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UAMS Invests Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, in Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, in the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D., Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology…

Webber, Govindarajan and Patterson

May 9, 2025


UAMS NICU Staff Reconnects with Former Patients, Their Families at Annual Reunion


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion on May 4 at the Little Rock Zoo, giving children and their families a chance to mingle with UAMS staff members who supported them through the highs and lows of their hospital stays. The UAMS NICU provides care…

Julie Toon is shown with her twins, Wren (left) and Willow. Wren was born with health issues that required a four-week stay in the NICU, Toon said.

May 8, 2025


UAMS Virtual Conference Explores Front Lines of Family Medicine


Family medicine providers from across the country recently gathered for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) virtual 2025 Family Medicine Spring Review, where they heard updates on colorectal cancer screening, sleep apnea, obesity and mental health. The three-day conference was presented by the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Community Health and…

Amy Grooms, M.D.


Journal Publishes Paper by College of Public Health Student


Ajoke Adebisi-Ogedegbe, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, led a women’s health study recently published by the African Journal of Reproductive Health. Adebisi-Ogedegbe, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research Program, spearheaded the research project, “Two Decades of Women’s Sexual…

Ajoke

May 7, 2025


UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Hosts Drug Takeback Day


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging hosted a Drug Takeback Day on April 25, inviting patients and employees to safely discard unused medications and learn about the dangers of opioid abuse. Throughout the day, people stopped by the Institute on Aging’s lobby to deposit bottles of medication…

Randy Henderson, clinical research associate in the College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics, and Regina Gibson, program manager for the OPAL Program, distribute naloxone kits during the Drug Takeback Day event at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.

May 6, 2025


UAMS Milk Bank to Celebrate Milk Donors on May 10


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank will host a milk donor day on Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its milk donation and treatment center located at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock. “With Mother’s Day celebrated this weekend, we thought it is…

Milk Bank


MVP for May — Michael Arnold


Meet Michael Arnold, the MVP for May. Michael serves as an inventory control technician. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.

Michael Arnold, MVP for May 2025

May 5, 2025


Up and Coming UAMS-trained Researchers Excel at Local Competitions


High school students working on research projects at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are a continuing example of UAMS’ commitment to expanding opportunities in biomedical sciences. Nyera Ali, Akshara Chevireddy, Carmella Lewis, and Meera Patel studying under the supervision of scientists and graduate students in the College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry…

Akshara Chevireddy, Nyera Ali


Brain Injury Survivors Day Inspires, Celebrates Progress


Every survivor of a traumatic brain injury has a different story, but resilience is one thing that they all have in common. The 2025 Arkansas Brain Injury Survivors Day celebrated the resilience of survivors and caregivers alike. Held at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service State Office in Little Rock and…

Constance Tullis, Gary Higgins and Victor Coates at THRIVE panel for Brain Injury Survivors Day 2025


Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’


May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…

Author Jack El-Hai entertains a crowd at the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS.

May 2, 2025


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