Jan. 26, 2016 | William C. “Bill” Culp, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become the first recipient of the Jonathan S. Fitch Distinguished Chair in Stroke and Neurocritical Care. Culp was invested with the chair in a ceremony Jan. 19 at UAMS. The endowed chair is named for former state lawmaker Jonathan Stuart...
Jan. 20, 2016 | Jan. 20, 2016 | Many Arkansas children and adolescents with behavioral health problems do not have immediate access to a child psychiatrist. While they wait on referral, UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) are working together to ensure help from other health care professionals is on the way. A nationwide shortage of child psychiatrists is...
Jan. 19, 2016 | Jan. 19, 2016 | Improving patient safety is at the heart of the Simulation Outreach to Address Patient Safety (SOAPS) project. The Blue & You Foundation awarded UAMS $110,752 to the one-year simulation education outreach project, which is led by Muhammad Jaffar, M.D., the principal investigator and a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department...
Jan. 12, 2016 | Jan. 12, 2016 | Two UAMS medical students have been recognized for their academic achievements. Natashia Piazza Bottoms, a third-year medical student at UAMS’ northwest Arkansas campus, received the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for 2015 for achieving the highest score on the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1, an exam more commonly...
Jan. 5, 2016 | Jan. 5, 2016 | Developing an innovative approach that helped older women incorporate physical activity into their daily lives has led to national award for Leanne Lefler, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. Lefler was one of ten nurses in the United States to...
Dec. 29, 2015 | As the inaugural physical therapy class at the UAMS northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville finishes its first semester, students are as enthusiastic as ever. Student Scott Van Camp finds it both humbling and exciting to be a part of the first class headed by John Jefferson, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physical Therapy in...
Dec. 28, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2015 | UAMS experienced a year of growth and transformation in 2015 that reached all areas of patient care, education and research. During this time of development, UAMS saw many changes in leadership. In January, Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., announced her retirement as provost effective June 30 after more forty years at UAMS....
Dec. 23, 2015 | Dec. 23, 2015 | The American Heart Association has recognized UAMS as a “Fit Friendly Company,” for being an employer that “goes above and beyond when it comes to their employees’ health.” Among the requirements to be named “Fit Friendly” are offering employees physical activity support, increasing healthy eating options at work and promoting a...
Dec. 18, 2015 | Dec. 18, 2015 | Three UAMS Medical Center employees were honored Dec. 14 with The Eli Award for going above and beyond to care for two hospital patients. Sonia Criswell, R.N., Amber Danner, R.N., and Libby Grobmyer, associate clinical chaplain, received the awards. “These women exemplify the loving, compassionate care our family received when our twins...
Dec. 17, 2015 | Here are recent achievements by members of the College of Health Professions faculty. Jennifer Vincenzo, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, was selected in November for a 2016 fellowship for junior faculty by the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program administered by the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The fellowship program...