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UAMS Medical Center Only Hospital in Greater Little Rock Area to Receive ‘A’ Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group

May 1, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit that awards letter grades to general hospitals around the country based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems that hospitals have in place to prevent them.

Nithya Neelakantan, Ph.D., Joins UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

May 1, 2024 | Nithya Neelakantan, Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health as an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Neelakantan earned her master’s degree in biostatistics from Christian Medical College (CMC) in India and a doctorate in epidemiology from Saw Swee Hock School of Public...

UAMS’ Leonie DeClerk, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, Selected as Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

May 1, 2024 | Leonie DeClerk, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, clinical associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has been named as a 2024 inductee in the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners program. The prestigious program recognizes nurse practitioners for their outstanding achievements and exemplary service in the areas of...

UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Excellence at 2024 Dean’s Honor Day

April 30, 2024 | The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated the excellence of faculty and staff at its annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 16, presenting awards for teaching, clinical care, research, administration, humanism and service.

Medicine and Sustainability Lecture at UAMS on May 16 to Focus on ‘Climate, Biodiversity and People’

April 30, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites the public to attend a lecture series on medicine and sustainability on May 16 with a presentation by Stephen T. Jackson, Ph.D., scientist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey.

Experts Share New Treatments, Solutions for Parkinson’s Patients, Caregivers

April 29, 2024 | New treatments for Parkinson’s disease, including drugs that researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been working on for years, will finally become available in pharmacies this year, Rohit Dhall, M.D., predicted at the recent Ninth Annual Parkinson’s Symposium at UAMS. Dhall, who is also the medical director of the UAMS...

Marshallese Women Who Move to U.S. Less Likely to Breastfeed, UAMS Researchers Find

April 29, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — Marshallese women who move to the United States may be less likely to exclusively breastfeed their children as they struggle to find appropriate education and support systems, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS researchers found Marshallese women living in the U.S....

Graduate School Spring Reception Recognizes Top Performers

April 26, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School hailed faculty, staff and student successes at its Spring Awards Reception on April 18. “This is a celebration of all the great work that happens in our Graduate School,” said Dean Sean Taverna, Ph.D., from Biomedical Research Center I’s Helen Guinn Adams Atrium. Lance Benson,...

2024 Career Fair Connects Pharmacy Students with 16 Community Employers

April 26, 2024 | UAMS College of Pharmacy students from the Class of 2024 participated in the college’s annual Career Fair on March 29, learning more about opportunities available to them after graduation. The event, held at the Myers Student Pavilion at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, allows current pharmacy students the chance to network with other members of...

UAMS Hosts Statewide Conference to Showcase Advances in Nursing Research

April 25, 2024 | Nurses and nursing students from across the state gathered April 5 on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus for a conference that highlighted recent advances in research. Organized by the UAMS College of Nursing and the UAMS Office of Continuing Education, the 2024 Arkansas Nursing Research Day conference focused on the theme...