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Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium Draws Hundreds, Celebrates Successes
More than 200 health care professionals, social workers and case managers recently gathered in Benton for the Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium. This year’s theme, “Pay It Forward,” focused on empowering providers and improving outcomes for trauma survivors. The UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation’s Brain Injury Program hosted the Sept. 19 event at the…

September 26, 2025
UAMS To Host Popular Girlology® Puberty Session on Oct. 5
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is bringing back the popular Girlology® puberty session on Oct. 5 to help girls face puberty with greater confidence.

September 25, 2025
UAMS College of Nursing Earns Preaccreditation to Establish State’s First Nurse-Midwifery Program
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing has received preaccreditation status from the Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education to establish the state’s first nurse-midwifery program, which will launch in fall 2026.

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Invites Public to Oct. 2 Town Hall in Waldo
The public is invited to a town hall meeting hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 2, at Westside Church of Christ, 201 S. Adair St., in Waldo, Arkansas. The event will feature presentations from the Cancer Institute’s Community Outreach…
September 24, 2025
Arkansas Biosciences Institute Surpasses $1 Billion in External Research Funding
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) has achieved a major milestone with ABI-supported researchers securing more than $1 billion in research funding from outside Arkansas since its creation in 2000.

UAMS to Host Eighth Annual Day of Giving on Oct. 7
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host its eighth annual Day of Giving on Oct. 7, a 24-hour fundraising event to raise critical funds that will be used to advance the institution’s mission and support our work that is improving the health of all Arkansans. Started in 2017, the…

UAMS College of Nursing Ranks 59th in U.S. News’ List of Top Undergraduate Nursing Programs
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing placed among the nation’s top 100 undergraduate nursing programs in rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.

September 23, 2025
UAMS to Host Fall Career Expo on Oct. 4
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is hosting a Fall Career Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 4 in the I. Dodd Wilson Building on the Little Rock campus.

September 22, 2025
UAMS Teams Up with Attorney General’s Office to Produce Narcan Video
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin launched his office’s “One Pill Can Kill” initiative last October, a program designed to provide life-saving resources on the state’s college campuses as well as education on overdose prevention.

Austin Porter, Dr.PH, MPH, Named Chief Science Officer, State Epidemiologist
Austin Porter, Dr.PH, MPH, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management, continues to ascend the ladder at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Porter, who started at the health department in 2010 as an injury epidemiologist, is now…

- College of Public Health Alumni
- College of Public Health Faculty
- Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
September 19, 2025
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