Sept. 13, 2022 | Sunny R. K. Singh, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist/oncologist and director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock. Singh oversees all operations at the satellite cancer center jointly operated by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute...
Sept. 12, 2022 | Laura Gressler, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, has been included in this year’s class of Arkansas Business’ The New Influentials: 20 In Their 20s, a list of talented young leaders in Arkansas’ business and nonprofit communities. Honorees must...
Sept. 12, 2022 | UAMS Oncologists Appointed to National Board The Breast Cancer program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has earned reaccreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Ronda S. Henry-Tillman, M.D., chief of Breast Oncology at UAMS, has been appointed vice chair of NAPBC, along with...
Sept. 9, 2022 | What the members of the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2022 went through to get to their Aug. 26 Valediction Ceremony marking the completion of their studies was and probably will remain singular in the program’s history.
Sept. 8, 2022 | Until the Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit opened last month in Fayetteville, too often the choices for those going through a mental-health crisis were limited: jail or the hospital.
Sept. 8, 2022 | Kevin Sexton, M.D., stepped into the role as president of BioVentures LLC this year with a vision and a plan for increasing commercialization resources to UAMS-affiliated researchers.
Sept. 7, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health is conducting trainings to address unconscious biases in health care. The trainings are supported by a $600,000 grant from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Cindy Lewis, MSPH, associate professor and director of the office of professional...
Sept. 6, 2022 | FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansans were more likely to rely on food pantry services following income loss or the diagnosis of a serious illness, according to a study published recently by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research.
Sept. 2, 2022 | During a recent visit with University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers, Patrick McGuigan from U.S. Sen. John Boozman’s office said the research team’s newly funded project will help ensure that veterans who were exposed to open burn pits receive appropriate health care. Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., UAMS vice chancellor for Research and Innovation and...
Sept. 1, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received grants from the Walmart Foundation, $250,000, and the Alice L. Walton Foundation, $100,000, to support the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Farmers’ Market Alliance’s Double Your Dollars program, an initiative that provides residents access to affordable, healthy foods at farmers markets. Created in 2012 to...