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...
Aug. 31, 2022 | The 2022 Stead Scholars stood side by side, smiling and clutching a certificate of achievement as they took a group photo following the program’s closing ceremony. Meanwhile, the scholars’ family members, along with public health professionals from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and the Arkansas...
Aug. 30, 2022 | FAYETTEVILLE – A community need for safer roads to increase physical activity among Forrest City children was addressed through a traffic-calming event coordinated by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. Through their...
Aug. 30, 2022 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research worked with Springdale EAST students and the City of Springdale to install a StoryWalk at Murphy Park. A StoryWalk is a literacy-boosting project that separates and enlarges the pages of a children’s book and displays them on a walking path,...
Aug. 26, 2022 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) nursing students on an accelerated path to their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees participated in a White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 19, at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale.
Aug. 25, 2022 | WASHINGTON, D.C. – AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced more than $255,000 in American Rescue Plan grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program’s food security initiative over the next three years.
Aug. 25, 2022 | Some days, Gabby Rushing, 22, struggles with the daily activities of life, but Saturday, Aug. 20, was not one of them. In a triumph over her physical trials, Rushing set a world record at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the longest time to hold a deep squat.
Aug. 24, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $3.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study acute and delayed injuries caused by full-body radiation exposure from a nuclear accident or bioterrorism.
Aug. 24, 2022 | About 220 pre-teen and teen girls and their mothers, fathers or caregivers attended the inaugural Girlology®, organized by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Held Aug. 7, the gathering offered empowerment through information and the chance to open or strengthen lines of communication. The girls aged 8 to...