April 3, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — The UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation will graduate seven community health workers (CHW) this month, celebrating the first class to complete the one-year Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Program. The institute, formerly the UAMS Office of Community Health & Research, has enrolled 88 CHWs from 21 counties across Arkansas since starting...
April 2, 2024 | Prominent cancer epidemiologist, Yong Zhu, Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as associate director for population science and translational science. He also holds an appointment as professor of epidemiology in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Zhu joins UAMS after serving for...
April 1, 2024 | Proper eye protection is highly important when viewing an eclipse, said experts at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. On April 8, the continental United States will be treated to a total eclipse of the sun. This amazing phenomenon will be the first total eclipse to cross...
March 29, 2024 | A workshop held March 18-20 attracted undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty from institutions across the state to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to learn about genome sequencing. About 30 graduate students and faculty members attended in person, while another 30 joined online. They listened to lectures during the first two days,...
March 29, 2024 | The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently welcomed visitors at an open house. The Oral Health Clinic staff handed out oral hygiene supplies and spoke with the many guests who came through. “The UAMS Oral Health Clinic is a tremendous asset not only...
March 28, 2024 | Cynthia Lewis, faculty in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has been reappointed to another term on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH). Lewis, associate professor and director of the college’s Office of Professional Development and Program Evaluation, will collaborate with the...
March 28, 2024 | The rain and fog outside didn’t dampen the bright smiles inside as students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Medicine Class of 2024 gathered March 15 in downtown Little Rock for its Match Day celebration. Inside a second-story ballroom in Robinson Center, where the Broadway Bridge over the Arkansas River...
March 27, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the grand opening of the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in El Dorado. The Family Medical Center is located at 620 W. Grove St., Suite 202, in the former home of the South Arkansas Physician Group clinic. The clinic’s team...
March 27, 2024 | Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently elected president of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors. Stowe was appointed to the ACPE board by the American Association of College of Pharmacy. Her one-year term as president began in January and...
March 26, 2024 | Katie Leath, MPH, M.A., the director of the Center for Health Literacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Center for Plain Language. The Center for Plain Language, formed in 2003 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a nonprofit organization that helps government...