Nov. 22, 2024 | The view from the 1,011-foot summit of Pinnacle Mountain is spectacular, and Gary Evans does his best to get there as often as he can. But after a lung cancer diagnosis in January 2023, Evans wasn’t sure he would get to the top of his favorite mountain ever again.
Nov. 21, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center was awarded the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), achieving designation as a Magnet® hospital.
Nov. 20, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $600,000 grant from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin to support a women’s mental health fellowship in an effort to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on women and to help reduce the state’s maternal mortality rate.
Nov. 19, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Ashley Acheson, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research for the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, in the Wilbur D. Mills Distinguished Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention during a Nov. 12 ceremony. “This chair is especially meaningful to me...
Nov. 18, 2024 | In the days leading up to Veterans Day, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) thanked the hundreds of veterans of the U.S. military among its employees, students and patients with cards, meals, care packages and recognition events. The UAMS Veterans Subcommittee in the Division of People and Culture organized the efforts and kicked...
Nov. 15, 2024 | When Shane Lyerly, M.D., decided he wanted to pursue a career in health care, he admittedly had more questions than answers. What classes should he take? Would it help to shadow a doctor for a day? How should he prepare for medical school interviews? Thankfully, he had help from both an academic advisor at Arkansas...
Nov. 12, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received two federal grants totaling $11 million to create a Gastroenterology Clinic and endoscopy center in the nearby Freeway Medical Tower and upgrade the Monroe Building on its Little Rock campus. “We are very grateful for these construction grants from the U.S. Department...
Nov. 26, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK —The Russellville Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic celebrated today the opening of a milk depot in support of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank.
Nov. 26, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its Healthy Start program to Ashley, Ouachita and Union counties this fall, providing essential prenatal care services to women and families in south Arkansas. Since 2019, the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation has offered the Healthy Start program — funded by the...
Nov. 25, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — Community-based doulas can help mothers better navigate the health care system and provide cultural support, but there are not enough doulas in Arkansas to serve communities, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Doulas are trained birth coaches who provide continuous emotional support, advocate for and aid informed...
Nov. 27, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation joined a recent meeting of the Madison County Health Coalition to discuss ways the institute is improving care for expectant mothers in and around Huntsville. In partnership with Open Arms Pregnancy Center, the institute currently offers a group prenatal care program –...
Nov. 25, 2024 | Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sought to offer encouragement and inspiration to the more than 200 high school teens who attended an outreach event earlier this month at the Pine Bluff Armory in White Hall. Meena Chatrathi, a third-year student in the UAMS College of Medicine, gave an overview of...
Nov. 22, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Journey, a traveling research exhibit, Nov. 12 – 15. The interactive exhibit drew 120 visitors, with 40 people enrolling in the NIH’s All of Us Research Program before the tour left Little Rock. Among them was Robin...
Nov. 21, 2024 | These programs were first broadcast the week of November 25, 2024.
Nov. 25, 2024 | Scholarships represent a financial leg up for any student, but they also represent something more: the journeys of those who came before, and the hopes they invest in those who come after them. This year, two new scholarships created for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy have those legacies in...
Nov. 22, 2024 | By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. Germs and bacteria can spread quickly between people and through shared surfaces. Practicing these healthy habits can help stop the spread of germs and prevent illness. Stay home if sick and avoid close contact. If you are sick, stay home from work or school. Avoiding close contact with others helps prevent...
Nov. 22, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) recently launched an online maternal health scorecard to provide crucial data that could improve the well-being of mothers and babies across the state. The Arkansas Maternal Health Scorecard is an interactive and user-friendly collection of maternal health data from the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review...
Nov. 21, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $125,000 grant from the Helena Health Foundation to support the solid organ transplant clinic at UAMS Health East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena. “I want to extend my gratitude to the Helena Health Foundation for their generous philanthropic commitment to benefit...