February 20, 2024
Low Vision Clinic Helps Patients Get Their Quality of Life Back
Most people are familiar with needing glasses for being farsighted or nearsighted. Low vision, however, can’t be fixed with glasses, contacts, or other standard treatments like medicine or surgery. There is a way forward, though, and it starts at the Low Vision Clinic at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. Low vision is…
February 16, 2024
Alumna Appreciates how College of Public Health Positioned her to Excel Professionally
Elizabeth Cohen, MHA, an alumna of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is the business operations manager for the Arkansas Children’s Care Network. In that role, her primary duty is to implement the Medicaid Patient-Centered Medical Home program for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. “Helping our young patients…
January 23, 2024
Odell Johnson, Ph.D., Partners with Pulaski County HBCUs and Second Chance Pell Students for Pilot Study
Odell Johnson, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot study linked to the Second Chance Pell Experiment, which is a federal initiative that gives justice-impacted individuals access to a postsecondary education. “The goal of the Second Chance…
January 4, 2024
Tuberculosis
These programs were first broadcast the week of January 8, 2024.
December 28, 2023
UAMS Regional Campuses Mark 50th Anniversary
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2023 celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Regional Campuses, a network that has provided high-quality education and health care in rural and underserved communities throughout the state. UAMS Regional Campuses, originally known as the Arkansas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program, were founded in 1973 to…
December 26, 2023
Gardner Admitted to Esteemed Public Health Minority Scholar Program
Alice Gardner, MPH, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research program, earned entry into the Southern Region Educational Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program. “This is truly an honor,” she said. “This program gives a boost to students from…
December 19, 2023
Running
These programs were first broadcast the week of December 25, 2023.
Labor & Delivery Nurse Reva Martin Honored with Willow Award
After losing two babies in two years, Dylan and Skye Billingsley returned to UAMS on Dec. 6 to surprise and thank the nurse who helped them to emotionally survive those experiences.
December 15, 2023
Former Pediatrician Feels ‘Wonderful’ a Year and a Half after CAR T-cell Therapy at UAMS
Wendy Bowen was just 38 years old and in her fourth year of working as a pediatrician in Jackson, Tennessee, when severe chronic fatigue forced her to retire in March 2003. She had been diagnosed six months earlier with multiple sclerosis (MS), and it seemed to be rapidly taking its toll. Then one morning about…
December 14, 2023
Christmas Stress
These programs were first broadcast the week of December 18, 2023.
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