UAMS Research Highlights Innovative, Community Driven Approaches to Combat Food Insecurity in Arkansas

July 28, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Two studies led by researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) spotlight the daily struggles of food-insecure Arkansans and offer new insights into community driven solutions to address hunger in one of the nation’s most food-insecure states. The research, conducted through UAMS’s Institute for Community Health Innovation, reveals the...

UAMS Researchers Study Effect of Nutritional Support in Cancer Care

July 25, 2025 | A group from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is leading a study that addresses food security among cancer patients. The UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Obesity, along with the UAMS Culinary Medicine program and clinical oncology social workers, are collaborating to conduct the study,...

Sravani Gundarlapalli, M.D., Joins UAMS Division of Hematology Oncology

July 24, 2025 | Sravani Gundarlapalli, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a hematologist oncologist and assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Division of Hematology Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine. Board-certified in internal medicine, Gundarlapalli joins the state’s most experienced hematology oncology team that leads Arkansas’ only stem cell...

For 11th Consecutive Year, UAMS Recognized for Providing High-Quality Stroke Care

July 24, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association have again recognized the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke care. UAMS has received the AHA Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring that stroke...

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Partners with Arcare to Boost Colorectal Cancer Screenings in State

July 23, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — A new partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ARcare aims to dramatically improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties where late-stage diagnoses and cancer disparities are on the rise.

Alexis House, D.O., Joins UAMS’ Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic

July 22, 2025 | Alexis House, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will treat patients at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. She also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics. House earned her Bachelor of Science in...

UAMS Researchers Identify Digital Health as Bridge for Essential Postpartum Care Services

July 22, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Digital health care, such as virtual doctor’s appointments, could fill gaps in care services for postpartum mothers and help their doctors identify critical needs earlier, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation. In a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics...

UAMS Receives $75,000 Grant for Statewide Family Medicine Residency Learning Network

July 21, 2025 | A $75,000 grant from the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation will help the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to develop an educational collaborative aimed at improving and unifying family medicine residency programs across Arkansas. The three-year seed grant will help create the Arkansas Family Medicine Residency Network Educational Collaborative, a new initiative...

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...