May 8, 2025 | Family medicine providers from across the country recently gathered for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) virtual 2025 Family Medicine Spring Review, where they heard updates on colorectal cancer screening, sleep apnea, obesity and mental health. The three-day conference was presented by the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Community Health and...
May 7, 2025 | Ajoke Adebisi-Ogedegbe, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, led a women’s health study recently published by the African Journal of Reproductive Health. Adebisi-Ogedegbe, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research Program, spearheaded the research project, “Two Decades of Women’s Sexual...
May 6, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging hosted a Drug Takeback Day on April 25, inviting patients and employees to safely discard unused medications and learn about the dangers of opioid abuse. Throughout the day, people stopped by the Institute on Aging’s lobby to deposit bottles of medication...
May 5, 2025 | High school students working on research projects at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are a continuing example of UAMS’ commitment to expanding opportunities in biomedical sciences. Nyera Ali, Akshara Chevireddy, Carmella Lewis, and Meera Patel studying under the supervision of scientists and graduate students in the College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry...
May 5, 2025 | Every survivor of a traumatic brain injury has a different story, but resilience is one thing that they all have in common. The 2025 Arkansas Brain Injury Survivors Day celebrated the resilience of survivors and caregivers alike. Held at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service State Office in Little Rock and...
May 2, 2025 | May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —...
May 2, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized top-achieving students and faculty at its Spring Awards on April 17. The awards were held in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building in conjunction with Student Research Day, which was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather. “Through a lot of coordination across multiple...
May 2, 2025 | Students in the College of Health Professions Department of Physician Assistant Studies recently showcased the research they’ve done at UAMS.
May 1, 2025 | Public health professionals from throughout the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fred Smith Auditorium for the 2025 Arkansas Public Health Association and Arkansas Society of Public Health Education Conference. The event was a joint program between the two organizations and featured presentations, Q&A sessions, a meal and vendors from...
April 30, 2025 | April 30, 2025 | Visitors from across the state gathered this month to hear the latest about Parkinson’s disease and Atypical Parkinsonism at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ Parkinson’s Symposium 2025. It marked the 10th year that UAMS experts held the public forum to share the latest advances in diagnoses and treatments...