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Screen shot of Dr. McGehee at virtual hooding

Grad School Celebrates Graduates Joining Careers of Lifelong Learning

May 22, 2020 | College deans and faculty always go the extra mile to help their students, and this year for UAMS Graduate School Dean Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., that was literal. Usually “the extra mile” involves writing a last-minute recommendation or providing a glowing reference. This year, McGehee put in the miles by driving around Central Arkansas,...

Student being hooded with family

Graduating College of Medicine Class Breaks Tradition, Makes History

May 21, 2020 | When the UAMS College of Medicine held the first virtual Honors Convocation in its 141-year history for the Class of 2020, the faculty balanced this departure from tradition with an extra dose of symbolism. It became clear in the days leading up to the ceremony that the students might not all receive their academic robes...

Chris Long

UAMS Researcher to Use $991,000 to Improve Health of Arkansans with Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes

May 21, 2020 | FAYETTEVILLE – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher recently received a $991,145 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the nutritional health of low-income individuals with type 2 diabetes. Christopher Long, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, will use the  award from the USDA’s National Institute...

Amy James, M.D., M.P.H.

UAMS Medical Student Amy James Receives Prestigious Award from U.S. Public Health Service

May 20, 2020 | Amy James, a senior at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected to receive a 2020 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The national award is given to medical students who are public health champions advancing the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)...

Learning opportunities such as the Academy of Pre-Health Scholars will be moved online to increase safety and provide broader access.

Diversity Summer Outreach Programs Go Digital

May 20, 2020 | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer outreach programs of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have been moved online. The programs, designed to cultivate an interest in health sciences among up-and-coming students from kindergarten to undergraduate levels, particularly underrepresented minority students, include the DDEI STEM Academy, the Academy of Pre-Health Scholars and...

UAMS has established several mobile screening events, like this one in Forrest City.

Blue & You Foundation Supports UAMS Prevention and Treatment Efforts for COVID-19

May 20, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK — Two grants totaling $210,848 from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas will significantly boost the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and slow the spread of infection. The grants are part of a $1.7 million special funding program by the foundation, a...

Members of the genetic counseling class of 2020 gather for a virtual celebration led by department chair Noelle Danylchuk, M.S.

UAMS Graduates 914 Health Care Professionals

May 18, 2020 | Degrees and certificates were conferred to 914 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school on May 16. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no commencement ceremony was held. A digital commencement program can be found here. Degrees were awarded to 165 in the College of Medicine, 255 in the...

In two half-day sessions over two days, several speakers made online, live presentations during the POWER annual meeting in late April.

With COVID-19, POWER Workshop Goes Virtual to Keep Improving Maternal Health

May 14, 2020 | While thousands of professional meetings nationwide were being canceled or postponed because of the health risks from COVID-19, the organizers at UAMS of the annual POWER meeting April 27-28 did what they are so experienced at, moving the in-person experience into the online virtual. “We said, ‘The show is going to go on.’ We are...

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