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College of Public Health’s New Prevention Research Center Focuses on Hypertension in Pregnancy


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman of College of Public Health is using its Arkansas Prevention Research Center for Women’s Health to address the state’s high rates of maternal mortality. Established in September 2024, the center is funded by a five-year, $5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control…

Nembhard

April 4, 2025


UAMS Residency Fair Connects Arkansas Medical Students with Training Programs


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently hosted its second annual Residency Fair, an event aimed at connecting medical students with primary care residency programs across Arkansas. The event provided students with a unique opportunity to explore residency training options in a casual setting. Unlike traditional residency…

Matthew Nix, M.D. (right) talks with a student at the recent UAMS Residency Fair.


UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts Fifth ‘Be A Part of the Cure’ Walk on May 3


The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk to support cancer patients, survivors and families at 8 a.m., May 3, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Gates open at 6:30 a.m.

Lesley Murphy

April 3, 2025


Measles


These programs were first broadcast the week of April 7, 2025.

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UAMS Offers Diabetes Education to Health Care Providers in the Marshall Islands


With support from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health & Human Services, members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus and the Institute for Community Health Innovation visited the Marshall Islands this month to provide training to community health workers (CHWs) and doctors on diabetes curriculum and pharmaceutical advancements.

A group of Marshallese health care workers pose with their certificates from a The institute launched its Family-Model Diabetes-Self-Management Education & Support (FDSMES) education program.

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April 2, 2025


Cardiothoracic Surgeon Mark O. Hardin, M.D., Joins UAMS


LITTLE ROCK — Mark O. Hardin, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon with a focus on adult cardiac surgery, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Hardin received his medical degree from UAMS in 2007 and has returned after spending several years as a general surgeon in the…

portrait photo of Mark O. Hardin, M.D., and UAMS logo


UAMS Health Weight Management Clinic Adds Bariatric Surgery to Weight Loss Offerings


LITTLE ROCK — Effective today, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has added bariatric surgery to the weight loss options offered at the UAMS Health Medical and Surgical Weight Management Clinic.

The UAMS Health Medical and Surgical Weight Management Clinic team -- Monica Ferrero, M.D., (top left); Yasthil Vijay Jaganath, M.D., MPH; Martha M. Estrada, M.D.; Lexie H. Vaughn, M.D. (bottom left); Rebekka Amick, APRN; and Kaitlin Shonnard, PA-C.

April 1, 2025


NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment


LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…

Kevin Raney, Ph.D. (center), is leading exciting new research of unique DNA structures called quadruplexes with his team (l-r): Yu Chen, research assistant, Jun Gao, Ph.D., instructor Kirk West, Ph.D., assistant professor, Farhana Nasrin, Ph.D., assistant staff scientist, and John Marecki, Ph.D., instructor.

March 31, 2025


UAMS College of Medicine Applauds 168 Seniors Heading to Residencies in 30 States and Washington, D.C.


The tension at the Statehouse Convention Center was palpable just before 11 a.m. March 21, as 160 senior medical students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sat waiting at large round tables to open the sealed envelopes they had just been handed. As the countdown clock on a large screen at the…

Kathleen “Katie” Kinder and her niece, Eloise, celebrate Kinder's match into an orthopaedic surgery residency at UAMS.

March 28, 2025


Choosing a Doctor


These programs were first broadcast the week of March 31, 2025.

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