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Odell Johnson, Ph.D., Partners with Pulaski County HBCUs and Second Chance Pell Students for Pilot Study
Odell Johnson, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot study linked to the Second Chance Pell Experiment, which is a federal initiative that gives justice-impacted individuals access to a postsecondary education. “The goal of the Second Chance…
January 23, 2024
Arkansan Sees Advanced Cancer Disappear with Experimental Drug Offered at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
A Little Rock man with resistant kidney cancer who underwent experimental immunotherapy in Phase 1 Clinical Trials at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has experienced a complete remission.
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January 19, 2024
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Hold Health Fair in Huntsville on Feb. 9
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will host a free public health fair at the Madison County Public Library in Huntsville on Feb. 9. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library, located at 827 N. College St. Patient navigators from the UAMS…
January 18, 2024
WIC Use Decreased During and After COVID-19
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) found significant declines in WIC participation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The researchers — led by student-researcher and UAMS College of Medicine student Savannah Busch — measured changes in…
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Tags: and Children (WIC), COVID-19, Infants, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, UAMS, university of arkansas for Medical sciences, WIC
January 16, 2024
Inclement Weather Alert
Updated January 17th at 6:50 AM Effective at 8 a.m. today, UAMS is lifting the implementation of its inclement weather policy for its main campus in Little Rock and associated clinics in the surrounding area. Employees in noncritical areas on the main campus who can work from home are asked to do so to free…
January 14, 2024
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
These programs were first broadcast the week of January 15, 2024.
January 11, 2024
UAMS, Western Piedmont Community College Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Student Transfers
Western Piedmont Community College and the UAMS College of Health Professions signed an agreement to help qualified graduates of the community college transfer to the Medical Laboratory Sciences program in the university’s Department of Laboratory Sciences.
Public Health Alum Uses Gardening Expertise to Help Address Arkansas’ Food Access Issues
Entire communities having little — or no — access to fresh, healthy foods is a major issue in Arkansas. There are a multitude of nonprofits, ministries, corporations and citizens working to solve the problem. Jimmy Parks, Dr.PH, an alum of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is part of a network of…
January 9, 2024
January MVP — Angela Ward
Meet Angela Ward, a registered nurse in the UAMS East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena, and the university’s MVP for January 2024. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety. Please read what one of her nominators…
January 5, 2024
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