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UAMS's Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a panel discussion on the documentary Dream Land.

Dream Land Discussion: How West Ninth Street Shaped Little Rock

March 25, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a virtual event to discuss Dream Land, a documentary about Little Rock’s West Ninth Street and how urban renewal shaped the Black community.

Benjamin Teeter

College of Pharmacy Researcher, Co-Authors Win 2021 Best Paper Award

March 24, 2022 | Benjamin Teeter, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, and his collaborators won the 2021 Best Paper Award in Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP). The publication, “Perceptions of HPV Vaccination and Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration Models to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates,” is part of a growing body of research into implementing...

picture of Erica Malone, Ph.D., sitting in front of three animal hearts

UAMS Experts Teach High School Students About Medical Technology, Workings of the Heart

March 23, 2022 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) experts in technology and anatomy teamed up March 2 to take a group of high school sophomores on a virtual journey through the heart. The 39 sophomores who participated were members of the American Heart Association’s Sweetheart Program, which for 15 years has been educating high school girls...

Justin Hire, M.D.

Justin Hire, M.D., Joins UAMS as Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

March 22, 2022 | Justin Michael Hire, M.D., a decorated U.S. Army veteran who is fellowship-trained in pediatric orthopaedics, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. An assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hire sees patients exclusively at Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale. “I am...

UAMS is closing its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the Monroe Building at 4 p.m. Friday, March 18.

UAMS to Close COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, Drive-Thru Testing Site

March 17, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will close its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the Monroe Building at 4 p.m. Friday, March 18. UAMS will continue to offer COVID vaccines through individual clinics. Additionally, the COVID testing drive-thru site, located at Shuffield Drive and Jack Stephens Drive on the UAMS campus, will close at 4 p.m. Friday, March 25.

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