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Water Safety


These programs were first broadcast the week of June 20, 2025.

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June 19, 2025


UAMS Earns Initial Accreditation for Family Medicine Residency Program in El Dorado


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a family medicine rural track residency program in El Dorado. The new residency program will focus on full scope family medicine with a unique emphasis on obstetrics. Recruiting for the program will…

UAMS Clinic in El Dorado


Message from UA System President Jay B. Silveria to UAMS


Lt. Gen. (Retired) Jay B. Silveria, President of the University of Arkansas System, recorded a special message for Team UAMS about the search for the next chancellor of our university. In his message, President Silveria discusses the process and names the chair of the search committee. Please tune in to watch the video message. A transcript is included with the video post.

University of Arkansas System, Message from the President


UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology


Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John…

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the playoff round of the competition as Victoria Bourgeois, MBA, stands by.

June 18, 2025


Kari Weber, Ph.D., MHS, Grateful for Her Path to Becoming a Public Health Professional


Kari Weber, Ph.D., MHS, is an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology. Whenever she reflects on her route to obtaining a career in public health, Weber is filled with gratitude. “I’ve learned to love people,” she said. “I think everyone…

Weber

June 17, 2025


UAMS Names Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, Vice Chancellor of the Division of People and Culture


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, the vice chancellor for the Division of People and Culture, effective June 16. Gittens has been serving as interim vice chancellor since March 14, while continuing to lead the Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships. “With more than 11,000 employees,…

Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, is the new vice chancellor for the UAMS Division of People and Culture.


UAMS Performs Groundbreaking Epilepsy Surgery as Part of FDA-Approved Clinical Trial


LITTLE ROCK — Surgeons from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the first transplantation in Arkansas of interneuron cell therapy, called NRTX-1001, into a patient with non-lesional epilepsy as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial under way at multiple locations across the United States. Four months later, the 33-year-old patient, who…

Tyler Priddy stands outside in a UAMS garden in May, after a follow-up appointment.

June 16, 2025


Father’s Cancer Battle Inspires Son’s Research


When Don Tackett learned that he had prostate cancer, his first call was to his son, Alan. “It was difficult to hear,” said Alan Tackett, Ph.D., a leading UAMS cancer researcher whose life’s work collided with his father’s health that day. “I’m used to researching cancer, but not my father being a cancer patient,” said…

Father’s Cancer Battle Inspires Son’s Research

June 13, 2025


Lymph Nodes


These programs were first broadcast the week of June 16, 2025.

lymph

June 12, 2025


UAMS Mourns Death of Famed Neurosurgeon M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D.


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was saddened to learn of the June 11 death of M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D., an internationally renowned pioneer in neurosurgery who is often referred to as the “Father of Modern Microneurosurgery.”  

Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D.


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