UAMS’ Robert Reis, Ph.D., Receives Award from International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences

Dec. 26, 2023 | The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences honored Robert J. Shmookler Reis, Ph.D., a professor and researcher in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, with an award that recognizes advancements in clinical science. Reis received the Jawahar (Jay) Mehta Annual Award for Clinical Scientist during the organization’s North American Section conference...

Head Start Carolers Bring Merriment to UAMS

Dec. 21, 2023 | A delightful tradition continued Dec. 18 as preschoolers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Head Start program delivered a spirited performance, full of holiday cheer. Students from the UAMS Head Start program have sung carols on campus for more than 20 years. Dressed in green T-shirts and Santa caps, 11 carolers, ages...

UAMS Public Health Innovator Joe Bates, M.D., M.S., Fondly Remembered at Book Signing

Dec. 20, 2023 | Colleagues and family reflected on the accomplishments and shared memories of Joe Bates, M.D., M.S., during a book signing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Dec. 8. Larry Floyd, who co-authored “Stalking the Great Killer: Arkansas’ Long War on Tuberculosis” with Bates, led a panel discussion that also included Arkansas Department...

UAMS Receives Top Honors for Stroke Care and Outcomes

Dec. 20, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has again been recognized by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for using the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatment guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes for stroke patients. The highest honor awarded was the Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award, which UAMS received...

UAMS Employee Opens Food Pantry to Feed His Community

Dec. 19, 2023 | Richard Tatum is adamant about addressing food insecurities in his North Little Rock neighborhood. A clinical research coordinator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Center for Research Health and Social Justice, Tatum acknowledges that the status of his community is problematic. “We’re in an area...

UAMS Translational Research Institute Honors Community Partners

Dec. 18, 2023 | For Joyce Raynor, winning the Chancellor’s Community Engaged Research Partner of the Year Award affirmed many years of hard work. “This award means that we’re on the right track,” said Raynor, founder and executive director of the Center for Healing Hearts & Spirits, which helps victims of violence. “It means that our partnership with UAMS...

UAMS Receives Delta Dental Grant to Support Patient Care

Dec. 15, 2023 | Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently renewed a $30,000 grant to the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the free clinic.

Graduate School Awards Reception Showcases Faculty, Student Achievements

Dec. 14, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized faculty and student successes at its Winter Awards Reception on Dec. 7 — and ushered in a new era. Sean Taverna, Ph.D., presided over his first official event as Graduate School dean since succeeding Robert E. McGehee, Jr., Ph.D., on Nov. 1. McGehee had...

UAMS Researchers to Develop, Test PTSD Treatments for Incarcerated Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder

Dec. 14, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A research team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will develop and test new approaches to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening and treatment among incarcerated individuals who are eligible for opioid use disorder (OUD) services. The study, “Developing and Testing Innovative Care Pathways for Screening and Treatment of OUD/PTSD...

UAMS Performs First Kidney-Pancreas Transplant in Arkansas Since 1990s

Dec. 12, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), which is the only hospital in the state performing adult liver and kidney transplants, now offers pancreas transplants. Raj Patel, M.D., surgical director of pancreas transplantation at UAMS, successfully completed the first combined kidney-pancreas transplant in Arkansas since the 1990s on Sept. 1. The 27-year-old patient was...