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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Host Town Hall on Clinical Trials in Monticello on Dec. 2
The public is invited to a town hall meeting about cancer clinical trials at noon Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Monticello Branch Library, 114 W. Jefferson Ave., in Monticello, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is hosting the free event to share information with area residents about…
November 20, 2025
GoldBug Gives $100,000 to Create Fund Supporting Maternal Health Training
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $100,000 gift from GoldBug, a Denver-based company specializing in products for babies and young children, to create the Doula and Lactation Training Program Fund in the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation. “I am grateful for Goldbug’s commitment to UAMS as we…
UAMS Program Stokes High School Students’ Interest in Health Careers
More than 1,100 high school students from dozens of schools across the state took part in the latest virtual Find Your Future in Health Care event, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) program that offers a closer look at a variety of health careers.
November 19, 2025
College of Pharmacy Faculty, Students and Alumni Recognized with National Awards
The National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) recognized students, faculty and alumni of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy with individual and group awards at its annual national convention, held Oct. 18-21 in New Orleans.
Council for Regional Health Education Gift to UAMS Creates Endowed Fund to Support Southwest Arkansas Residencies
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $75,000 gift from the Council for Regional Health Education to establish the Senator C. Wayne Dowd Endowed Excellence Fund in Family Medicine to support the Family Medicine Residency Program at the UAMS Southwest Regional Campus in Texarkana, Arkansas. “I want to extend…
UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters
Michael J. Birrer, director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS, was invested as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Nov. 12. The honor recognizes his decades of scientific leadership and pioneering work in gynecologic oncology.
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Host Dec. 3 Town Hall in Forrest City
The public is invited to a community town hall meeting on cancer prevention and screening at noon Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Arkansas Delta Community Connections, Woodruff Electric Cooperative, 3201 Highway 1 North, in Forrest City. Hosted by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement team, the free event will share information…
November 18, 2025
UAMS Begins Calling Postpartum Moms across Arkansas
Nurses at the Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have started calling postpartum moms across Arkansas to ensure that they and their babies are off to a healthy start.
Grateful Patient Thanks UAMS, MEMS, LRFD for Rescue, Encourages Blood Donations
LITTLE ROCK — Katie McClanahan, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two young children from midtown Little Rock, says she wouldn’t be alive to share her story without the extraordinary efforts of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Trauma Team, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) and the Little Rock Fire Department.
November 17, 2025
Shitiz Sriwastava, M.D., Neuroimmunologist Specializing in MS, Joins UAMS
Shitiz Sriwastava, M.D., a neuroimmunologist with expertise in multiple sclerosis (MS) research and treatment, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an associate professor of neurology. The board-certified neurologist comes to UAMS from The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and before that, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West…
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