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Bryant-Moore Named Chair of Advisory Board for National Organization

Nov. 3, 2025 | Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., APRN, will serve as chair of the patient engagement advisory panel (PEAP) for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). A professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Bryant-Moore joins other researchers, patients, policy experts and...

One of the Go Baby Go participants smiles as she drives by on her custom electric ride-on car.

UAMS/UA Go Baby Go Program Expands to Serve More Children

Oct. 30, 2025 | The Go Baby Go project in Northwest Arkansas recently completed its second year of operation, expanding its reach and refining its approach to providing modified electric ride-on cars to children with mobility challenges.

Allen

Cancer Institute Researcher Studying Whether Physical Activity Can Help Breast Cancer Survivors Remain in Workforce

Oct. 30, 2025 | Jaimi “Mimi” Allen, Ph.D., is examining the link between physical activity and employment for Arkansas women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Allen, an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, is leading the project, “Explaining the Potential Role of...

Seventh-grade students from Lacy Academy listen as a senior Respiratory Care student, right, explains a diagnostic procedure to them. The artificial on the table is used in instruction and training in the program.

CHP Program Introduces Seventh Graders to Respiratory Care

Oct. 29, 2025 | The Department of Respiratory Care in the UAMS College of Health Professions (CHP) on Oct. 17 provided a hands-on learning experience to 15 seventh grade students from the Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy in Little Rock. “I think it went really well. These students were really engaged, and obviously very bright. I knew they...

Milk Bank

UAMS Milk Bank Hosts Families for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Oct. 29, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank recently welcomed families to acknowledge October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time for people to recognize the thousands of families who experience perinatal loss every year, and a time to remember the babies who have passed away. The private event Oct. 23...

Scientific illustration of a Micro RNA

UAMS Study Links Molecular Markers to Chronic Health Conditions in Marshallese

Oct. 29, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Differences in molecules that help build DNA could be the key to explaining why the Marshallese community faces high rates of Type 2 diabetes and related chronic health conditions, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds...

Gresham Richter, M.D. (right), discusses his BioVentures-supported invention, the Smart Tracheal Collar, with Dan Voth, Ph.D.

UAMS Showcase Celebrates BioVentures-Supported Research with Commercial Promise

Oct. 28, 2025 | The latest University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Showcase of Medical Discoveries celebrated innovation and entrepreneurship, featuring research supported by BioVentures LLC, UAMS’ technology transfer office and business incubator. Held Oct. 22 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the event highlighted how UAMS investigators are moving their discoveries into technologies and...

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Healthgrades Awards UAMS Five-Star Ratings for Heart Failure, Pneumonia and Sepsis

Oct. 28, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received five-star ratings for its treatment of heart failure, pneumonia and sepsis from Healthgrades, the leading resource used by consumers to find a health care provider. The 2026 specialty ratings, released today, place UAMS among the top 10% of hospitals nationwide recognized for...

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