UAMS Study Finds Digital Barriers May Limit Rural Cancer Survivors from Participating in Research

Nov. 13, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Limited access to digital resources may be one reason why rural cancer survivors are underrepresented in cancer research, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. Researchers found that rural cancer survivors were willing to participate in cancer research studies. However, factors such...

UAMS Researcher Leads $2.2 Million Project Addressing Youth Health in Arkansas

Nov. 12, 2025 | Ann Chou, Ph.D., MPH, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to preventive health services for Arkansas’ youth. “We have challenges in our state and the idea is to work toward improving the situation as...

UAMS Brain Injury Program Trains Law Enforcement on Recognizing, Responding to Brain Injuries

Nov. 12, 2025 | Over the past year, the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation’s Brain Injury Program has begun a major initiative to help law enforcement better recognize and respond to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), aiming to promote safer encounters and deescalate incidents. Already the program has trained hundreds of officers and continues to gain...

Badger Pride Saves Lives: Arkadelphia High FBLA Champions UAMS MammoVan

Nov. 10, 2025 | The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Arkadelphia High School is marking its seventh year of supporting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) MammoVan, a mobile mammography program that provides lifesaving breast cancer screening to women across the Arkansas. What began as a simple pink T-shirt fundraiser in 2018 has grown...

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 14 Programs

Nov. 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 14 grants totaling $273,072 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Nov. 3 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members...

UAMS Employee Overcomes Breast Cancer, Highlights Importance of Yearly Mammograms

Nov. 7, 2025 | Treneica McKnight’s breast cancer journey began in February 2024 with a nagging thought about the mammograms she had missed.   

UAMS Invests Tim Langford, M.D., in Steven K. Wilson Endowed Chair in Prosthetic Urology

Nov. 7, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Tim Langford, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology in the College of Medicine, in the Steven K. Wilson Endowed Chair in Prosthetic Urology during an Oct. 28 ceremony. “This is a tremendous honor for me, and I...

UAMS’ Inaugural Parkinsonism Walk Holds Special Meaning for Many Participants

Nov. 6, 2025 | More than 200 people convened on a Saturday morning at the Little Rock Zoo to raise awareness and funding for programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that support those who are living with Parkinson’s disease and related neurological conditions. Participants in UAMS’ inaugural Parkinsonism Walk, held Nov. 1, followed a 0.3-mile...

Marcia M. Smith Gives UAMS $250,000 to Create Fund for Excellence in Interventional Radiology

Nov. 6, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $250,000 gift from Marcia M. Smith to create the Phillip Lance Smith, M.D., Fund for Excellence in Interventional Radiology for the benefit of the UAMS Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine. The gift was made in recognition of Smith’s late...

Arkansas Native and Liver, Pancreas Cancer Specialist Chad E. Cragle, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Nov. 4, 2025 | Arkansas native Chad E. Cragle, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a surgical oncologist specializing in the treatment of cancers of the liver, pancreatic and biliary system. A board-certified surgeon, Cragle also serves as assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine....