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UAMS staff conducting blood pressure test

Hundreds Gather at UAMS-Sponsored Health & Wellness Expo

Nov. 9, 2021 | More than 350 Arkansans attended the Health & Wellness Expo, held Oct. 30, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The annual event, sponsored by UAMS and presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, was rebranded from the Senior Expo to present health and wellness information for all Arkansans. Expo attendees took advantage of multiple...

the UAMS Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock.

UAMS, Arkansas Children’s to Offer Pediatric COVID Vaccines

Nov. 8, 2021 | Beginning Nov. 9, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s will offer pediatric COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 at the UAMS Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock.

Edith Paal, M.S.Journ., MPH, is director of the UAMS Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Allen Sherman, Ph.D., is the board chair. The IRB reviews all research to ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of the people who are participating.

UAMS Receives Full Accreditation, Area of Distinction for its Human Research Protection Program

Nov. 4, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Human Research Protection Program was fully accredited recently for another five years by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). UAMS became one of the first 25 institutions in the United States to receive the accreditation in 2005 and has maintained it since...

Fatherhood FIRE program

UAMS Family Wellness Program Graduates First Fatherhood FIRE Participant

Nov. 2, 2021 | The UAMS Community Health and Research (UAMS CHR) Family Wellness program recently graduated its first participant in the Fatherhood FIRE education course. Through Fatherhood FIRE (which stands for Family Focused, Interconnected, Resilient, Essential), Family Wellness staff work with fathers, couples and co-parents to ensure that every child is raised in a safe and nurturing environment...

Dr. Prasad Padala

Padala to Head Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry Residency Program

Nov. 1, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Prasad Padala, M.D., M.S., FACHE, a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Psychiatry, has accepted the position of program director of UAMS’ new collaborative psychiatry residency program with Baptist Health.

UAMS won "Best Company to Work for >250" and "Best Pain Care Clinic" in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Best of the Best Awards.

UAMS Voted ‘Best Company to Work For’ in Best of the Best Awards

Oct. 29, 2021 | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette readers voted the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) the Best Company to Work for >250 in the 2021 Best of the Best awards, while the university’s Interventional Pain Management clinic won for Best Pain Care Clinic.

As UAMS vice chancellor for Research and Innovation, Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., oversees the institution's research enterprise.

UAMS Researchers See 12% Increase in Grant Funding for FY2021

Oct. 28, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliate research institutions saw research funding grow by 12.2% this past year, with $177.4 million in grants by the end of the fiscal year on June 30. It is the second consecutive year with double-digit increases in research funding that comes from...

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