March 5, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is holding a free 2025 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on Saturday, March 15, to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.
March 5, 2025 | The UAMS College of Health Professions is home to the nation’s oldest and largest Medical Laboratory Science program, a testament to its long-standing commitment to excellence and innovation in healthcare education.
March 5, 2025 | Khi Ellison, a College of Health Professions speech-language pathology student, said she experienced something new when entering the program last fall — a supportive environment. “You know, I’m not really used to being welcomed with open arms, especially in the medical field,” Ellison said. “I was surprised at how welcoming and understanding and how friendly...
March 5, 2025 | Later this spring, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will open the first pediatric vestibular clinic in Arkansas. The new clinic will be under the direction of Madison Howe, Au.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in the College of Health Professions. In 2024, Howe received a $40,000...
March 4, 2025 | After meeting as pharmacy students and beginning their careers in Kentucky, Lauren Glaze, Pharm.D., and Bobby Glaze, Pharm.D., call Camden, Arkansas, their home. Still, more than a decade after their fourth-year rotations in pharmacy school, a piece of their hearts remains in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. The experiences the couple had on the Crow Creek...
March 3, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing invested Elizabeth Riley, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, an associate professor and the director of the College of Nursing Master of Nursing Science Program, as the inaugural holder of the Carol Silverstrom Professorship in Nursing in a Feb. 24 ceremony. “I am deeply...
March 3, 2025 | Pharmacies across Arkansas are offering diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) programs as part of a collaboration with AR Health Ventures and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation to help rural, diabetic Arkansans better understand and manage their diabetes. Funded by the U.S Centers for Disease Control &...
Feb. 28, 2025 | A pair of community engagement programs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships will be able to accept more students this year thanks to support from a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. David Becton, M.D., a pediatric hematologist and oncologist who treats...
Feb. 27, 2025 | Faculty members from various colleges gathered earlier this month in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Simulation Center to learn effective ways of supporting students in difficulty, including how to steer them toward helpful resources. It was the first in a series of educational sessions for faculty focusing on supporting students in difficulty....
Feb. 26, 2025 | The Department of Dental Hygiene in the College of Health Professions and the UAMS Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic recently received $30,000 from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation.