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UAMS College of Pharmacy students posing in front of a large APhA sign.

Pharmacy Students Recognized Nationally at APhA Annual Meeting

April 14, 2025 | At this year’s American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting, the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter was named national runner-up in its division, and third-year student Hayden Wood was elected ASP speaker of the house. The college’s ASP student chapter has been named runner-up or division winner multiple times over the...

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UAMS and Partners Building CHW Workforce Amid Passage of the Community Health Worker Act

April 11, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and its partners are continuing to build the state’s community health worker workforce following Gov. Sarah Sanders’ signing of House Bill 1258 on April 3, establishing the Community Health Worker Act. The act formally establishes the role of a...

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Schmieding Foundation Donates $100,000 to UAMS to Establish Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship

April 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Foundation Inc., gifted $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship benefitting the UAMS College of Health Professions at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. “With abundant growth in Northwest Arkansas comes plenty of challenges to the area’s...

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In a First for Arkansas, UAMS Uses NanoKnife Technology to Treat Prostate Cancer

April 9, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first provider in Arkansas of NanoKnife technology, a new form of focal therapy for localized prostate cancer. Focal therapy is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that uses different forms of energy to target only the area of the prostate where cancerous...

Shayla Stinnett, far left, and Andrew Prince, far right, stand with the Cytology Program's Class of 2025 after they put on their white coats for the first time.

Cytology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony

April 9, 2025 | Cytology students in the Class of 2025 donned their white coats for the first time March 21 and celebrated the completion of academic, classroom study and the start of their clinical learning in working laboratories.

Myeloma Center physicians

Looking Toward the Future: Myeloma Center Celebrates 35th Anniversary

April 7, 2025 | The Myeloma Center, located in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has firmly established itself as an international leader in myeloma treatment. From its beginnings in 1989, UAMS’ myeloma program is recognized for detailed patient care, groundbreaking research and pioneering advances in the management of myeloma...

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