June 20, 2024
‘More Than Just Medicine’: Students Learn Much at Pharmacy Camp
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…
June 14, 2024
Breakthrough Device Implant at UAMS Restores Young Woman’s Pain-Free Life
Jolee Camp was a thriving 15-year-old who dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on her family’s farm in Lonoke when she was suddenly disabled by unexplained low back pain. “She spent her senior year in a wheelchair,” said her mother, B.J. Camp, who took her daughter from doctor to…
June 7, 2024
Periodontitis
These programs were first broadcast the week of June 10, 2024.
June 3, 2024
Physician Assistant Class of 2026 Dons White Coats
The smiles of audience members were almost as bright as the new, white coats being put on by students in the Class of 2026 during the Physician Assistant White Coat Ceremony on May 24 at UAMS.
May 31, 2024
Dental Hygiene Alumnus Starts Fund for Scholarship
Richard Robinson is used to being the only African American, male dental hygienist in the room. About 84% of all dental hygienists are white of which 96% are women. African Americans make up approximately 4% of all hygienists, with African American men accounting for fewer than 1%. Robinson wants to change that.
Former Razorback, Green Bay Packer Credits God and UAMS for Keeping Him Alive
Nothing seems to slow Leotis Harris down or take the smile off his face. As a teenager, he was a star football player at Hall High School in Little Rock. From there, he became the first Black All-American Arkansas Razorback football player. Then, after being drafted in 1978 into the National Football League, he spent…
May 30, 2024
College of Medicine Class of 2024 Reminded to ‘Calm Down’ as they Move Forward
The 168 members of the College of Medicine Class of 2024 donned their doctoral hoods and jointly recited the Hippocratic Oath after being showered with words of wisdom at their May 17 honors convocation. The following day, after receiving their degrees at a campus-wide commencement ceremony, they became the latest group of physicians from the…
May 20, 2024
UAMS Graduates 1,134 Health Care Professionals
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on May 18 conferred degrees and certificates to 1,134 students in its five colleges and graduate school. UAMS awarded 175 degrees or certificates to students in the College of Medicine, 172 in the College of Nursing, 583 in the College of Health Professions, 78 in the College…
May 13, 2024
2 Federal Grants Support Students in UAMS College of Nursing
Students from two doctoral programs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing are seeing the benefits from a pair of federal grants intended to prepare them for careers in rural and medically underserved communities. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nurse Practitioner program last year received a four-year, $2.6 million…
May 10, 2024
Allen Uses Rural Faulkner County Roots to Remain Focused on Her Goals
Jaimi Allen, Ph.D., is grateful to be an educator and researcher who specializes in addressing Arkansas’ health disparities. “When I consider where I currently am, I’m extremely humbled,” she said. “I want to make the most of my opportunities and help as many people as I can.” When asked about her passion to solve health…
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