May 23, 2025
UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Faculty and Staff at 2025 Dean’s Honor Day
The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently celebrated the achievements of faculty and staff at its annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony, presenting awards for teaching, clinical care, research, administration, humanism and service. The college also recognized faculty members who are receiving promotion and/or tenure in 2025.
May 13, 2025
Northwest Arkansas Health Summit Returns to Fayetteville May 21
FAYETTEVILLE — The 2025 Northwest Arkansas Health Summit, hosted by the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation with support from Heartland Whole Health Institute, the NWA Council and other community partners, will bring health and community leaders together on Wednesday, May 21, to discuss barriers to meeting underserved communities in Arkansas. The theme of this…
May 12, 2025
UAMS’ AR ConnectNow Website Connects Families with Mental Health Resources for Assisting Youth
LITTLE ROCK — As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has unveiled a comprehensive online hub designed to equip parents and caregivers with resources that empower youth to develop positive mental health skills while fostering the confidence to reach out for support when necessary.
May 9, 2025
Uterine Cancer Patient Chooses Innovative Treatment that Preserved Her Fertility
Three years later, she is the mother of a miracle baby girl For 20 years, Mother’s Day was one of the hardest days of the year for Alicia Simpson. She loved celebrating the special day with her mother but did so believing she could never have a child of her own. Simpson has polycystic ovarian…
May 5, 2025
Brain Injury Survivors Day Inspires, Celebrates Progress
Every survivor of a traumatic brain injury has a different story, but resilience is one thing that they all have in common. The 2025 Arkansas Brain Injury Survivors Day celebrated the resilience of survivors and caregivers alike. Held at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service State Office in Little Rock and…
May 2, 2025
Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’
May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…
May 1, 2025
UAMS Hosts Statewide Public Health Conference
Public health professionals from throughout the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fred Smith Auditorium for the 2025 Arkansas Public Health Association and Arkansas Society of Public Health Education Conference. The event was a joint program between the two organizations and featured presentations, Q&A sessions, a meal and vendors from…
April 30, 2025
Hantaviruses
These programs were first broadcast the week of May 5, 2025.
April 29, 2025
Mississippi Woman, Her Cousin Tout Importance of Living Kidney Donations
Amiee Lovell, 53, is nearing the one-year anniversary of receiving a living donor kidney at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). When she underwent the transplant on June 11, 2024, she was the third of four siblings to undergo a kidney transplant — all from living donors. Her younger brother received a transplant…
April 25, 2025
Guest Lecturer Andre Churchwell, M.D., Shares Reflections on the Value of Mentorship
Andre Churchwell, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, reflected on the value of mentorship as he spoke to an audience of about 150 people at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on April 18. Churchwell, a distinguished cardiologist, has served as a mentor for…
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