were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UAMS was one of 83 centers in the United States, Canada and Australia that participated in the National Cancer Institute-funded trial that showed patients with early-stage lung cancer can be treated...

UAMS leaders and members of the Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit stand together after the closing ceremony.

UAMS Ceremony Recognizes Pioneers in Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit

March 9, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) held a Feb. 28 ceremony to recognize members of UAMS’ 2023 Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit. The exhibit, which was displayed in the hospital’s first-floor admissions and discharge area during Black History Month, highlighted the accomplishments of Black pioneers...

The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected UAMS as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).

UAMS Selected for Schwartz Center’s Inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative

March 8, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).

Hayes Miller of Little Rock was among the expo attendees who joined the UAMS ARresearch registry of potential research volunteers.

UAMS Midsouth Black Expo Draws 2,100 Attendees

March 7, 2023 | Among Thelma Shorter’s first stops at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Midsouth Black Expo was the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s booth offering take-home colorectal screening kits. “For colorectal cancer, and all cancers, it’s better to find out if you are at risk sooner rather than later,” said Shorter of Little...

doctor standing in lobby of the cancer center

Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., Named Chief of UAMS Hematology and Oncology Division

March 7, 2023 | Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Govindarajan, who is also a professor in the division, will lead a growing team of physicians treating patients with benign and malignant...

A student practices intubation on a manikin during the UAMS Pathways Academy College of Health Professions Day.

Students in UAMS Pathways Academy Gain Exposure to Health Professions

March 6, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted high school students from Pathways Academy’s Pine Bluff and Little Rock programs for a day of hands-on learning opportunities provided by the UAMS College of Health Professions. Pathways Academy — part of UAMS’ Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — is an educational and community engagement...

Ukadike Uses College of Public Health Education to Help Provide Well-Rounded Services to His Patients

March 3, 2023 | John Ukadike, D.O., MPH, is a Little Rock Family Medicine resident physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS). He’s a product of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program. Ukadike later went to the New York Institute of Technology, where he earned his doctorate....

Shortly after graduating in 2022, Antonio Martinez, left, and Rush Hemphill achieved perfect scores on the national physical therapy examination.

Two PT Alums Achieve Rare Perfect Scores on National Exam

March 2, 2023 | Rush Hemphill and Antonio Martinez had to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination to start their careers, and in the summer of 2022, they aced it, earning perfect 800 scores. Both graduated in May with Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degrees after three years of study in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of...