Jan. 23, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — After a national search, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s have named Jason Williams, Psy.D., M.S.Ed. to lead their work together to improve pediatric mental and behavioral health statewide.
Jan. 23, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has renewed its membership with the Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center. The center is a coalition of schools and agencies focused on providing public health workforce development while also advancing public health initiatives throughout the five-state region....
Jan. 20, 2023 | Jan. 20, 2023 | Much remains unknown about Huntington’s disease, an inherited brain disorder that tends to surface in a person’s 30s or 40s and causes progressively worsening motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. That’s why participants are needed for ongoing clinical trials, according to doctors and researchers who spoke during the annual Huntington’s Disease Symposium...
Jan. 20, 2023 | All Quatisa East wanted was for her infant daughter, Dallas Carter, to be able to see. A rare diagnosis of retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye, threatened that possibility. “I didn’t give up on her — everything I’ve done is just being a mother,” said the 29-year-old. It’s been a long road for Dallas and...
Jan. 19, 2023 | The Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) program recently celebrated the achievements of its first class of students, who earned their degrees after a challenging three years that included the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the official University of Arkansas commencement on December 17, 2022, the program provided an intimate doctoral hooding and pinning ceremony for the 25...
Jan. 18, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support its role in a collaboration to improve school playgrounds in Little Rock. Year one of the 4-year (NIH) grant is for $389,847. Funding for the following years will...
Jan. 17, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Michelle W. Krause, M.D., MPH, senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health and chief executive officer for UAMS Medical Center, and Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA, chief clinical officer for UAMS Medical Center. Both have been serving in these roles on an interim basis since September 2022.
Jan. 17, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The Arkansas Department of Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are partnering with Count the Kicks, an evidence-based stillbirth prevention campaign, to educate expectant parents in Arkansas about the importance of tracking a baby’s movements daily in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Jan. 13, 2023 | When retired Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, M.D., approached gift officers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) about the possibility of developing a College of Medicine scholarship for his graduating class of 1980, he wondered how many classes had sponsored such scholarships. “Looking into scholarship participation among classes, I saw that most...
Jan. 12, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A study led by a recent University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health graduate, revealed that a rise in home health care spending could become an issue for Medicare nationally and in Arkansas. Robert Schuldt, Ph.D., a spring 2022 graduate of the college’s Health...