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UAMS HEALERS Program Resumes after Two-Year Pause
After a two-year pause due to COVID concerns, rising juniors and seniors from Pulaski County high schools returned to the UAMS campus to partake in the HEALERS program. This program is a hands-on, interactive learning experience open to students in Pulaski County interested in working in the medical field. More than 100 applicants applied to…
July 11, 2022
UAMS Midsouth Black Expo Set for July 30
LITTLE ROCK — The 18th Annual UAMS Midsouth Black Expo, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), invites you to a free event highlighting health education, cancer screenings, minority-owned businesses and family-friendly entertainment.
Father Fights Sickle Cell’s ‘War on the Inside’ to Spend More Time with Family
Tyrrence Sanders, 31, wants his children to know they can do anything they put their minds to. And he plans to be there with them, every step of the way. “Spending time with family is the most important thing to me,” he said. It’s a feeling that’s deeply embedded in his own experience. Sanders grew…
July 8, 2022
Zaller Works with Pulaski County Correctional Facilities to Promote HIV Awareness
A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health is teaching individuals in correctional facilities about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Led by Nick Zaller, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, this HIV awareness initiative is a research project of the college’s…
July 7, 2022
UAMS Accepting Applications for Pathways Academy Program in Jonesboro
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is accepting applications from students in grades nine through 12 for the Pathways Academy program in Jonesboro. Pathways Academy is an innovative educational and community engagement program focused on preparing low-income students for educational and career opportunities in…
UAMS College of Nursing’s Renteria, Whited Chosen For National Association’s Leadership Programs
LITTLE ROCK — Two faculty members from the UAMS College of Nursing have been selected to take part in leadership programs through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Fermin Renteria, DNP, APRN, assistant professor in the College of Nursing, was named to the 2022-23 class of the AACN’s Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing…
July 5, 2022
Pathways Academy Students Participate In Lessons On Healthy Eating
High school students taking part in Pathways Academy’s Pine Bluff program spent two weeks learning about leadership, health and nutrition during a summer intensive camp. Pathways Academy — part of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) — is an educational and community engagement program that…
July 1, 2022
Jones Eye Institute’s Jabbehdari First Female Resident Finalist for ASCRS Award
Sayena Jabbehdari, M.D., MPH, an ophthalmology resident at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, was named runner-up in a national ‘Shark Tank’-style competition held at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s (ASCRS) annual conference.
UAMS SONOcamp 2022 Shows High School Students that “Science Can Be Fun”
June 30, 2022 | As a standardized patient sat at a table and raised his right arm, the left side of an image of his brain lit up on a laptop screen. It showed that the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…
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