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UAMS Earns ‘Most Wired’ Recognition from CHIME for Use of Technology

Nov. 4, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently garnered recognition as a 2024 Digital Health Most Wired organization from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). CHIME’s Digital Health Most Wired program conducts annual surveys that serve as a comprehensive “digital health check-up,” evaluating the adoption, integration and impact of technology in health...

Chris Carmody
COP Taiwan Exchange Students 2024
College of Pharmacy

Far From Home, Pharmacy Students Learn Much at UAMS

Nov. 1, 2024 | Nine students from universities in Taiwan and Thailand visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for several weeks of rotations recently as part of a longstanding exchange program with the UAMS College of Pharmacy. The annual tradition, which originated with an agreement in the 1980s, has enabled dozens of students to learn about...

Benjamin Waldrum
Breast Cancer Survivor Lyndee Braley in the Healing Garden at the UAMS Winthrop P.Rockefeller Cancer Institute
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Just in Time: Genoa Mom Grateful for Lifesaving Visit from UAMS MammoVan

Oct. 25, 2024 | A 45-foot van in the parking lot of your child’s elementary school might seem an unlikely location for one of the most important medical exams of your life. It was ideal for Lyndee Braley. The busy mother of three from tiny Genoa, Arkansas, population 972, had just turned 40 when she saw a notice on...

Marty Trieschmann
Chancellor's Circle Grant Ceremony
News Release

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 17 Programs

Oct. 24, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 17 grants totaling $350,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Oct. 23 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society, which marks its 40th anniversary in 2024. Through its unrestricted...

Andrew Vogler
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Named Center of Excellence by MDS Foundation
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Named Center of Excellence by MDS Foundation

Oct. 16, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the MDS Foundation, making it the only center in Arkansas to become part of the foundation’s referral network of the top bone marrow disorder treatment centers in the world. Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are...

Marty Trieschmann

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UAMS College of Public Health Researcher Awarded $3.6 Million to Study Antibiotic Resistance

Oct. 31, 2024 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team is examining the critical knowledge gap in cefiderocol resistance. En Huang, Ph.D., associate professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences is leading an interdisciplinary research team that will conduct the project, “Mechanisms of Cefiderocol Nonsusceptibility and...

Kev' Moye
Megha Sharma, M.D., poses with a poster about her Implementation Science Scholars project.

TRI-Supported Researcher Megha Sharma, M.D., Published in Pediatrics

Oct. 29, 2024 | A successful effort at UAMS to reduce the amount of blood taken for lab tests from premature infants has been published in the journal Pediatrics. The project was led by Megha Sharma, M.D., a neonatologist and associate professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Her work was conducted in the UAMS Neonatal Intensive...

David Robinson
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation, while U.S. Sen. John Boozman looks on.

NIH Director Visits UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation

Oct. 28, 2024 | Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joined U.S. Sen. John Boozman and Rep. Steve Womack at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation on Tuesday to hear about the institute’s work with community partners to reduce health disparities and improve health care access among underserved communities in Arkansas. The meeting...

David Wise

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Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging

Schmieding Center Employee Finds Purpose Working at “Best-Kept Secret in Northwest Arkansas”

Nov. 1, 2024 | Monique Parks feels blessed to go to work each day and help people who are facing the same challenges she once struggled with. An administrative coordinator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, Parks works daily with older adults and their caregivers to help...

David Wise
Photo of the lactation space at Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s
Institute for Community Health Innovation

UAMS Partners with Local Nonprofit to Provide Safe Space for Breastfeeding Mothers

Oct. 30, 2024 | In collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation, the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s in Rogers recently installed a lactation space for nursing mothers to comfortably breastfeed or express breastmilk. According to the National Institutes of Health, many Hispanic women living in the U.S. may feel...

David Wise
Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., (left) receives the Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award from Steven Webber, M.D., executive vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine.
College of Medicine

UAMS College of Medicine Honors Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., as Distinguished Faculty Scholar

Oct. 24, 2024 | Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., has earned international recognition for her pioneering research in oncology, toxicology and epigenetics, and accolades for her leadership in research more broadly. But as she was being honored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine as the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Scholar, she emphasized the central role of teamwork in successful research programs.

Tamara Robinson
Matt Garner
College of Pharmacy

College of Pharmacy Alumnus Named NCPA 2024 National Preceptor of the Year

Oct. 30, 2024 | Matt Garner, Pharm.D., a 2018 graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, received the 2024 National Preceptor of the Year Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation as part of its annual convention, held Oct. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio. The award recognizes a pharmacist who has made...

Benjamin Waldrum
white-coat portrait-style photograph of Dr. Song with UAMS logo
College of Medicine

Urogynecologist Jun Song, M.D., Joins UAMS, Specializes in Female Pelvic Disorders

Oct. 28, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — Jun Song, M.D., a fellowship-trained urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of female pelvic floor disorders, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Urology. “Dr. Song’s expertise will enable the UAMS departments of urology and obstetrics/gynecology to join forces to meet the complex...

Linda Satter
Beverly Malone, president and CEO of the National League for Nursing, will speak Nov. 4 in the Fred Smith Auditorium of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
College of Nursing

UAMS to Host Nov. 4 Lecture on Nursing Leadership

Oct. 23, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will host a Nov. 4 lecture featuring Beverly Malone, Ph.D., RN, president and CEO of the National League for Nursing.  Malone will deliver a lecture titled, “Leadership: The Power of Caring.”  The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held...

Chris Carmody

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