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UAMS Employees, Public Join National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program during Exhibit Tour


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Journey, a traveling research exhibit, Nov. 12 – 15. The interactive exhibit drew 120 visitors, with 40 people enrolling in the NIH’s All of Us Research Program before the tour left Little Rock. Among them was Robin…

Robin Camp, RN (left), assisted by Belen Castres, the All of Us tour manager, said she was interested in joining the research program as soon as she heard about it.

November 22, 2024


Back on Top: Gary Evans Climbing Mountains After Lung Cancer


The view from the 1,011-foot summit of Pinnacle Mountain is spectacular, and Gary Evans does his best to get there as often as he can. But after a lung cancer diagnosis in January 2023, Evans wasn’t sure he would get to the top of his favorite mountain ever again.

Gary Evans is back outdoors doing what he loves after successfully being treated for lung cancer at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.


UAMS Launches Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) recently launched an online maternal health scorecard to provide crucial data that could improve the well-being of mothers and babies across the state. The Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard is an interactive and user-friendly collection of maternal health data from the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review…

Screenshot of Maternal Health Scorecard

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Thanksgiving


These programs were first broadcast the week of November 25, 2024.

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November 21, 2024


UAMS Medical Center Achieves Magnet® Recognition for Clinical Care and Nursing Excellence


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center was awarded the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), achieving designation as a Magnet® hospital.

Employees celebrate the announcement of UAMS’ designation as a Magnet® hospital from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.


UAMS Receives Grant from Helena Health Foundation to Support Solid Organ Transplants in Arkansas Delta


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $125,000 grant from the Helena Health Foundation to support the solid organ transplant clinic at UAMS Health East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena. “I want to extend my gratitude to the Helena Health Foundation for their generous philanthropic commitment to benefit…

Burdine and Helena Health Foundation


Arkansas Attorney General Provides $600,000 Grant to Support Women’s Mental Health Fellowship


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $600,000 grant from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin to support a women’s mental health fellowship in an effort to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on women and to help reduce the state’s maternal mortality rate.

Jessica Coker, M.D., serves as the medical director of the Psychiatric Research Unit’s inpatient units.

November 20, 2024


Adventure in the Wild: Students Dive into Emergency Medicine at UAMS Event


Students from three south Arkansas universities recently got a unique hands-on look at emergency medicine thanks to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Held at Logoly State Park near McNeil, Arkansas, the Adventure in Medicine event gave students from Southern Arkansas University, the University of Arkansas at Monticello and Texas A&M University –…

University students get a hands-on look at emergency medicine.


National League for Nursing CEO Visits UAMS for Lecture on Leadership, Caring


Beverly Malone, Ph.D., RN, president and CEO of the National League for Nursing, shared her thoughts on the importance of leadership and the “power of caring” during a recent lecture hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. The Nov. 4 event was part of the College of Nursing’s Claudia…

Beverly Malone, president and CEO of the National League for Nursing, discusses the “power of caring” during her lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

November 19, 2024


UAMS Invests Ashley Acheson, Ph.D., in Wilbur D. Mills Distinguished Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention


LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Ashley Acheson, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research for the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, in the Wilbur D. Mills Distinguished Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention during a Nov. 12 ceremony. “This chair is especially meaningful to me…

Ashley Acheson


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