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UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2026

May 29, 2026 | They walked into the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock as fourth-year medical students, and less than three hours later, after reciting the Hippocratic Oath before family, friends, mentors, and university leaders assembled in a sprawling conference hall, they walked out as doctors. Equal parts somber and giddy, the May 15 event marked the...

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College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Awarded National Research Fellowship

June 1, 2026 | Prisha Warikoo, a Ph.D. graduate student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support...

Benjamin Waldrum
Emergency medicine residents work on a mannikin in a simulation. The mannikin is in a hospital bed in a simulated emergency.

Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Mass Casualty Simulation

May 28, 2026 | Emergency medicine residents at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received hands-on training in handling a mass casualty incident when the emergency room was suddenly inundated May 13 with standardized patients from an imagined collision between a bus and a pesticide-hauling 18-wheeler.

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UAMS Launches Toolkit to Support Doula Integration in Hospitals

May 21, 2026 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation recently launched the Advancing Doulas and Perinatal Teams (ADAPT) Toolkit, an innovative resource designed to improve maternal health by strengthening collaboration between doulas and clinical care teams.

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U of A and UAMS Advance Joint Research Through Razorback Research Catalyst

May 20, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Chancellor Charles Robinson, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (U of A), announced today the selection of a research team for the inaugural Razorback Research Catalyst, a joint initiative designed to elevate collaborative, high-impact research across both campuses.

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