July 1, 2020

College of Pharmacy Residents, Fellows Graduate Despite Challenging Year

Ben Boulden

Kendrea Jones, Pharm.D., left, and Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., listen to graduating resident Julianne Mott as she speaks from her home via a live video connection.

Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., opened the 2020 graduation ceremony June 26  for the UAMS College of Pharmacy residents and fellows with an apology to his ninth-grade English teacher. The teacher, Michael Moran, taught him never to use the phrase “more unique” because “unique” means one of a kind, and nothing can be more than one of…


June 26, 2020

Students, Educators Transfer Teaching to Virtual Learning

Katrina Dupins

SIm pic

When UAMS sent students home March 13 for the rest of the school year to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the College of Medicine quickly transitioned classroom instruction to online learning.


UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing June 30 in North Little Rock

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A community drive-thru testing clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., June 30 at Shorter College, 604 N. Locust St.  in North Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The clinic will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)…


June 25, 2020

Digital Health Visits Help Regional Campuses Meet COVID-19 Challenges

Ben Boulden

Jordan Weaver, M.D., uses a digital health video connection to talk to a colleague. Weaver helped lead the digital health effort at the UAMS Family Medical Center in Batesville.

Brittnay Hall, 39, was at an impasse: COVID-19 worries were making worse her pre-existing problems with anxiety. Also, thinking of having an in-person visit with her physician about her anxiety medications made her feel unsafe. Digital health technology resolved her dilemma. Hall, of Newark, had a more-than-20-year patient-physician relationship with Julia Roulier, M.D., a family…


June 19, 2020

UAMS and its Northwest Arkansas Community Partners Deliver Food to Families in Isolation or Quarantine

David Wise

Peter Cooper of UAMS Northwest unloads a truck of food relief boxes.

FAYETTEVILLE – Made possible by the collaboration of community partners across Northwest Arkansas, more than 50 volunteers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Arkansas Immigrant Defense, and Tyson Foods, among others fanned out over Washington and Benton Counties today to provide no-contact delivery of food boxes to over 200 families self-quarantined due…


June 18, 2020

COVID-19, Finances and Racism Focus of Chancellor’s Town Hall

Yavonda Chase

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, addresses Team UAMS during a June 10 Town Hall webinar.

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and members of senior leadership discussed COVID-19, the university’s finances and efforts to combat racism during a June 10 Town Hall webinar.


June 15, 2020

UAMS Receives Grant to Promote Car Passenger Safety

David Wise

Child in car seat

FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $25,000 grant to promote child passenger safety in Northwest Arkansas. The grant program, called Buckle Up for Life, is a national child passenger safety education program created by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Toyota to encourage all families to buckle their…


Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant

Ben Boulden

Phillip Sanders, right, with his wife and young son, has been cured of sickle cell disease as a patient at UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

While Phillip Sanders’ journey to a cure for his sickle cell disease was ultimately successful, it was a path with peaks and valleys and struggles and challenges. It’s beginning was relatively undramatic and took place during a conversation in October 2017 just after the conclusion of the Sickle Cell Symposium organized by the UAMS Adult…


June 11, 2020

Cleaning and Disinfecting

Tim Taylor

Cleaning

These programs were first broadcast the week of June 15, 2020.


June 9, 2020

Project SEARCH Interns Redirect Efforts During Pandemic

News Staff

Group photo of Project SEARCH interns

Every time there’s been a fly-over to show appreciation for the health care workers at UAMS, the interns of Project SEARCH have stepped outside and turned their eyes skyward in solidarity with their former coworkers. “We’re proud of them, for what all they’ve done, because we know it’s hard,” said Heather Keister, whose last internship…


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