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Graduate School Students, Faculty Receive Accolades at Spring Awards Ceremony
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized top-achieving students and faculty at its Spring Awards on April 17. The awards were held in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building in conjunction with Student Research Day, which was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather. “Through a lot of coordination across multiple…

May 2, 2025
Physician Assistant Students Present Their Research at Student Research Day
Students in the College of Health Professions Department of Physician Assistant Studies recently showcased the research they’ve done at UAMS.

UAMS Hosts Statewide Public Health Conference
Public health professionals from throughout the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fred Smith Auditorium for the 2025 Arkansas Public Health Association and Arkansas Society of Public Health Education Conference. The event was a joint program between the two organizations and featured presentations, Q&A sessions, a meal and vendors from…

May 1, 2025
UAMS Parkinson’s Symposium Focuses on Patients and Caregivers
April 30, 2025 | Visitors from across the state gathered this month to hear the latest about Parkinson’s disease and Atypical Parkinsonism at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ Parkinson’s Symposium 2025. It marked the 10th year that UAMS experts held the public forum to share the latest advances in diagnoses and treatments…

April 30, 2025
UAMS Invests Nikki Edge, Ph.D., in Newly Established Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Nicola “Nikki” Edge, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of research in the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, in the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience during an April 17 ceremony. Edge…

Pharmacy Students Find Multiple Paths at 2025 Career Fair
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy recently hosted its annual Career Fair, drawing 78 pharmacy students who were there to make connections and learn about different paths available to them after graduation. This year’s event was held March 28 at the Meyer Student Pavilion at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock….

April 29, 2025
UAMS Names Andrew James, Ph.D., as Director of Helen L. Porter, James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center
LITTLE ROCK — Andrew James, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, has been named the director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center, effective May 1.

Mississippi Woman, Her Cousin Tout Importance of Living Kidney Donations
Amiee Lovell, 53, is nearing the one-year anniversary of receiving a living donor kidney at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). When she underwent the transplant on June 11, 2024, she was the third of four siblings to undergo a kidney transplant — all from living donors. Her younger brother received a transplant…

UAMS Medical Center Recertified as Comprehensive Stroke Center
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc.

April 28, 2025
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