Aug. 7, 2026 | Ana Sanchez, an education coordinator for UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, is in her 18th year of teaching medical interpretation to Northwest Arkansas high school students. She was inspired to create the class after struggling to interpret for her father when he suffered a heart attack 25 years ago.
Aug. 5, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surpassed its highest fundraising year, raising more than $44 million through gifts and philanthropic grants in the 2026 fiscal year, breaking the previous record of $41.57 million set in 2020. It is only the third time in UAMS’s history — since UAMS started keeping...
Aug. 3, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas System, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Jefferson Hospital Association (Jefferson Regional) in Pine Bluff are pleased to announce they have successfully finalized a membership substitution agreement. Under this new affiliation, the University of Arkansas’ Board of Trustees officially becomes the corporate member of Jefferson Regional’s parent corporation, Jefferson Hospital Association, Inc.
July 30, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today that it is purchasing the Proton Center of Arkansas, allowing UAMS to immediately resume offering proton therapy to all Arkansans.
July 29, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Wendy N. Nembhard, Ph.D., MPH, as the next dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, effective Sept. 1.
July 22, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK —The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of a new neurology clinic — this one focused on multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and headache patients — in the Doctors Building at 500 S. University Ave in Little Rock.
July 20, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Ronald D. Robertson, M.D., as dean of the College of Medicine, effective immediately.
Aug. 10, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — Thanks to a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are studying mechanisms that could be manipulated to improve bone formation and bone strength in aging populations and in people with brittle bone disease. Melda Onal, Ph.D., an assistant professor...
Aug. 10, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — Vascular neurologist Abhilash Thatikala, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he mostly treats stroke patients. Thatikala received an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery in 2011 from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India, then stayed at the college to complete his medical degree in 2016, followed...
Aug. 7, 2026 | The 13th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) provided an opportunity for students from 36 colleges and universities, along with seven high schools, across the United States to present their research.
Aug. 6, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) applauds Arkansas’ Sen. John Boozman and the Senate 340B Bipartisan Working Group for their newly announced SUSTAIN 340B Act preserving and reforming this vital program.
Aug. 6, 2026 | Dylan Fedor, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Jonesboro, where he will offer comprehensive care for all ages.
Aug. 4, 2026 | The latest edition of the Graduate School’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) gave 15 students a chance to explore various areas of biomedical science at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Aug. 3, 2026 | The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) recently honored Aleda Chen, Pharm.D., Ph.D., as one of three nationally recognized Distinguished Teaching Scholars.
Aug. 6, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCARDV), a statewide organization based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently awarded $318,755.56 to five nonprofit groups for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. The grants provide up to $100,000 a year, for two years, to...
Aug. 5, 2026 | The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute MammoVan recently visited the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Texarkana, bringing breast cancer screenings closer to home for the local community.
Aug. 4, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute recently launched a new statewide initiative to expand Arkansas’ capacity to provide evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for adolescents.
Aug. 3, 2026 | Meet Tyreka Bradley, medical laboratory scientist with the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus in Jonesboro and the university’s MVP for August. Tyreka has a passion for patients, and it shows in her work collecting and managing laboratory samples from patients. Her positive, can-do attitude improves patient interactions and brings an uplifting presence for her coworkers. One of...