Nov. 24, 2025 | Melissa Yandell, Ph.D., MHA, enjoys being a faculty member for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Yandell is an assistant professor and associate director of operations for the school’s Master of Health Administration program. She’s responsible for recruiting and advising students, teaching courses, serving as chair...
Nov. 24, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) earned a top honor from the American Heart Association (AHA) Well-being Works Better program.
Nov. 24, 2025 | UAMS has received a $1.5 million National Cancer Institute grant to launch CADET, a new graduate-level certificate program that trains scientists to commercialize cancer-related technologies.
Nov. 21, 2025 | Joycelyn Elders, M.D., the 15th United States surgeon general and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor emeritus of pediatrics and distinguished professor of public health, recently received a major honor.
Nov. 21, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been designated a Center of Excellence for implantation of the Coloplast Titan Inflatable Penile Prosthesis for patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). In a brief Nov. 12 ceremony at the UAMS Health Urology Clinic in the Premier Medical Plaza in Little Rock, Coloplast representative Tyler Schwaller presented...
Nov. 21, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine, in the Ernest J. Ferris, M.D., Chair in Diagnostic Radiology during a Nov. 6 ceremony. “I want to extend my gratitude to the people...
Nov. 20, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $100,000 gift from GoldBug, a Denver-based company specializing in products for babies and young children, to create the Doula and Lactation Training Program Fund in the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation. “I am grateful for Goldbug’s commitment to UAMS as we...
Nov. 19, 2025 | More than 1,100 high school students from dozens of schools across the state took part in the latest virtual Find Your Future in Health Care event, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) program that offers a closer look at a variety of health careers.
Nov. 19, 2025 | The National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) recognized students, faculty and alumni of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy with individual and group awards at its annual national convention, held Oct. 18-21 in New Orleans.
Nov. 19, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $75,000 gift from the Council for Regional Health Education to establish the Senator C. Wayne Dowd Endowed Excellence Fund in Family Medicine to support the Family Medicine Residency Program at the UAMS Southwest Regional Campus in Texarkana, Arkansas. “I want to extend...