Proto 100th Patients
Proton Center

Proton Center of Arkansas Marks 100th Patient Milestone

June 28, 2024 | Arkansas’ first and only proton radiation center has treated 100 patients since opening in September 2023. To commemorate the milestone, Carson Placker, 7, of Mountain Home, and Bob Sanders, 71, of Conway, rang the end of treatment bell together June 14, surrounded by their physicians and family. Though 64 years apart in age, the two...

Marty Trieschmann
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awarded Five New Grants from National Cancer Institute
News Release

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awarded Five New Grants from National Cancer Institute

June 27, 2024 | Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded five new grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2024, totaling $4.6 million. New grants include: $3.3 million NCI grant to create a Melanoma Resistance Evolution Atlas, Principal Investigator: Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Winthrop P....

Marty Trieschmann
Fatima Al-Doori nuclear pharmacy internship
College of Pharmacy

UAMS Nuclear Pharmacy Program Has Strong National Presence

June 26, 2024 | One of the nation’s leading pharmacy schools, the UAMS College of Pharmacy excels in an area few others do: nuclear pharmacy. UAMS is one of only a handful of nuclear pharmacy programs in the United States that offers the full 200-hour Authorized Nuclear Pharmacy Certificate Program in this specialized field. Radioactive materials are used in...

Benjamin Waldrum

University News

BioVentures at UAMS and The Venture Center kicked off the inaugural Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program on June 20. It included 25 Arkansas health care and health tech companies from across the state.

BioVentures Grant Now Aiding Efforts of 25 Health Care and Health Tech Entrepreneurs

July 3, 2024 | BioVentures LLC at UAMS and The Venture Center recently announced 25 Arkansas health care and health tech companies from across Arkansas as participants in the new Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program. The participating companies, led by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals with innovative, early-stage health care and health technology ventures,...

David Robinson
Cooking

UAMS Collaborates with Little Rock School to Promote Healthy Cooking

July 2, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for the Study of Obesity collaborated with UAMS Culinary Medicine to pilot a cooking demonstration project at Chicot Elementary and Early Childhood Center in the Little Rock School District (LRSD). The center, which is part of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, launched...

Kev' Moye
Juneteenth

UAMS Hosts Annual Juneteenth Celebration

June 28, 2024 | The song “Wobble” blasted out of the speakers of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Hospital Lobby Gallery during the 2024 Juneteenth recognition, as two lines of people did the wobble line-dance.  Once the song went off, the beat of the next song began. Instantly, laughter exploded inside the room. Seconds earlier, close...

Kev' Moye

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Webber, Burks and Jacobs
College of Medicine

Wesley Burks, M.D., Receives UAMS College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award

June 24, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — Wesley Burks, M.D., dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. “Wesley’s current roles alone would warrant the Distinguished Alumnus Award, but he has...

Andrew Vogler
Photos of farmers market produce
News Release

Double Your Dollars Program Returns to Northwest Arkansas Farmers Markets

June 26, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SrFMNP), and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits can receive a dollar-for-dollar match on locally grown produce at select Northwest Arkansas farmers markets. This is the first year that the match program is available...

David Wise
College of Medicine
University News

UAMS Reconnects with Graduates at 2024 Alumni Weekend

June 24, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invited graduates and their guests to the UAMS main campus in Little Rock for the 2024 Alumni Weekend. Hosted May 31-June 1, the weekend was an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with classmates, see the new construction and beautification projects on campus, and learn about recent institutional...

Andrew Vogler
Mengchu Wu
Research

Metagenomics Expert Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., Shares Career Insights at UAMS Lecture

June 21, 2024 | Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., a biochemist with extensive experience in metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), shared her career journey and thoughts on the future of biotechnology during a lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on June 12. Jia Liu, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and...

Nathan Tidwell
Hopek with Pharmacy Camp students
College of Pharmacy

‘More Than Just Medicine’: Students Learn Much at Pharmacy Camp

June 20, 2024 | Summer camp often conjures thoughts of outdoor activities, campfires and mosquito bites. For just a few short days in June, 30 high school students from across Arkansas experienced a different kind of camp — one with bubbling beakers, scrubs, gloves and colorful creations. Held June 3-5 at the UAMS Little Rock campus, the UAMS College...

Benjamin Waldrum

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