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Tina Hedrick from AFMC leads CHWs in an exercise on anatomy as part of the DEEP training program.

New UAMS Initiative Trains Community Health Workers to Provide Diabetes Support in Rural Pharmacies

Oct. 11, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation launched a statewide initiative to train community health workers (CHWs) to provide diabetes support using the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) curriculum. This training, which is part of a larger statewide initiative to empower local communities to improve diabetes management and outcomes,...

Students on a workshop panel discuss their scholastic and clinical training experiences. The panelists and the programs they are in are, left to right: A’Javius Brown – Dental Hygiene; Allison Weaver – Radiologic Imaging Sciences; Macy McPhillips – Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Patricia Nyangoma – Cytology; Erin Flanagan – Medical Laboratory Sciences; and Madison Hefner – Occupational Therapy.

College of Health Professions Welcomes Academic Advisors to UAMS

Oct. 10, 2024 | The UAMS College of Health Professions held its first Academic Advisory Workshop on the Little Rock campus this month.

Not Your Typical Advocates — A Salute to The Hat Club of Little Rock and its Philanthropy for the UAMS NICU

Oct. 10, 2024 | Advocates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) come in many forms — volunteers, donors, alumni and board members to name a few. Though not fitting neatly within any given category, taking a unique and creative approach towards fundraising, The Hat Club of Little Rock is a group that UAMS is fortunate to...

UAMS Deploys Mobile Health Unit to South Arkansas

Oct. 9, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) deployed a mobile health unit in south Arkansas to provide better access to health care in Ashley, Columbia, Ouachita and Union counties.

An audience of mostly health care professionals listens as stroke survivors share their experiences.

Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, Experts Share Insights at UAMS Stroke Conference

Oct. 9, 2024 | Four stroke survivors and about a dozen clinicians who work with stroke patients shared insights and expertise at the 2024 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Stroke Conference. The daylong event, held September 13 in the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens & Neurosciences Institute, was presented by the UAMS Comprehensive Stroke Center to highlight statewide...

Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., (left) is the first UAMS researcher to receive the prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., First at UAMS to Receive NIH New Innovator Award

Oct. 8, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., has received the prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

UAMS Milk Bank Sends First Shipment to NWA, Makes Delivery to Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas’ NICU

Oct. 7, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK —The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers has received its first delivery of donated breast milk from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank. It is also the first delivery from the UAMS Milk Bank to Northwest Arkansas. “We are thrilled to celebrate this...

Urologic Oncologist Marcelo Bigarella, M.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Oct. 7, 2024 | Fellowship-trained urologic oncologist Marcelo Bigarella, M.D., has joined the Division of Urology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, where he specializes in the diagnosis and management of urologic cancers, such as prostate, kidney, testicular, bladder, penile and adrenal cancer. Bigarella joined UAMS after completing a fellowship in...

Harriet Washington stands in front of the stage in Smith Auditorium while discussing the history in the U.S, of racial health disparities.

Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Focuses on Historic Disparities in Health Care

Oct. 7, 2024 | The history of U.S. health care has long ignored the impact of and on African Americans, and Harriet Washington wants to change that. On Sept. 25 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), she presented “Medical Apartheid … and Beyond” as part of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture series. Washington, an award-winning...

College of Public Health Students Promote the Value of Coping with Stress

Oct. 4, 2024 | Students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health converted a cabinet into a relief center for classmates burdened by stress. Data has revealed that stress can lead to an individual developing mental and physical ailments. Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D., associate professor in the college’s Department of Health...