Ping-Ching Hsu, Ph.D.
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientist Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Air Pollution, Breast Cancer

March 6, 2025 | A researcher at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the role of environmental exposures in the development of early onset breast cancer in Arkansas women. Ping-Ching Hsu, Ph.D., an...

Marty Trieschmann
Students from UAMS’ Health Career University programs gather for a 2023 ceremony that celebrated their achievements. Health Career University helps students from rural and medically underserved communities gain exposure to health professions and advice on how to get into academic institutions like UAMS.
Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships

Professor Sponsors High School, Undergrad Students in 2 UAMS Health Career Programs

Feb. 28, 2025 | A pair of community engagement programs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships will be able to accept more students this year thanks to support from a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. David Becton, M.D., a pediatric hematologist and oncologist who treats...

Chris Carmody
James Yuen, M.D., chief of the UAMS Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, visits with David Sterling, M.D., a cosmetic surgery specialist, in the new clinic.
College of Medicine

Visitors Get Look at New, Full-Service UAMS Plastic Surgery Center

Feb. 26, 2025 | Sunlight streamed through full-length glass windows into the sixth-floor reception area of the new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Plastic Surgery Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower, adding an element of warmth on an otherwise cold day. It was Feb. 13, the perfect day for a three-hour Open House that provided members of...

Linda Satter
Pregnant woman in for a routine checkup with her doc
News Release

UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative

Feb. 25, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas. Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating...

David Wise
Researcher
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Highlighted at Research Showcase

Feb. 14, 2025 | The Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention took center stage in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division of Research and Innovation’s latest Showcase of Medical Discoveries. The center in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health aims to understand the causes of birth defects and to reduce the...

Kev' Moye
Boysen
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

UAMS College of Public Health to Offer New Doctoral Program

Feb. 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health will offer an Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) doctoral program beginning in the fall 2025 semester. Students in the multidisciplinary program will learn how the environment impacts human health. According to Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D., associate professor in the...

Kev' Moye

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Pregnant woman on scale

UAMS Study Finds Excessive Weight Gain In Pregnancy Linked to Increase in C-sections

March 10, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation found that excessive gestational weight gain is linked to an increase in cesarean sections, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The percentage of women in the United States who...

David Wise
UAMS will hold another popular Girlology® puberty session April 6 to help girls face puberty with greater confidence.

UAMS To Host Girlology® on April 6

March 7, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is bringing back the popular Girlology® puberty session April 6 to help girls face puberty with greater confidence.

News Staff
UAMS neurosurgeons, from left, Viktor Palys, M.D., Hector Soriano-Baron, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., pose with the Excelsius GPS robot.

UAMS Spine Team Celebrates more than 500 Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgeries

March 5, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ spine team gathered Feb. 11 to celebrate the completion of more than 500 robotic spine surgeries. It is a remarkable achievement, considering that the first robotic spine surgery in Arkansas was performed at UAMS only four and a half years ago, in 2020. That’s when neurosurgeons and orthopaedic...

Linda Satter

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Students practicing dissecting on pig hearts
News Release

UAMS Accepting Applications for MASH, CHAMPS Summer Programs for High School Students around State

March 5, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is now accepting applications for its summer programs designed to introduce high school students to the wide variety of health care careers.  UAMS’ Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program is a free educational day camp being offered across the state. Participants will...

Philip Allison
Shayla Stinnett, M.Ed., CT
College of Health Professions

Spotlight on the Cytology Program

March 7, 2025 | For the past 57 years, students have studied cytotechnology, now called cytology, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus. Housed in the College of Health Professions in the Department of Laboratory Sciences, the program is designed to provide students with hands-on experience as vital members of the diagnostic team, specializing in cellular analysis to detect diseases like cancer and infections.

News Staff
Representatives from the Rampy MS Research Foundation will be at the UAMS Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 15. For three years, the Rampy Foundation has ran a check for MS research from Bentonville to UAMS in Little Rock.
College of Medicine

UAMS to Hold Free MS Symposium March 15

March 5, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is holding a free 2025 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on Saturday, March 15, to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.

Yavonda Chase
Khi Ellison, a College of Health Professions speech-language pathology student, stops for a photo in the lobby of the Education Building South.
College of Health Professions

Student Finds Warmth, Positivity in Speech-Language Pathology Program

March 5, 2025 | Khi Ellison, a College of Health Professions speech-language pathology student, said she experienced something new when entering the program last fall — a supportive environment. “You know, I’m not really used to being welcomed with open arms, especially in the medical field,” Ellison said. “I was surprised at how welcoming and understanding and how friendly...

Ben Boulden

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