March 31, 2022

UAMS Named Top Performer in Healthcare Equality Index

Kalee Sexton

UAMS was named a 2022 Top Performer in the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was named a 2022 Top Performer in the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index.


March 30, 2022

UAMS Launches CenteringPregnancy® Program for Northwest Arkansas Mothers

David Wise

Pregnant women at support group

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health and Research and the UAMS Family Medical Center in Fayetteville are working together to provide soon-to-be moms with additional resources, group education and supplies through a new centering program. CenteringPregnancy® is a prenatal care program that includes a woman’s regular prenatal…


March 21, 2022

College of Medicine Match Day Ceremony Applauds 158 Seniors Fanning out Across the Country to Improve the World

Linda Satter

Heather Morgan, who matched to a family medicine residency at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington, and also won a jar of cash by being the last senior called to the stage, collect hugs after the ceremony. All the seniors contributed a dollar to the jar as they walked across the stage.

The UAMS College of Medicine’s Match Day ceremony Friday marked a return to normalcy for seniors who have spent the last two years of medical school largely avoiding crowds, and each other, to comply with pandemic-driven social distancing requirements. In a switch back to the live ceremonies of earlier years, albeit with masks to comply…


Webinar Focuses on Stress-Management for Veterans

Kalee Sexton

The Veterans Sub-Committee invited Joshua Barry, an Air National Guard veteran and licensed social worker, to talk about stress management during its monthly educational webinar.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion focused on stress management during its monthly veterans educational webinar.


National Guard Recognizes UAMS Supervisor as ‘Patriotic Employer’

Ben Boulden

Marvin Powell, front and center, holds his Patriotic Employer Award from the Department of Defense. Also, front, left to right, Col. Dean Martin, Staff Sgt. Chris Coffman, Powell, Ms. Powell and Chancellor Cam Patterson.

The Arkansas Air National Guard on March 17 recognized UAMS supervisor Marvin Powell as a Patriotic Employer — an award that was more than a year in the making.


March 17, 2022

Healing Together Project Inspires Hope for the Future

Kalee Sexton

The Healing Together board is displayed in the College of Nursing.

When Pamela de Gravelles saw the “Beaded Prayers Project” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, she saw just how art could represent the collective suffering and loss of community during the COVID-19 pandemic.


March 16, 2022

UAMS Simulation Center Helps Train Air Force Medics

Ben Boulden

Members of the 189th Medical Group train in trauma care with manikin in the UAMS Simulation Center.

U.S. National Guard personnel provided support to UAMS during nearly every phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on March 11 the university Simulation Education Center reciprocated.


March 2, 2022

Occupational Therapy Doctoral Student Inspired to Innovate

Ben Boulden

Occupational Therapy doctoral student Brenna Ramirez stops for a photo on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

When Brenna Ramirez graduated with a degree is in kinesiology, she didn’t follow the typical sports path. Instead, she began working as a registered behavioral therapist, providing services to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.


February 23, 2022

Husband-And-Wife Pharmacist Duo “Shows Up” for Patients, Students

Benjamin Waldrum

achors

Pharmacy has truly been a labor of love for UAMS College of Pharmacy alumni Brandon Achor, Pharm.D., (COP ’15) and Kaley Scott Achor, Pharm.D. (COP ’17). After all, how many couples can claim a community pharmacy as the place they got engaged? The two met as co-workers at Argenta Drug Co. in North Little Rock,…


February 17, 2022

Huntington’s Disease

Tim Taylor

huntington

These programs were first broadcast the week of February 21, 2022.


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