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UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary at Annual Symposium


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Adult Sickle Cell Program celebrated a decade of providing care for patients across Arkansas during its annual symposium. Speakers at the event, which included several patients, reflected on the past while looking with hope toward the future. The Sept. 19 event was held on the 12th floor…

Sickle Cell patient panel 2024

October 11, 2024


New UAMS Initiative Trains Community Health Workers to Provide Diabetes Support in Rural Pharmacies


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation launched a statewide initiative to train community health workers (CHWs) to provide diabetes support using the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) curriculum. This training, which is part of a larger statewide initiative to empower local communities to improve diabetes management and outcomes,…

Tina Hedrick from AFMC leads CHWs in an exercise on anatomy as part of the DEEP training program.

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These programs were first broadcast the week of October 14, 2024.

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October 10, 2024


College of Health Professions Welcomes Academic Advisors to UAMS


The UAMS College of Health Professions held its first Academic Advisory Workshop on the Little Rock campus this month.

Students on a workshop panel discuss their scholastic and clinical training experiences. The panelists and the programs they are in are, left to right: A’Javius Brown – Dental Hygiene; Allison Weaver – Radiologic Imaging Sciences; Macy McPhillips – Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Patricia Nyangoma – Cytology; Erin Flanagan – Medical Laboratory Sciences; and Madison Hefner – Occupational Therapy.


Not Your Typical Advocates — A Salute to The Hat Club of Little Rock and its Philanthropy for the UAMS NICU


Advocates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) come in many forms — volunteers, donors, alumni and board members to name a few. Though not fitting neatly within any given category, taking a unique and creative approach towards fundraising, The Hat Club of Little Rock is a group that UAMS is fortunate to…

The Hat Club Classic


UAMS Neurodiversity Conference Provides Vibrant Platform for Discussion


In a world increasingly focused on inclusivity, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ “2024 Neurodiversity Conference: Bridging Health Care Gaps into Adulthood” provided a vibrant platform for discussing the importance of neurodiversity in workplaces, schools and communities. Held at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, the Sept. 27 event…

Jeffrey Clothier, M.D., medical director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, gives the keynote address at the UAMS neurodiversity conference

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UAMS Deploys Mobile Health Unit to South Arkansas


FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) deployed a mobile health unit in south Arkansas to provide better access to health care in Ashley, Columbia, Ouachita and Union counties.

Photo of a UAMS mobile health unit

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October 9, 2024


Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, Experts Share Insights at UAMS Stroke Conference


Four stroke survivors and about a dozen clinicians who work with stroke patients shared insights and expertise at the 2024 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Stroke Conference. The daylong event, held September 13 in the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens & Neurosciences Institute, was presented by the UAMS Comprehensive Stroke Center to highlight statewide…

An audience of mostly health care professionals listens as stroke survivors share their experiences.


UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Cancer Screenings on Saturday, Nov. 9


The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung cancer screenings Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon. Low-dose CT screenings, which are X-rays of the lungs, will be given on the 3rd floor of the Cancer Institute located at 449 Jack Stephens Drive in Little Rock….

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Cancer Screenings on Saturday, Nov. 9


Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., First at UAMS to Receive NIH New Innovator Award


LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., has received the prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., (left) is the first UAMS researcher to receive the prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.

October 8, 2024


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