Presentation as part of the UAMS Find Your Future event
Regional Campuses

Hands-On Learning Sparks Interest in Health Care Careers for Arkansas Students

Jan. 15, 2025 | To help inspire the next generation of health care professionals, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently hosted a virtual event that gave nearly 950 Arkansas high school students an inside look at careers in the medical field.  Students from 69 high schools across Arkansas participated in the Find Your Future in Health...

Philip Allison
Stock image of a doctor viewing an echocardiogram image on a computer screen.
Medical News

UAMS Cardiac Noninvasive Lab Earns Echocardiography Accreditation

Jan. 2, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK —The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently earned echocardiography accreditation for its cardiac noninvasive laboratory from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). Echocardiography is a noninvasive procedure that uses ultrasound to create images of the heart for use in examining its structure and diagnosing heart conditions. UAMS was awarded accreditation in the...

Linda Satter
David Sutton
Cancer Patient Stories

Myeloma Survivor Rides to Raise Money, Inspire Others

Dec. 20, 2024 | More than 20 years after his initial myeloma diagnosis, David Sutton continues to express his gratitude for the care he’s received at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and display an unwavering desire to help those in a similar situation. “I have greatly benefited from the...

Nathan Tidwell

University News

Park

UAMS Researcher Studies Impact of Physical Activity on Dementia Patients

Jan. 8, 2025 | Yong-Moon Mark Park, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) led a study that looked at whether physical activity could lengthen the life expectancy for patients with dementia. “Our goal was to evaluate whether changes in physical activity levels before and after a dementia diagnosis could influence survival outcomes in individuals...

Kev' Moye
Denton Thompson, a nurse project manager with the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation speaks at the Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition’s Dec. 4, 2024, meeting.

UAMS Plans More Services for Carroll County

Jan. 7, 2025 | UAMS Plans More Services for Carroll County The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation joined the Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition’s Dec. 4 meeting to discuss services the institute is looking to provide across the county in 2025. The institute is deploying mobile health units — large vehicles equipped...

David Wise
UAMS researcher Craig Forrest, Ph.D. (center), and his lab team hope their work will ultimately lead to a cancer vaccine. With Forrest are (l-r) Sheldon Zeltner, Chandra Penthala, Shana Owens, Ph.D., and Steven Murdock, Jr.

UAMS Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant to Study Virus that Can Trigger Cancers

Jan. 6, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — A discovery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that a viral protein helps a cancer-associated herpesvirus evade the immune system has led to a five-year, $2.9 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Craig Forrest, Ph.D., will use the grant to help reveal functions of the...

David Robinson

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Dollie Allen-Williams
MVP

Dollie Allen-Williams

Jan. 14, 2025 | Meet Dollie Allen-Williams, the MVP for January. Dollie serves UAMS as a supervisor in the Phlebotomy Laboratory.

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Michelle Duncan, a community health worker, poses in a rural pharmacy.
Institute for Community Health Innovation

The Heart of Rural Health Care: The Unique Impact of One Community Health Worker in Montgomery County

Jan. 6, 2025 | This story originally appeared in the Winter 2024 edition of the Arkansas Family Physician, the official publication of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians. Michele Duncan didn’t grow up in Arkansas, but from the moment she set foot in Mount Ida — a small, close-knit community in the heart of Montgomery County — she knew...

David Wise
S. Ferguson
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Family Motivates UAMS College of Public Health Student to Serve

Dec. 31, 2024 | Shanda Ferguson, Pharm. D., a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, has witnessed several family members deal with medical hardships, some due to circumstances beyond their control. For that reason, scholastically, professionally and personally, she’s on a mission...

Kev' Moye
UAMS Alerts

Inclement Weather Alert

Jan. 9, 2025 | Updated January 11th at 2:15 PM UAMS Lifts Inclement Weather Policy Declaration, Effective at 2:30 p.m., Today, Jan. 12 Effective at 2:30 p.m. today, Jan. 12, UAMS is lifting its inclement weather declaration for its main campus in Little Rock and associated clinics in the surrounding area. Shuttle buses will resume running Monday morning. Gates...

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Doula speaking to a pregnant woman
News Release

UAMS, Partners Offer Comprehensive Doula Training

Jan. 7, 2025 | Accepting Scholarship Applications Now LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation will train 80 doulas over the next year through a comprehensive program administered by the institute and other partners, including Ujima Maternity Network and Birthing Beyond. The program is available to individuals throughout Arkansas through...

David Wise
John R. Montgomery, M.D., (left) and Tsukasa Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D.
College of Medicine

Two Transplant Surgeons Join UAMS

Dec. 31, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — John R. Montgomery, M.D., and Tsukasa Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as liver, kidney and pancreas transplant surgeons.

Linda Satter

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