New College of Health Professions Faculty

July 15, 2019 | The College of Health Professions welcomes our newest faculty members!

Researchers Simulate Poverty to Understand Effects on Health

July 12, 2019 | It’s not necessarily a stretch to suggest that the ZIP code of a patient’s home address – or whether they have a home address at all – may offer as much insight into their health as measurements of height, weight, body temperature and blood pressure. “It’s true. Research says that only about 20% of a...

Gardner Urges Graduates to Embody UAMS’ Mission in Their Careers

July 11, 2019 | For the 97 students in the College of Health Professions receiving their master’s and doctoral degrees, the May 17 hooding ceremony represented a long-awaited end of their studies and the beginning of their clinical careers.

CDC Director Discusses Important Public Health Issues for Arkansas

July 9, 2019 | Stigma has no role in public health, said Robert Redfield, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a visit June 27 to UAMS.

NIH Awards Five-Year, $24.2 Million Grant to UAMS Translational Research Institute

July 3, 2019 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced today it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that addresses Arkansas’ biggest health challenges. The Translational Research Institute helps researchers turn their ideas and findings into new medical treatments and other health interventions. Its focus is...

Drug Discovery Colloquium Sparks Friendly Debate

July 2, 2019 | Members of a five-person panel at the Drug Discovery & Development Colloquium on June 14 at UAMS good naturedly sparred over and discussed the frictions and collaborations between academic researchers and pharmaceutical industry. The first question from the audience may have been the most direct one: What is the most promising field? Where is the...

Mark Williams, Ph.D., Named Dean of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

July 2, 2019 | Mark Williams, Ph.D., has been named dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He succeeds founding Dean Jim Raczynski, Ph.D., who stepped down Dec. 31. Jay Gandy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department, had served as interim dean....

Researcher Receives Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from National Consortium

July 2, 2019 | UAMS researcher Tiffany Weinkopff, Ph.D., has received a 2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, which recognizes promising new scientific careers and supports their development. UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Vice Chancellor for Research Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.; and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Lawrence E. Cornett, Ph.D.,...

Cross-Country Cyclists Stop by UAMS Cancer Institute to Promote Research and Fundraising

July 1, 2019 | Nearly 30 students from The University of Texas at Austin in Texas, riding bikes from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, were greeted by cheers recently when they stopped by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The students, part of the 2019 Texas 4000 for Cancer, the longest annual charity bike ride in the world, began...

SONOcamp Aims to Inspire STEM Possibilities for High School Students

June 28, 2019 | “So if I told you this is where the diaphragm sits, where do you think the right superior, middle, and inferior lobes are on him?” Kevin D. Phelan, Ph.D., co-director of the Division of Clinical Anatomy in the UAMS College of Medicine, drew an arc with his finger just along the bottom of the rib...