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Building a Coalition of Change — One Pharmacy at a Time
Pharmacies nationwide are in the midst of a transformation, balancing their duties dispensing medicine while increasing the services they provide for patients. However, even as the profession has evolved significantly, there are still many additional opportunities for pharmacists to impact the health and well-being of their communities. It’s transformation that Megan Smith, Pharm.D., an assistant…
April 12, 2022
Webinar Focuses on Health Care for Servicewomen
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Veterans Subcommittee hosted an educational webinar in honor of Women’s History Month focusing on women veterans’ health care.
April 11, 2022
Daniel’s Story: From UAMS Lymphoma Patient to Be a Part of the Cure Walk Coordinator
Imagine you’re 23 and just landed your first promotion at your dream job. All is right with the world. Now imagine being diagnosed with lymphoma at the same time. For UAMS special events coordinator, Daniel Frazier, cancer was not part of the plan. “Whatever plan I thought I had, a cancer diagnosis was nowhere on…
April 8, 2022
Program’s New Motion Analysis Equipment Enhances Research, Education
Mobility has come to the motion capture technology that the UAMS Department of Physical Therapy uses for teaching graduate students and for research. Plans call for its use to be extended to patient care in the near future.
UAMS COVID-19 Study Earns Publication’s Translational Science Award
A UAMS team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy recently received the 2022 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT). The study, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,” became the most downloaded paper in 2021 from ASCPT’s journal Clinical and Translational Science. The study was conducted by…
UAMS College of Medicine Receives $100,000 To Establish Scholarship in Retired Cardiologist’s Name
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $100,000 gift from Rosanne Murphy of Hot Springs to establish an endowed scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. Murphy’s late husband, Marvin L. Murphy, M.D., was a cardiologist at UAMS for 33 years, from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. He was a professor…
UAMS Hires Andy Davis as Vice Chancellor of Institutional Relations
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has hired former Arkansas Rep. Andy Davis as its new vice chancellor of institutional relations. He will start on or around May 1.
April 6, 2022
UAMS Offers Free Art Therapy Classes for Parkinson’s Patients
A free art therapy workshop for patients with Parkinson’s disease will be offered April 19 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church at 12415 Cantrell Road in Little Rock. The Art for Parkinson’s workshop is being offered by the University at Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Movement Disorders Clinic, in partnership with Arts Integration Services of Little…
April 5, 2022
Julie Riley, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Urology
Julie Riley, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an associate professor in the College of Medicine Department of Urology. Riley also serves as the program director for the college’s urology residency program. “We are thrilled with the addition of Dr. Riley to our faculty,” said Timothy Langford, M.D., chairman…
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