October 29, 2018

UAMS Elevates Kohler Endowed Professorship to Endowed Chair

Spencer Watson

Oct. 29, 2018 | The Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Health Disparities has been elevated to the endowed chair level at the Northwest Regional Campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A distinguished professorship is established with gifts of $500,000 to support the educational, research and clinical activities of…


October 26, 2018

Health Screenings, Vaccinations Available Nov. 3 at Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Adult vaccinations and health screenings will be provided Nov. 3 at a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) homecoming tailgate event. The vaccinations and screenings will be provided by Walgreens, UAMS South Central Center on Aging and the Schmieding Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)….


October 19, 2018

Junior BSN Students Don Their White Coats

Ben Boulden

UAMS College of Nursing juniors stand and recite the Nightingale Pledge before putting on their white coats on stage.

Jodie McGinley shared a life lesson with the 118 UAMS College of Nursing juniors gathered Oct. 12 for a White Coat Ceremony marking their passage into the clinical phase of their education.


October 10, 2018

2018 Employee Service Awards — The Honorees

Yavonda Chase

Thank You for Your Service

Eighteen* UAMS employees are being honored this year for their four decades or more of service. We want to thank them for their years of dedication to improving the health and well-being of all Arkansans.


October 9, 2018

Ambulance to Provide Stroke Care Through Telemedicine in Pilot Study by AR SAVES, Health Department, ProMed

Linda Haymes

Sanjeeva Onteddu, M.D., center on the video monitor, works with ProMed Ambulance Service paramedics to demonstrate how the live video telemedicine system installed in the ambulance will work in the field.

To provide faster stroke care, an emergency medical services stroke telemedicine pilot study was recently established by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led AR SAVES program, the Arkansas Department of Health and ProMed Ambulance Service in El Dorado. As part of the pilot study, telemedicine equipment has been installed in a ProMed Advanced…


October 8, 2018

Family Finds Faith an Anchor During Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

Katrina Dupins

Moody Family

On the afternoon of November 10, 2017, the temperature hovered just below 60 degrees. A few clouds passed through the sky as a light breeze moved through leaves rich with fall foliage. Joshua Moody, 22, and his father, David, decided they would take advantage of the weather, so after sharing lunch, they went for a…


October 4, 2018

UAMS Tops Half a Million in Oct. 2 Day of Giving

News Staff

Group photo with check

Over a 24-hour period beginning early Oct. 2 and ending in the wee hours of Oct. 3, the foundation for UAMS received more than $500,000 for the state’s only health sciences university in response to the second annual UAMS Day of Giving fundraising campaign.


Human Trafficking

Tim Taylor

Human trafficking

These programs were first broadcast the week of October 8, 2018.


October 1, 2018

Diagnosed with Breast Cancer While Pregnant, Young Mom Puts Her Trust in UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

Carley Neill shares a joyful moment with her daughter, Emory, and newborn son Eli.

Carley Neill was 16 weeks pregnant when she felt the lump. The busy mom of an active toddler, Neill knew this was something she could not ignore.


September 27, 2018

Children’s Health

Tim Taylor

Healthy child

These programs were first broadcast the week of October 1, 2018.


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