Feb. 18, 2025 | Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine. A board-certified radiation oncologist and Arkansas native, Cordova specializes in the treatment of gynecologic, genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers, as well as soft tissue sarcomas. Cordova...
Feb. 14, 2025 | The Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention took center stage in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division of Research and Innovation’s latest Showcase of Medical Discoveries. The center in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health aims to understand the causes of birth defects and to reduce the...
Feb. 13, 2025 | Six students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Feb. 5 to observe health professionals in the field of radiology. The inaugural Radiology/Imaging Job Shadow Day was hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology and UAMS Health’s Imaging Services in...
Feb. 12, 2025 | In biomedical research, some leaders not only advance their field but also build communities around it. Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., is one such leader. Since joining the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1999, his name has become synonymous with implementation science, not just within Arkansas, but across the globe. Curran’s journey into implementation...
Feb. 11, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been designated the state’s only Center of Excellence for implantation of the AMS 700 Inflatable Penile Prosthesis, a long-term treatment option for patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is a common condition that is believed to affect more than half of men between...
Feb. 10, 2025 | Gili G. Halfteck, M.D., Ph.D., and Sandra M. Garcia-Osogobio, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as breast, endocrine and colorectal cancer surgeons. Both also serve as assistant professors in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Halfteck is a breast and endocrine cancer...
Feb. 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health will offer an Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) doctoral program beginning in the fall 2025 semester. Students in the multidisciplinary program will learn how the environment impacts human health. According to Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D., associate professor in the...
Feb. 6, 2025 | Hundreds of health care professionals, caregivers and family members of people with schizophrenia gathered at the Fayetteville Town Center on Jan. 30 to learn about the symptoms, misconceptions and treatment of the illness, as well as the experiences of the nearly 3 million American adults with schizophrenia. The conference, hosted by the University of Arkansas...
Feb. 5, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas mothers who live in rural areas and/or who have a Medicaid-covered birth are less likely to receive early prenatal care or receive an adequate number of prenatal care visits, according to a study published recently by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation.
Feb. 4, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomes the public to an open house Feb. 13 at its new off-campus plastic surgery clinic. The UAMS Health Plastic Surgery Clinic’s Open House will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the sixth floor of the Freeway Medical Tower at 5800 W....