Aug. 7, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — Richard B. Chastain, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a family medicine physician at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville. Chastain brings more than a decade of experience in patient-centered care, clinical education and leadership. A native of Arkansas and an alumnus of the UAMS...
Aug. 6, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is rated among the top 10% nationally for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2025-2026 Best Hospitals ranking.
Aug. 5, 2025 | Nearly two dozen junior high and senior high school students recently spent a week on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus for a new program that highlighted the importance of data science in health care. The AR Health Data Scholars’ Summer Bootcamp, sponsored by UAMS Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships and funded...
Aug. 5, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — New findings at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) toward unlocking the secrets of a stealthy virus linked to cancer have led to two grants totaling $3.42 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mark Manzano, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and...
Aug. 4, 2025 | Madeline Butera, a fourth-year student with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently appointed to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Pharmacy Student Forum Advisory Group. The ASHP Pharmacy Student Forum has four advisory groups that provide advice and guidance regarding the unique needs of its members and...
Aug. 1, 2025 | Sydnye Shuttleworth, a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and an affiliate trainee member of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship award for aspiring physician-scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Aug. 1, 2025 | Arkansas Rep. Aaron Pilkington, MHA, has been involved with the health care industry for most of his life, which factored greatly into his drive to improve the health of Arkansas’ women and children. “I’ve been around hospitals, clinics throughout my life,” he said. “It was almost a foregone conclusion that I’d work at one. I’ve...
July 31, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $720,702 gift from the trust of the late Frank Threlkeld, M.D., to support key initiatives in the UAMS College of Medicine. “UAMS is deeply thankful to be included in Frank Threlkeld’s legacy of generosity, a gesture that is especially meaningful considering that...
July 30, 2025 | Students from 36 colleges and universities along with eight high schools across the United States presented research during the 12th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The event, held July 23 at the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building, was organized and sponsored by the UAMS College of...
July 29, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK - David Catlin, M.D., is joining the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Department of Psychiatry as an assistant professor.