UAMS Family Medicine Department Hosts First Statewide Research Symposium and CARE Awards

July 18, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently brought together family medicine faculty, residents and students from across Arkansas for its inaugural research symposium and first-ever Chair’s Awards for Recognition of Excellence (CARE) Awards.  “For the first time, we’re bringing all 11 family medicine residency programs across the...

College of Public Health Student Receives Oaklawn Foundation Scholarship

July 18, 2025 | Heather Wingo is grateful to the Oaklawn Foundation Scholarship Fund for recently awarding her a $3,000 scholarship. Wingo is a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Doctor of Public Health (Dr.PH.) in Public Health Leadership program. She received encouragement to pursue the degree due...

Sandra and Robert Connor Give $300,000 to Create Distinguished Scholarship in College of Medicine

July 17, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $300,000 gift from Sandra and Robert Connor to create the Sandra and Robert C. Connor Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. The gift was made in recognition of the impact that UAMS will have on Arkansas. It is also...

UAMS Earns Accolades from Arkansas Times’ Readers

July 16, 2025 | Arkansas Times’ readers offered recent praise for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), with the Psychiatric Research Institute, Lee Archer, M.D., and C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., taking home “Best of Arkansas” honors.

Expectant Mothers Throughout State Needed for Doula Training

July 16, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is looking for expectant mothers in 41 Arkansas counties to receive free services from doulas-in-training. The institute is seeking mothers who are expected to give birth before Dec. 1. Accepted mothers will receive the names of doulas-in-training to contact...

Dean’s Message: Williams Lauds College’s Impact 

July 15, 2025 | Greetings alumni and Dean’s Society members, I’m pleased to announce that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health continues to excel despite these trying times for public health and especially public health research.  The college’s faculty, staff and students have remained productive and committed to improving the...

College of Pharmacy’s Eddie Dunn, Pharm.D., Receives APA Lifetime Achievement Award

July 15, 2025 | In recognition of his decades of service to pharmacy education and the profession, the Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA) recently recognized Eddie Dunn, Pharm.D., with its highest honor — a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award caps a 31-year career as an educator for Dunn, a professor of pharmacy practice with the University of Arkansas for Medical...

Erin Jefferson, M.D., Joins UAMS to Lead Women’s Mental Health Clinic in NWA

July 15, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — Erin Jefferson, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Women's Mental Health Program, Northwest Arkansas's first specialized clinic dedicated to perinatal mental health.

UAMS Names Andy Davis Its Chief Transformation Officer

July 11, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Andy Davis, MSCE, PE, as its chief transformation officer (CTO), effective today.

College of Public Health Student Creates Website to Monitor Food Recalls

July 9, 2025 | Wilberforce Twinamatsiko, a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is using modern technology to help people make safe food choices. Twinamatsiko, who’s in the college’s Health Systems and Services Research doctoral program, is spearheading a group that has created a free website, Food Recall...