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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/07/jama-publishes-uams-study-of-digital-health-visits-for-prenatal-care-before-during-and-after-covid-19-pandemic/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-07T08:57:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hari Eswaran, Ph.D. (left) and Mahip Acharya, Ph.D., led the digital health study.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/06/researchers-forming-alliance-to-help-women-who-have-been-incarcerated/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-06T09:19:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., director of UAMS’ Health and the Legal System (HEALS) Lab.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/05/winners-of-colleges-2023-staff-excellence-awards-named/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-05T15:56:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeffery DeSantis holds the 2023 Excellence in Performance Award from the College of Health Professions.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayley Melvin, left, receives the Customer Service Award from Ashley McMillan, D.D.S.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/02/college-of-public-health-students-faculty-and-staff-celebrated-at-convocation/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-02T09:30:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Convocation]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/01/vitiligo/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-01T14:19:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/01/six-early-career-uams-researchers-receive-kl2-scholar-awards/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-01T10:34:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The 2023-2024 KL2 Scholars are (l-r, clockwise from top): Mary “Katy” Allison, Michail Mavros, Brian D. Piccolo, Megha Sharma, Ankita Shukla and Alicja Urbaniak.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/19/uams-project-search-celebrate-decade-of-partnership-10th-graduating-class/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-01T10:22:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson presented awards of appreciation to Odette Woods, Judy Smith, and Jenny Adams.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, third from right, stands with UAMS Project SEARCH 2023 graduates, left: Colby Fountain, Jakiyah Williams, Courtney Carroll, Carson Patty, Chase Caterbury, Patterson, Ranal Freeman II and Abby Bogoslavsky]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/01/uams-huntingtons-disease-clinic-receives-renewed-designation-as-a-center-of-excellence/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-01T09:38:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Movement Disorders Team]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the UAMS Movement Disorders Team]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/31/college-of-pharmacys-convocation-honors-75-graduates/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-06-01T08:30:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP Convocation 2023 Stowe]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP Convocation 2023 Wingfield]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP Convocation 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/30/amit-tiwari-ph-d-joins-uams-college-of-pharmacy-as-associate-dean-of-research-and-graduate-studies/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-30T08:16:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Amit Tiwari]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/26/for-hot-springs-woman-sickle-cell-disease-didnt-prevent-me-from-doing-anything/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-26T11:46:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tidwell and mother]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cyncere Tidwell]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/26/college-of-nursing-honors-graduates-at-hooding-and-pinning-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-26T10:49:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduates recite the Florence Nightingale Pledge during the hooding and pinning ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A hood is placed on a graduate's shoulders during the College of Nursing ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/25/acetaminophen/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-25T17:13:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/09/research-about-mask-mandates-in-arkansas-schools-published-in-cdcs-morbidity-and-mortality-weekly-report/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-25T16:09:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[children wearing  face medical mask back to school after covid-19 quarantine]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Research published in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report finds that face masks were effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Arkansas K-12 schools.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/25/uams-announces-partnership-with-hall-steam-magnet-high-school/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-25T11:01:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Avi Bhavaraju, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Surgery-Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, works with a student during a trauma-care demonstration at Hall High. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A Hall High student holds a baby manikin during a demonstration focused on newborn care. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Gittens, vice chancellor of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, speaks during the press conference announcing UAMS' partnership with Hall STEAM Magnet High School.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/24/uams-tri-training-program-helps-postdocs-develop-entrepreneurial-spirit-form-competition-winning-pharmaceutical-startup/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T11:46:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Megan and Julia edt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Reed, Ph.D. (left), and Julia Tobacyk, Ph.D., formed the company Pediatrica Therapeutics.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/10/09/digital-health-stroke-program-reaches-patient-care-milestone/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:15:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Stroke survivors share their stories as part of a panel discussion at the conference.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Several teaching sessions were held at the conference in addition to speaker presentations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 300 health care professionals gather to listen to presentations at the UAMS Institute for Digital Health's 2019 Stroke Program Conference.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/11/timely-treatment-saves-27-year-old-from-stoke/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:14:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jansky returned to work one week after his stroke.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Jansky, 27, credits the quick responses of the UAMS IDHI Stroke Program and Vital Link EMS of Izard County for his quick recovery from a stroke.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/28/trauma-stroke-networks-unite-to-teach-covid-19-best-practices-share-information/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:14:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeff Halbert, director of UAMS Respiratory Care, discusses the use the high-flow nasal cannula on an All Sites Call.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/21/billwhiting/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:14:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Whtiing]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Helicopter]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bill and Cam]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Bill Whiting, Monticello]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Bill Whiting, Monticello]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/03/09/uams-led-digital-health-stroke-program-helps-improve-arkansas-stroke-deaths-rating/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:13:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Stroke Survivor Freda Dodd]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Freda Dodd of Marmaduke is one of thousands of stroke survivors treated through the Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation's Stroke Program.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/03/survivor-throws-strike-against-stroke-says-family-history-number-one-thing/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:13:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ray and Alyssa Robinson]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Robinson and Kamran]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Wright Crocker Pafford Robinson]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ray Robinson III first pitch]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/24/college-of-pharmacy-sees-100-postgraduate-attainment-rate-for-2023/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:03:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSC07433-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Smith]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pharmacy Postgraduates 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/24/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-names-monique-spillman-m-d-ph-d-as-gynecologic-oncology-chief/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-24T09:14:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Spillman Web Photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctor in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/18/uams-nicu-reunion-at-little-rock-zoo-draws-large-crowd/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-23T15:39:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Snake viewing at UAMS NICU Reunion]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Face painting at UAMS NICU Reunion]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Lowery family]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[2023 UAMS NICU Reunion sign]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[2023 UAMS NICU Reunion sign]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/10/healthgrades-ranks-uams-in-top-5-of-nation-for-brain-surgery-praises-stroke-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-23T13:44:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Surrounding J.D. Day, M.D., holding trophy, are (from left to right) Ashley Benton, R.N.; M.J. Orellano, neurosurgery service line administrator; Gaye Sink, R.N.; Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.; Ebonye Green, A.P.R.N.; and Cynthia Brown, R.N.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Healthgrades ranks the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery in 2023.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/23/uams-surgeons-implant-innovative-device-developed-by-i3r-researchers-to-restore-sense-of-touch-after-amputation/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-23T10:27:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Orthopaedic hand and nerve specialists Mark Tait, M.D. (left) and John Bracey, M.D., use a surgical microscope as they implant tiny filament wires into the patient’s nerves. (photo by Evan Lewis)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UA I3R team (gray scrubs) from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, was available to consult on the surgery as needed. (photo by Evan Lewis)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Implantable stimulator recorder]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Erika Petersen, M.D., seated, pauses to look at a monitor as the surgery begins with (l-r) John Bracey, M.D., Brooke Elberson, M.D., Ph.D., Bridgette Vinyard-Hartwick, and Mark Tait, M.D. (photo by Evan Lewis)]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/22/uams-college-of-nursing-hosts-lecture-on-cancer-survivorship/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-22T09:27:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., RN, dean of the College of Nursing, and other attendees listen to the Dalme-Rickel lecture.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Karen E. Wickersham, Ph.D., RN, talks about cancer survivorship as part of the Dalme-Rickel Visiting Lectureship in Oncology/Community Health.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/18/color-blindness/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-18T17:08:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/18/harvard-researcher-discusses-melanoma-treatment-options-during-annual-lecture/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-18T10:27:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Boland and Shalin flanked by Thomas Jennings, M.D., an assistant professor of dermatology at UAMS, and Matthew Steliga, M.D., a professor of surgery at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Genevieve Boland, M.D., Ph.D., discusses advances in melanoma treatment.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/17/charles-k-born-ph-d-remembered-as-beloved-educator-mentor/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-17T09:26:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles and Cheryl Born]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Born 2005]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Born Memorial]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/17/parkinsons-patients-encouraged-at-eighth-annual-symposium-to-stay-active/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-17T09:24:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[From the stage, Patty Oeste leads the audience in exercises to benefit Parkinson's patients.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/16/research-team-looking-for-connection-between-isolation-mental-illness-in-older-adults/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-16T12:55:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatiana Wolfe, Ph.D., is part of a group of UAMS researchers who are studying a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/16/bioventures-introduces-new-leadership-expanded-resources-at-commercialization-retreat/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-16T11:20:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the BioVentures team at the May 5 retreat included:  Front, l-r: Kevin Sexton, Jeff Stinson, Sarah Goforth Second row: Rob Griffin and Rebecca Todd Third row: John Imig, Jay Gandy, Eric Peterson and Michael Geranen Back: John Sherrill and Stefanie Kennon-McGill]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, said having a great team is the key to success as an entrepreneur.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/15/uams-names-rohit-dhall-m-d-as-neurology-department-chair/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-15T12:04:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D., is the new chair of the Department of Neurology, effective July 1.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/15/american-cancer-society-funds-uams-study-of-acas-impact-on-breast-cancer-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-15T10:35:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chenghui Li, Ph.D., said findings from her study should provide important insights into how the Affordable Care Act has impacted racial disparities in breast cancer treatment.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/12/uams-graduate-school-spring-reception-highlights-faculty-staff-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-12T14:49:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mason McCrury and Samantha Kendrick.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[McGehee and Morris]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Latrina Prince]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Graduate School Awards &amp;#8211; McGehee (Bryan Clifton)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo of Dr. McGehee]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/12/uams-brain-injury-program-to-offer-free-virtual-workshop-may-24/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-12T10:19:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation’s Brain Injury Program will host a virtual workshop, “The Dating Game — Navigating Dating after a Brain Injury,” May 24 to connect anyone affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to helpful resources and support.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/12/arkansas-research-alliance-selects-uams-researchers-as-scholar-fellow/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-12T10:11:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Imig and Antiño Allen]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/11/be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-sets-attendance-fundraising-records/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-12T08:40:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS News Featured Images (40)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[group photo of people at the Be A Part of the Cure Cancer Walk]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/11/uams-health-hosts-42nd-little-rock-open-at-rebsamen-tennis-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-11T11:31:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ATP Challenger Tour UAMS Health Little Rock Open]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/01/uams-nih-study-finds-consoling-other-techniques-better-than-drug-therapies-for-newborns-with-opioid-withdrawal/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-10T13:54:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Song Ounpraseuth, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Jessica Snowden, M.D., said the study’s findings provide the first strong evidence needed to help end hospitals’ widely varying treatments of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/10/uams-receives-5-5-million-supplemental-award-for-programs-in-rural-underserved-communities/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-10T09:50:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Ultrasound for MSE release]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS faculty members take part in a training session on point-of-care ultrasound technology. The expansion of point-of-care ultrasound training for medical students is among the projects that UAMS plans to implement using the new grant funding.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/10/author-of-hemingways-brain-discusses-forces-that-led-to-ernest-hemingways-suicide/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-10T09:50:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[T. Glenn Pait, M.D., with Andrew Farah, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the audience listened intently.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Farah, M.D., discusses the medical and psychological influences that affected Hemingway.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/09/oleksiy-gudz-m-d-ph-d-joins-uams-as-vascular-surgeon/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-09T12:56:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Oleksiy Gudz]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/08/uams-opens-new-orthopaedic-spine-hospital/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-09T10:16:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Front view of The Orthopaedic &amp; Spine Hospital]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Sarah Sanders addresses the crowd while Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott; and Lowry Barnes, M.D., look on.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[An inside view shows that surgeons have plenty of space to work and a view of the main hospital.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Spacious rooms await patients in June.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A view from inside.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bright spaces are available for many patients at one time.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Smiles abound as C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, flanked by Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, cuts the ribbon in front of The Orthopaedic &amp; Spine Hospital. Also pictured (from L-R) Jake Nabholz, CEO of Nabholz Construction; Greg Cockman, CEO of Cromwell Architects Engineers; Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, provost and chief strategy officer; Johnathan Goree, M.D., UAMS director of Interventional Pain Management Services; Paul Stover, UAMS assistant vice chancellor for Clinical Administration; Michelle Krause, M.D., senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health and CEO, UAMS Medical Center; Patterson; Barnes; Huckabee Sanders; Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.; and Morril Harriman, chair of the U of A System Board of Trustees.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/09/scavenger-hunt-regional-campuses/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-09T08:18:19-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/05/uams-climb-leads-kids-out-of-cancer-isolation/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-08T15:09:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[CLIMB Featured Photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Parents and children in a cancer support group pose for a photo in front of a cancer center sign]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/01/libby-grobmyer/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T13:31:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Libby Grobmyer, MVP for UAMS, April 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/05/uams-hosts-third-annual-otolaryngology-diamond-conference/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T10:45:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Fred Telischi, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, gives a keynote lecture during the conference's otology session.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Health professionals stand and chat during breakfast on the first day of the Otolaryngology Diamond Conference.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Dornhoffer, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine, welcomes attendees from the stage on the first day of the Otolaryngology Diamond Conference.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/14/50-years-later-prevention-still-key-for-arkansas-poison-and-drug-information-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T08:51:53-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Simmons-Henry-1988-260x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Henry &quot;Hank&quot; Simmons Jr.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ari Filip and Todd Nolte]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ari Filip with poison shelf]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/17/pharmacy-students-find-opportunities-at-2023-career-fair/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T08:51:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[2023 Career Fair 4]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[COP students Career Fair 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/27/college-of-medicine-recognizes-exemplary-team-members-at-2023-deans-honor-day/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T08:51:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Department of Psychiatry colleagues Andy James, Ph.D., (center), Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., (left) and Michael Cucciare, Ph.D., were among more than 70 faculty members honored for upcoming promotions and/or tenure. All were featured in video tributes and received rounds of applause from college leaders and other attendees.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Physiology and Cell Biology Chair Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., (left) presents the Master Teacher Award to Professor Rosalia C.M. Simmen, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Elena Ambrogini, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, presents the Staff Excellence Award in Administration to longtime division administrator Mark Mosby, B.S.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pediatric Surgery colleagues Jennifer York, APRN, and Deidre Wyrick, M.D., successfully nominated one another for awards. York (left) is the inaugural winner of the Clinical Excellence – Outstanding Advanced Practice Provider Award. Wyrick (right) is the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, which is presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[David L. Davies, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences (center) is the UAMS College of Medicine's 2023 Distinguished Faculty Service Award winner. He is joined on stage by Interim Dean and UAMS Executive Vice Chancellor G. Richard Smith, M.D., (left) and his nominator, Gwen Childs, Ph.D., chair of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/28/health-professionals-can-play-important-role-in-combatting-climate-change-guest-lecturer-says/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T08:50:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Several UAMS officials are among those who listened raptly to Dzau's call for action by the medical community.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Victor J. Dzau, M.D., discusses links between climate change and health care at the inaugural lecture for the Richard and Ellen Sandor Lecture Series on Medicine and Sustainability.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/03/uams-pharmacy-students-participate-in-associations-regional-conference/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-05T08:50:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association attend the organization's regional conference in New Orleans.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/04/tooth-decay/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-04T17:26:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/04/uams-offers-free-cooking-workshop-for-parkinsons-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-04T11:56:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants in an earlier cooking class for Parkinson's patients and caregivers.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/04/conference-brings-together-organizations-to-discuss-health-disparities-potential-solutions/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-04T10:17:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bryant-Moore speaks]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/02/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-online-meditation-courses-3/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-02T11:58:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Young Woman Meditating By Peaceful Sea]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Mindfulness Program invites you to learn introductory skills for meditation and mindfulness.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/02/christi-madden-mpa-named-executive-director-of-uams-translational-research-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-02T09:07:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Christi Madden &amp;#8211; TRI logo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Christi Madden, MPA, has joined the Translational Research Institute as executive director.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/05/01/uams-receives-12-million-from-state-legislature-to-support-south-arkansas-regional-hospital-in-el-dorado/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-05-01T14:16:36-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/28/balance-disorders/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-28T12:32:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/28/seeing-is-believing-jones-eye-institute-restores-pacific-islanders-sight/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-28T09:26:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Roby with Sallam and Phillips]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Siddiqui and Andrew]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[JEI Gift of Sight April 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/26/uams-cancer-researcher-hong-yu-li-ph-d-awarded-3-19-million-nci-grant-for-drug-development/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-26T09:31:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hong-yu Li]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/25/myeloma-center-social-worker-receives-prestigious-certification/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-25T08:35:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Welcome Jael cropped 2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jael Hastings]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/17/2023-seeds-of-science-awards-support-promising-cancer-research/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-25T08:30:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Seeds of Science pilot awards for web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of scientists holding award plaques]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/24/uams-health-opens-new-urology-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-24T14:26:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ribbon cutting]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/24/better-together-pharmacy-students-faculty-help-out-after-tornadoes/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-24T08:23:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP students debris]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP students cleanup]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/21/uams-opens-orthopaedic-spine-clinic-in-north-little-rock/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-21T10:16:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The front of the new Orthopaedic &amp; Spine Clinic in North Little Rock, before signage is added.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/21/young-patients-explore-life-cycle-of-butterflies/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-21T09:59:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[CDU patient tracking butterfly growth.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Admiring butterflies.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[PRI Child Diagnostic Unit butterfly designs.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/20/college-of-pharmacy-students-recognized-with-112-scholarships-at-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-20T10:05:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Newsome with COP students]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hannah Howard]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[COP P1-P3 Awards-04102023-EK2_5689]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chelsea Flowers]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/17/uams-laura-james-m-d-re-elected-to-national-science-board/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-17T10:46:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[James Laura M.D. horiz]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura James, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/14/head-lice/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-14T11:08:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/10/uams-arkansas-center-for-health-disparities-to-host-celebration-conference-april-14-15/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-14T08:39:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[KBM]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/13/author-of-hemingways-brain-kicks-off-uams-history-and-medicine-lecture-series/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-14T08:39:35-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/12/uams-creates-arkansas-brain-injury-providers-network-first-virtual-meeting-set-for-april-26/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-12T09:57:34-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/11/vascular-neurosurgeon-deanna-sasaki-adams-m-d-joins-uams-department-of-neurosurgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-11T09:52:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/11/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-online-meditation-course-in-april/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-11T09:37:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/iStock-1173321304-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Mindfulness Program is offering an online course to the public during April that teaches introductory skills for meditation and Mindfulness.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/10/uams-researchers-identify-most-accurate-hearing-screening-methods-for-rural-children/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-10T10:50:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Samantha Kleindienst Robler, Au.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UAMS Center for Hearing Health Equity, and Susan Emmett, M.D., MPH, director of the center, recently authored an article in Ear and Hearing evaluating the accuracy of various hearing screening tools in a rural school setting.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/07/uams-presents-virtual-family-medicine-spring-review-with-tobacco-disease-symposium-april-25-28/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-07T10:37:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Family Med Update]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The 2023 Family Medicine Spring Review with Tobacco &amp; Disease Symposium will be held April 25–28 at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/07/i-have-more-compassion-for-patients-says-uams-nurse-and-colon-cancer-survivor/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-07T10:24:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[a family photo of a father, wife and three children ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/John-Reed-for-web.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[John Reed for web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[a nurse standing in front of a hospital building]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/06/snakes/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-06T15:24:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[snake]]></image:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/childrens-tumor-foundation-joins-with-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-to-pilot-clinic-for-adults-with-neurofibromatosis/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-06T14:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Erika Santos Horta, M.D., a neuro-oncologist at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, will lead the first dedicated Neurofibromatosis Adult Clinic in the region.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/06/uams-invites-public-to-attend-community-scientist-academy-may-5-26/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-06T10:15:40-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/06/conference-offers-support-for-students-interested-in-pursuing-health-careers/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-06T09:59:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MAPS-1-263x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Student organizers and volunteers take a group photo during the MAPS Conference. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[MAPS 5]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Organizers address students from across the state during the Minority Association of Premedical Students Conference.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/06/wade-talley/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-05T11:32:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Wade Talley, March 2023 MVP]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/20/uams-fen-xia-m-d-ph-d-named-fellow-of-the-american-society-of-radiation-oncology/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-04T16:33:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fen-Xia-Featured-Image-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Fen Xia Featured Image]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[doctor on white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/04/uams-hosts-free-parkinsons-symposium-april-16/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-04T11:52:01-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/04/uams-baptist-health-announce-leadership-promotions-to-support-growing-cancer-network/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-04T11:33:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS News Featured Images (34)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctors in white coats]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/04/03/uams-regional-campuses-accepting-applications-for-health-care-focused-summer-programs-for-youth/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-04-03T12:27:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students practice suture techniques during a MASH camp at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/27/student-research-day-continues-to-grow-with-inclusion-of-northwest-campus/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-31T10:07:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Student Research Day]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Student Research Day]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/27/nih-nsf-fund-uams-study-of-rapid-genomic-testing-to-aid-treatment-of-dangerous-antibiotic-resistant-infections/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-31T09:59:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Se-Ran Jun PhD BioMed2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D., hopes her research will lead to rapid, life-saving genomic information for doctors treating the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/30/uams-researcher-awarded-1-8-million-to-study-potential-treatments-for-neurological-diseases/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-30T14:07:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS research scientist Fang Zheng, Ph.D., recently received from The National Institutes of Health a $1.8 million grant to, to continue research that could lead to new treatments for epilepsy and other neurological diseases.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/22/uams-holds-match-day-celebrations-for-college-of-medicine-seniors/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-27T11:53:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dhruba Dasgupta , who matched to a diagnostic radiology residency at UAMS, stands before maps showing the locations in Arkansas and across the United States where students matched.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Powell had help announcing his match to a general surgery residency at East Tennessee State University from his kids: Elisha, Abishai, Elia-Lynn and youngest Amitai.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Eller, who matched to internal medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, is surrounded by family.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessica and Mason Sifford show off their couples match to the University of Missouri at Kansas City in psychiatry and obstetrics/gynecology, respectively.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Paige Jones-Brooks celebrates her match to UAMS Pediatrics.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/24/from-alaska-to-arkansas-a-cancer-survivors-journey/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-27T11:12:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[a patient poses for a photo with her nurses ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[two people pose with a photo at a football stadium]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[family standing in front of graffiti]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/24/super-project-students-present-work-at-health-disparities-conference/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-24T14:41:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Genesis Jackson describes her research to an attendee at the Health Disparities Conference.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kennedy Hicks, a student in the Serving Underrepresented Populations through Engagement and Research (SUPER) Project, presents her research findings during the Xavier University of Louisiana Health Disparities Conference in New Orleans.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/24/uams-hosts-party-with-a-purpose-in-prescott-to-offer-free-health-services-food-music/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-24T10:32:28-05:00</lastmod></url>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/23/botulism/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-23T16:05:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/21/uams-department-of-neurology-adds-specialists-in-movement-disorders-and-epilepsy/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-21T09:42:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/21/uams-college-of-public-health-team-members-recruit-uapb-biology-club-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-21T09:32:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/17/uams-lecture-series-on-medicine-sustainability-kicks-off-march-30-with-president-of-national-academy-of-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-20T13:21:33-05:00</lastmod></url>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/16/bones/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-16T16:27:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/16/uams-receives-over-1-million-from-usda-att-to-expand-digital-health-education-training-in-arkansas-delta/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-16T08:36:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Melony Stokes]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/15/well-fed-uams-partner-on-food-prescription-program-in-helena-west-helena/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-15T10:13:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patients take part in a nutrition education class on the opening day of Good Food Rx.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Josh Harris, executive director of Well Fed, helps a patient on the first food delivery day for Good Food Rx.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/15/college-of-pharmacy-graduate-student-receives-prestigious-aha-predoctoral-fellowship/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-15T10:12:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/13/uams-hosts-united-states-telecommunication-training-institute-ustti-for-digital-health-training-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-13T12:34:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[USTTI visitors with virtual otoscope display]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[USTTI Visitor listening to heartbeat]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Whit Hall with visitors in NICU]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[USTTI Visitors with Terri Imus]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/13/uams-lawrence-cornett-ph-d-receives-national-award-for-nih-idea-contributions/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-13T10:13:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Cornett &amp;#8211; Taylor Award crp]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Larry Cornett, Ph.D. (center),received the W. Fred Taylor Ph.D. Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., here with Prakash Nagarkatti, Ph.D., (left), chair of the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation, and Taylor.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/07/rangaswamy-govindarajan-m-d-named-chief-of-uams-hematology-and-oncology-division/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-10T16:15:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[doctor standing in lobby of the cancer center]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/10/uams-contributes-to-groundbreaking-lung-cancer-clinical-trial/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-10T16:15:12-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[x-ray of a lung]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/10/frontotemporal-dementia/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-10T10:55:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/09/uams-ceremony-recognizes-pioneers-in-black-history-wall-of-honor-exhibit/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-09T09:05:09-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tim Nutt, director of the UAMS Historical Research Center, stands at the lectern as he speaks about some of the pioneers recognized in the Wall of Honor Exhibit.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Gittens, vice chancellor of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, looks at the Wall of Honor Exhibit poster that recognizes Edith Irby Jones.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS leaders and members of the Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit stand together after the closing ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/08/uams-selected-for-schwartz-centers-inaugural-healing-healthcare-initiative/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-08T09:54:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS began its relationship with The Schwartz Center by offering Schwartz Rounds sessions in 2019. These are now held virtually and UAMS has partnered with Schwartz to additional support services for clinical employees.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected UAMS as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/07/uams-midsouth-black-expo-draws-2100-attendees/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-07T11:08:58-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Crystal Crosswell from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, assists Thelma Shorter, who signed up to receive a colorectal screening kit.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Alyssa Robinson, RN (right), representing the UAMS Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation, demonstrated telehealth technologies during the expo. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Representatives of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Cancer included Director Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Ryan Williams, community health advocate, Beverly Johnson Wells, M.L.S., associate director of the UAMS Rural Research Network, and Matthew Kovak, M.S., director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[ARresearch &amp;#8211; Hayse Miller]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayes Miller of Little Rock was among the expo attendees who joined the UAMS ARresearch registry of potential research volunteers.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/02/radon/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-03-02T16:10:09-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/28/uams-receives-600000-to-provide-post-partum-contraceptive-devices-in-little-rock-fort-smith/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-28T09:33:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Newborn baby crying on mother&amp;#8217;s. Mother take care her African American infant on hands with kindness. family, love, happy and new life concept]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Second-year grant funding by an anonymous donor will provide long-acting reversible contraception devices for uninsured post-partum mothers in Little Rock and Fort Smith.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/04/uams-study-finds-one-in-four-adults-have-experienced-loss-due-to-covid-19/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:35:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Family-member-loss-COVID-web.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Missing Father Silhouette]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Silhouette of missing family member]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/10/uams-study-finds-one-third-of-vaccinated-arkansans-received-covid-19-shot-despite-some-doubts/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:27:24-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[African-American women received vaccine]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/11/uams-springdale-school-district-partnership-sustains-five-year-reduction-in-sodium-intake-for-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:21:20-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Salt in spoon with the words &quot;Eat Less Salt&quot;]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/04/marius-nagalo-ph-d-receives-american-association-for-cancer-research-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:17:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Nagalo lab shot]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Cancer Researcher Dr. Marius Nagalo in his lab at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/22/uams-study-finds-pandemic-limited-physical-activity-nutrition-access-for-arkansans-with-diabetes/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:12:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Someone writing the word Diabetes on a white board and underlining it]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/17/uams-researchers-find-that-covid-19-pandemic-increased-stress-for-women/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T16:00:22-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/woman-wearing-surgical-mask-arms-crossed-768.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[woman wearing surgical mask with arms crossed]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/24/uams-researchers-link-pandemic-to-increased-food-insecurity-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T15:52:05-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[DSC_2939]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS employees deliver boxes of food during COVID-19 pandemic]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/27/shami-nandy-m-d-and-onna-lau-m-d-join-uams-thomas-and-lyon-longevity-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-27T11:35:26-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Nandy-and-Lau-featured-image.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Nandy and Lau featured image]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shami Nandy, M.D., at left, and Onna Lau, M.D., at right, are new physicians at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/23/little-rock-central-basketball-teams-host-pink-out-to-support-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-24T15:24:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[cheerleaders holding pom poms ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LRCHS-Pink-Out.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[LRCHS Pink Out]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Five people posing for a photo holding a giant check on a high school basketball court]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/23/appendicitis/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-23T17:16:51-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/appendix.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[appendix]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[appendix]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/21/uams-advances-health-equity-with-computer-guided-study-consent-forms/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-22T17:22:33-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Laura-James-MD-crp-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura James, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRI-ICN-Research-Team-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[TRI-ICN-Research-Team-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Informed Consent Navigator team include (front, l-r) Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D., Nicki Spencer, M.H.A., Alison Caballero, MPH, CHES, and Jonathan Bona, Ph.D.; (back row) Justin Whorton, Sarah Fountain, MPH, CPH, CHES, Jennifer Gan-Kemp, MBA, CRS, and Aaron Kemp, MBA.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/22/board-certified-oncologist-sri-obulareddy-m-d-joins-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-22T12:12:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Obulareddy-for-web-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Obulareddy for web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sri Obulareddy portrait]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/17/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-hosts-national-proteomics-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-17T13:26:33-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/proteomics-symposium-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[proteomics symposium 1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Proteomics staff from Puerto Rico pose in front of their poster presentation at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/14/uams-celebrates-life-of-susan-smyth-m-d-ph-d/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-16T16:35:48-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Susan-Smyth-memorial-service-02092023-DSC_0694-300x240.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, left, visits with the dogs, Morris and son Edward, as Susan Smyth's white coat hangs behind them.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Susan-Smyth-memorial-service-02092023-850_5762-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Fourth-year medical student Paige Jones-Brooks reads an Emily Dickinson poem, &quot;Forever - is Composed of Nows,&quot; after the audience observes a moment of silence to remember Smyth, whose portrait is to the left of Jones-Brooks.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Susan-Smyth-memorial-service-02092023-850_5821-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Smyth's dogs keep family members company during the service. Morris said they are a great comfort to him now.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Susan-Smyth-memorial-service-02092023-850_5799-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Susan Smyth memorial service-02092023-850_5799]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Morris, Ph.D., addresses the crowd, flanked by his late wife's portrait and son Edward, as well as the family dogs Saleh and Carmine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/19/uams-program-starting-feb-8-offers-support-to-children-of-cancer-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-16T10:06:47-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/13/uams-physical-therapy-students-offering-free-walk-with-ease-online-classes/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-13T10:21:51-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/WWE-Spring-2023-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[WWE Spring 2023]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Couple walking in the Walk with Ease program]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/10/uams-college-of-nursing-sees-impact-of-scholarship-for-new-bsn-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-10T09:49:42-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CON-white-coat-ceremony-10072022-DSC_9802-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CON white coat ceremony-10072022-DSC_9802]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A student in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program dons her white coat during a ceremony in October.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/08/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-hosts-third-be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-on-may-6/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-08T08:48:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BAPOTC-Cure-Walk-04302022-_EK29718-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[BAPOTC-Cure-Walk-04302022-_EK29718]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cancer survivors were among the more than 1,000 walkers at the 2022 Be a Part of the Cure Walk. This year's event is set for May 6.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/07/february-mvp-dollie-resh/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-07T14:29:28-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DollieResh-MVPpost-Feb2023.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DollieResh-MVPpost-Feb2023]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dollie Resh, February 2023 MVP]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/07/uams-health-career-university-accepting-applications-for-programs-in-camden-magnolia/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-07T10:15:30-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DDEI-interns-in-lab-20220614-850_2651-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DDEI interns in lab-20220614-850_2651 (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A Health Career University student works with an instructor in a lab at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/06/uams-midsouth-black-expo-scheduled-for-feb-25/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-06T12:13:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC02671-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC02671]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., and Crystal Smith stand next to the UAMS MammoVan during a Midsouth Black Expo event in 2022.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/21/uams-neurosurgeon-uses-brain-mapping-software-laser-ablation-to-safely-destroy-moms-brain-tumor/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T12:21:30-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AshleyJames2-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Rodriguez points to the area of James' brain where the tumor is.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
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<image:title><![CDATA[AshleyJames1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., shows Ashley James an image of her brain.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/28/maryharris/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T12:20:57-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Arnaoutakis_Konstantinos_9-15-17-1-199x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Arnaoutakis Konstantinos, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rodriguez_Analiz-06132019-DSC_1991-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Harris-and-her-daughter-Valerie-submitted-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mary Harris poses for a photo with her daughter Valerie Kelley.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ARod-in-OR2.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ARod in OR2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and neurosurgical resident Marcus Stephens, M.D. perform surgery.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/22/uams-performs-first-gammatile-brain-surgery-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T12:20:08-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GammaTile-Brain-Tumor-06142021-EDL_3272-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The GammaTile, a 3D-collagen tile embedded with a cesium radiation source.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GammaTile-Brain-Tumor-06142021-EDL_3385-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., during the surgery. ]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GammaTile-Brain-Tumor-06142021-EDL_3129-NAME_REMOVED-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[GammaTile-Brain-Tumor-06142021-EDL_3129-NAME_REMOVED]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS surgeons prepare to perform the first surgery in Arkansas using GammaTile Therapy or surgically targeted radiation therapy.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/30/childrens-tumor-foundation-uams-open-countrys-first-adult-neurofibromatosis-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T12:19:28-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NF-Adult-Clinic-Group-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[NF Adult Clinic Group]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo of UAMS leaders and doctors, donors, patients]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/03/104-and-cancer-free/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T12:04:35-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_3198-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Patient sitting talking with doctor]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/maddie-Suen-front-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[maddie Suen front]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[patient standing with her doctor]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/03/uams-honors-legacy-of-martin-luther-king-jr/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-03T10:33:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-1.50.59-PM.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Screen Shot 2023-02-01 at 1.50.59 PM]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dana McEwen (left), instrument technician for Sterile Services, and Marcus Murphy, biomedical equipment technician in the UAMS Office of Academic Services, perform a live musical rendition of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” during an event to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/02/shingles/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-02T15:27:17-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shingles.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[shingles]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[shingles]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/01/uams-spine-lab-goes-green-with-3-d-printed-cadavers/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-02T13:25:17-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Green2-10-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Pait provides instruction while residents perform a procedure on the synthetic cadaver.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Green1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Green1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Surgical residents practice skills on a synthetic cadaver during the Green Spine Lab.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/02/day-at-the-races-march-17-to-benefit-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-02T09:45:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UAMS-News-Featured-Images-25.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS News Featured Images (25)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[horses running at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/01/uams-brain-injury-program-to-offer-free-virtual-workshop-feb-16/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-02-01T09:06:28-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/brain-injury-stock-photo-scaled-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[brain injury-stock-photo-scaled]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation’s Brain Injury Program will host a virtual workshop, “Strategies for Memory and Mood,” Feb. 16 to connect anyone affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to helpful resources and support.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/31/uams-accepting-applications-from-k-12-students-for-pathways-academy-summer-programs-in-eight-cities/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-31T09:33:41-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Academic-Session-Photo-2.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Academic Session Photo 2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Scholars take part in an academic session for Pathways Academy.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/31/fda-fellowship-helps-guide-pharmacy-students-path-forward/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-31T09:19:04-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s_thomas2.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[s_thomas2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Szarria Thomas]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/30/uams-movement-disorders-clinic-to-offer-free-cooking-art-music-classes-to-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-30T11:30:56-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ArtclassTabletop.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ArtclassTabletop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A Parkinson's patient and his caregiver, his wife, experiment with watercolor pencils in an Art for Parkinson's workshop last year.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/30/teresa-hudson-pharm-d-ph-d-named-assistant-dean-for-health-services-research-for-uams-college-of-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-30T10:48:25-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hudson-Featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hudson Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/26/poison/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-26T16:13:09-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pesticide.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[pesticide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[pesticide]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/26/blue-you-foundation-for-a-healthier-arkansas-awards-uams-3-grants-to-improve-mental-health-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-26T10:18:23-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Featured-Blue-You-researchers.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Featured Blue &amp;#038; You researchers]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left) Jessica Coker, M.D., Abigail Richison, M.D., Nikki Edge, Ph.D., and Tisha Deen, Ph.D., are overseeing studies that received funding from the Blue &amp; You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/25/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-online-meditation-courses-in-february-march/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-25T10:43:42-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mindfulness-iStock-1175227701-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[mindfulness]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering online courses to the public during February and March that teach introductory skills for meditation and Mindfulness.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/25/uams-researchers-find-hispanics-marshallese-are-more-likely-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-at-church/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-25T10:21:13-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Marshallese-vaccination.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marshallese vaccination]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A Marshallese resident in Northwest Arkansas receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/24/auras-atreya-m-d-heart-rhythm-management-specialist-joins-uams-cardiovascular-team-will-spearhead-ventricular-tachycardia-ablation-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-24T11:25:16-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Atreya-Featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Atreya Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Atreya]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/23/college-rejoins-regional-coalition-to-help-promote-the-importance-of-public-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-24T11:03:36-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CindyLewis-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CindyLewis-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[C. Lewis]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/06/uams-college-of-public-health-plays-key-role-in-helping-vaccinate-arkansans/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-24T11:03:29-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DSC_1311-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC_1311]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lewis-Williams]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/17/dr-michelle-krause-to-lead-uams-health-system-dr-ahmed-abuabdou-named-chief-clinical-officer/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-24T11:02:30-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Krause-Abuabdou-.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Krause Abuabdou]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Michelle W. Krause, M.D., MPH, and Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/23/jason-williams-psy-d-to-lead-child-mental-and-behavioral-health-at-uams-arkansas-childrens/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-24T09:22:52-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Featured-Williams-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Featured Williams]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jason Williams has been named as the new chief of UAMS’ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and as Arkansas Children’s senior vice president and chief mental and behavioral health officer.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/23/five-new-members-join-advisory-board-of-uams-reynolds-institute-on-aging/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-23T09:35:00-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IOA-Board-dinner-Trios-12152022-850_3786-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IOA Board dinner Trios-12152022-850_3786]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Community Advisory Board for the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging gather for a meeting at Trio's Restaurant in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/20/huntingtons-disease-symposium-details-resources-seeks-study-participants/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-20T13:49:51-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Boddu-Virmani-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Boddu-Virmani]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Boddu discusses the history of efforts to treat Huntington's disease.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/20/three-year-old-patient-keeps-sight-survives-rare-eye-cancer/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-20T10:16:39-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dc4e-267x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dallas Carter and Quatisa East]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grigorian_bielamowicz-375x211.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Grigorian and Bielamowicz]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dc5-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dallas Carter]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dc8-copy.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[dc8 copy]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dallas Carter]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/19/hearing-aids/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-19T11:45:33-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hearing.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[hearing]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[hearing]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/19/first-cohort-of-occupational-therapy-students-completes-capstone-projects-graduates/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-19T09:10:04-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hooding-Ceremony-2022-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctor of Occupational Therapy students at the Dec. 16, 2022, hooding ceremony.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DSC_0450-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Moriah Hatfield presents her capstone project]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DSC_0406-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Heather Bellisario presents her capstone project]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OT-Faculty-2022-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Faculty in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program. From left, Kandy Salter, Anna Harris, Amanda Troillett, Maria Ball and Sherry Muir (program chair).]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Muir-and-Hagstrom-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sherry Muir (left), chair and founding director of the occupational therapy program, enjoys the moment with Dr. Fran Hagstrom, associate dean of international education and the University of Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Class-Plaque-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sherry Muir (right), chair and founding director of the occupational therapy program, holds the class gift with a student. The plaque lists the names of the first cohort and states: &quot;Keep going, because you did not come this far just to come this far.&quot;]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1st-Cohort-w-Faculty-Graduation-2022.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[10485_Occupational_Therapy-COEHP_UA_UAMSfirst graduating class 2022]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS/UA Occupational Therapy 1st Cohort with Faculty]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/09/newman-recognized-for-excellence-clinical-research-excellence/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-17T12:23:42-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Priscilla-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Priscilla]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Priscilla Newman, clinical regulatory specialist in the Cancer Clinical Trials Office, received the Bonny Hope Wallace Award for Clinical Research Excellence.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/17/arkansas-department-of-health-uams-and-count-the-kicks-partner-to-launch-stillbirth-prevention-campaign-throughout-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-17T09:25:02-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/iStock-1330902346-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Shot of a mother to be caressing her baby bump]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS, the Arkansas Department of Health and Count the Kicks are partnering in a stillbirth prevention campaign to educate expectant parents in Arkansas about the importance of tracking a baby’s movements daily in the third trimester of pregnancy.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/12/health-screenings/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-12T16:46:11-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bp.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[bp]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[bp]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/09/proton-radiation-physicist-joins-uams-department-of-radiation-oncology/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-10T15:29:37-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wen-hsi-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Wen Chien Hsi]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/10/transplant-surgeon-martha-estrada-m-d-joins-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-10T10:50:13-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Estrada_Martha-Michelle_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Estrada_Martha-Michelle_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Martha Michelle Estrada, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/09/toby-belknap/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-09T10:13:18-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TobyBelknap-MVP-Jan23-post.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[TobyBelknap-MVP-Jan23-post]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Toby Belknap, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/05/uams-health-career-university-accepting-applications-for-programs-in-little-rock-pine-bluff/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-05T09:37:27-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DDEI-interns-in-lab-20220614-850_2633-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DDEI interns in lab-20220614-850_2633 (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A student in the Health Career University program receives help with his work in a UAMS laboratory.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/03/uams-arkansas-childrens-launch-program-to-improve-mental-health-care-for-children-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-04T15:23:01-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Steinbach-and-Smith.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Steinbach and Smith]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[portrait of Steinbach, portrait of Smith]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/04/uams-mammovan-to-offer-mammograms-in-magnolia-jan-10/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-04T14:22:05-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/UAMS-MammoVan-1536x837-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS-MammoVan-1536&amp;#215;837]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The mammovan parked on a street]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/01/mohamed-o-elasri-ph-d-named-associate-vice-chancellor-for-research-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2023-01-03T14:44:41-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Elasri_Mohamed-O_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Elasri_Mohamed-O_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mohamed O. Elasri, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/30/uams-to-offer-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program-6/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-30T09:13:07-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/22/uams-garners-multiple-honors-in-2022-while-fulfilling-missions/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-29T11:52:30-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/YIR2022-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[YIR2022-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The year of 2022 was one of transition from COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the Omicron surge in case numbers to, by the fall, in-person classes for students, public events and an easing of safety protocols.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/28/uams-panel-discusses-value-of-mentorship-for-underrepresented-minorities/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-28T09:11:02-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/URM-mentorship.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[URM mentorship]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nicholas Pettus, manager of diverse student recruitment in the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, speaks during the Bridge Builders mentorship event.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/27/holding-space-for-hope-and-reality/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-27T11:02:05-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Harrington-Puri-Palliative-Care-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Harrington Puri Palliative Care]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Palliative Medicine doctor with guest author answering questions from audience]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/09/uams-hosts-panel-discussion-on-experiences-in-military-service/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-22T15:07:27-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Vets-Williams.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Vets Williams]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[David Williams, assistant registrar for veterans' services, describes his experiences from 13 years of service in the Marine Corps.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/22/new-years-resolutions/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-22T12:02:00-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/resolution.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[resolution]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[resolution]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/22/suicide/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-22T11:25:19-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/suicide.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[suicide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[suicide]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/23/uams-trauma-team-helps-save-sherwood-man-after-30-foot-fall/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-23T10:05:08-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Josh-Pretty-discharge-patienstory-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Josh Pretty discharge-patienstory-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Josh Pretty, seated, gives a thumbs up just before he leaves UAMS Medical Center for what would turn out to be a shorter-than-expected stay in a local rehabilitation hospital. His wife, Alissa Pretty, third from the right, also does the same.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/19/two-uams-physicians-discuss-maternal-mortality-mental-health-at-womens-voices-summit/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-19T10:30:21-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Manning-300x245.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nirvana Manning, M.D., discusses maternal mortality in Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Coker-Womens-summit-300x278.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessica Coker, M.D., an associate professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, discusses the impact that mental health issues, primarily trauma, have on women in their childbearing years.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Manning-Womens-Summit.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Manning Women&amp;#8217;s Summit]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nirvana Manning, M.D., (left) chair and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, sits on a panel with Christy Turlington Burns and Chelsea Clinton at &quot;Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Women’s Rights.&quot;]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/19/u-s-defense-department-awards-uams-cancer-researcher-760000-to-study-aggressive-type-of-lymphoma/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-19T09:55:50-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Samantha-Kendrick-Ph.D.-lab-photo-_Bryan-Clifton.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D. lab photo _Bryan Clifton]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., has received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/16/uams-college-of-medicine-honors-stacie-m-jones-m-d-as-distinguished-faculty-scholar/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-16T10:11:04-06:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Smyth-presenting-award-to-Jones-300x226.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice chancellor of UAMS and dean of the College of Medicine, presents the college’s 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar award to Stacie M. Jones, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jones-at-podium-lecture-IMG_2990-1-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stacie M. Jones, M.D., briefs UAMS and Arkansas Children’s faculty, trainees and others on major advances in treatments for children with life-threatening peanut allergy that have been developed over the past 25 years during her Distinguished Faculty Scholar lecture.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Colleagues-celebrate-after-lecture-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pediatric Allergy and Immunology colleagues, food allergy research team members and others celebrate with Stacie M. Jones, M.D., (bottom right) after her Distinguished Faculty Scholar lecture.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Smyth-Jones-Raney-after-lecture-scaled-e1671204606446.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Smyth &amp;#8211; Jones &amp;#8211; Raney after lecture]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., UAMS executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine; 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Stacie M. Jones, M.D.; and Kevin Raney, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and chair of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Committee.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/15/uams-college-of-nursing-holds-white-coat-ceremony-for-graduate-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-15T16:02:59-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A student dons his coat during the College of Nursing's white coat ceremony for graduate programs.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS College of Nursing Graduate White Coat Ceremony, December 1, 2022]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate students wear their white coats as they sit during the College of Nursing ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/14/uams-researchers-see-14-5-increase-in-grant-funding-for-fy2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-14T10:51:58-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[This chart illustrates the growth in all of UAMS' external funding, as well as its NIH-funding rank among NIH IDeA states.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., UAMS vice chancellor for Research and Innovation, credits the dedication of UAMS' researchers and staff for five years of steady growth in grant funding.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/13/uams-first-in-state-to-use-advanced-liver-transplant-technology/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-14T10:36:27-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Fortners discuss his liver transplant during a visit to UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Terry Fortner stands next to his wife, Robbie, outside UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/13/graduate-school-recognizes-faculty-and-students-at-annual-holiday-awards-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-13T13:34:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucy Fry receives her achievement award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Aaron Kemp receives his achievement award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kalee Holloway receives her achievement award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Christopher Godwin receives his achievement award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ruston Koonce receives his achievement award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., presented awards at his last winter ceremony as dean of the UAMS Graduate School.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/12/gynecologic-oncologist-radiation-oncologist-join-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-12T09:53:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Maria Ruiz and Mausam Patel, new oncologists at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/08/first-year-medical-students-pay-tribute-to-those-who-donated-their-bodies-to-science/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-08T10:13:33-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Student Alexa Pearce holds her framed watercolor painting after the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students walk across the stage to place carnations in a vase as their classmates look on.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Eleven students in white coats sing on stage as their classmates watch from audience in auditorium.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/07/cdc-awards-uams-1-2-million-to-establish-statewide-collaborative-to-improve-maternal-infant-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-07T10:16:42-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[New Mom Holds Her Infant to Her Chest]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[young mother in a hospital gown gently holds her infant in her arms and smiles down at her. The baby's eyes are closed.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/05/hands-on-program-at-uams-encourages-young-women-to-consider-orthopaedics-as-career/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-06T14:21:22-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students used simulated bones, called sawbones, during the workshop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers at the workshop included Karen Seale, M.D., Meg Cornaghie, M.D., Andrea Rhea, Theresa Wyrick, M.D., Olivia Glover, Chelsea Mathews, M.D., Adrienne Koder, M.D., Madison Stoudt and Callie Margiotta.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Theresa Wyrick, M.D., (center) instructs high school students during a hands-on session of the Perry Outreach Program workshop at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/06/state-legislators-visit-uams-northwest-regional-campus/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-06T10:48:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Vice Chancellor of Institutional Relations Andy Davis welcomes Arkansas State Legislators to the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Holly Maness, a fourth-year pharmacy student answers legislators' questions.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Christian Goolsby, a third-year physical therapy student, tells legislators about his experience as a student at UAMS Northwest.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Krista Langston, executive director of community programs for the UAMS Office of Community Health &amp; Research, gives an overview or her group's efforts to state legislators.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Amy Wenger, vice chancellor of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, shows state legislators the UAMS Northwest Campus' new SIM center.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Arkansas State Representative Denise Garner gets ready to try out the virtual reality anatomy equipment on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus during a visit to the campus with fellow state representatives.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/06/endocrinologist-arwa-albashaireh-m-d-joins-uams-offers-streamlined-thyroid-biopsies/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-06T09:28:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Endocrinologist Arwa Albashaireh, M.D., is seeing patients in the UAMS Endocrinology Clinic.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/01/uams-researchers-design-app-to-prevent-opioid-use-disorder-relapse/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-02T10:14:39-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ronald G. Thompson, Ph.D., (left) Andrew James, Ph.D., and Mary Bollinger, Ph.D., (not shown) have designed an app to decrease opioid cravings and optimize medication-assisted treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/12/02/three-grants-aiding-uams-based-programs-efforts-to-expand-research-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-12-02T10:12:32-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., leads the Arkansas INBRE Program.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/23/uams-event-encourages-students-in-delta-to-pursue-health-careers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-29T14:34:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students learn how to conduct ultrasound examinations and perform other procedures during the REACH event in Helena-West Helena.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/28/uams-lung-cancer-survivor-beats-the-odds/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-28T14:29:03-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Lung Cancer Survivor holds the Seed of Hope token he received when his cancer treatment ended]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[John Pertuis]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Lung Cancer Survivor in the Healing Garden of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/28/uams-college-of-pharmacy-professor-a-principal-investigator-on-1-8-million-nih-funded-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-project/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-28T10:22:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Geoffrey Curran]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/22/hepatitis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-22T16:12:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/22/state-legislators-visit-uams-womens-health-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-22T13:18:50-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bentley, McCullough, Racher, Manning]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/22/uams-signs-pledge-joining-group-committed-to-decarbonizing-health-care-sector/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-22T09:18:20-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, shares a thumbs-up moment with Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. after the mayor turned on one of the generators in the new power plant at the conclusion of the formal opening of the facility.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/18/uams-college-of-pharmacy-named-2022-aaps-student-chapter-of-the-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-18T09:39:46-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[AAPS COP team]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/17/memphis-neurosurgeon-says-surgery-isnt-always-best-option-in-treating-spinal-deformities/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-17T15:43:42-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Noojan Kazemi, M.D., left, and T. Glenn Pait, M.D., after the lecture.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Paul Park, M.D., discusses spinal surgery during the annual Flanigan-Boop Lectureship in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/03/23/uams-researcher-advances-family-involvement-with-critically-ill-child/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-15T12:15:37-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Ronald C. Sanders Jr.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jama Pediatrics]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/15/lauren-m-story-hefta-m-d-joins-uams-division-of-vascular-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-15T10:25:53-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/14/uams-using-2-4-million-nih-grant-to-study-bacterium-that-causes-tick-borne-relapsing-fever/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-14T09:40:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Jon Blevins PhD 2-2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jon Blevins, Ph.D., in his lab with a Cytiva ÄKTA pure chromatography system used for purification of proteins in his research of tick-borne relapsing fever.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/10/posture/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-10T17:00:45-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/10/uams-seminar-focuses-on-ending-stigmas-surrounding-veterans-mental-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-10T15:04:12-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Veterans webinar]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Isis Pettway talks about ways to break the stigma surrounding mental health issues for veterans and active-duty service members.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/09/nih-funds-uams-study-addressing-urgent-health-needs-of-pregnant-marshallese-women/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-09T09:27:55-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Britni Ayers, Ph.D., is leading the study involving small groups of pregnant Marshallese women and health care navigators to improve health outcomes.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/08/uams-voted-best-company-to-work-for-by-newspapers-readers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-08T11:29:23-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Readers of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette voted UAMS the Best Company to Work For among companies with 250 employees or more.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/07/uams-washington-regional-team-up-for-new-internal-medicine-residency-program-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-07T10:38:52-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS_WRMC IM Residency Faculty]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS-WRMC Internal Medicine Residency Faculty]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2008/03/12/walker-joins-uams-obstetrics-gynecology-faculty/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-07T10:15:08-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/07/uams-assisting-pulaski-county-sheriffs-office-in-care-of-detainees-with-substance-use-disorder/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-07T08:44:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nickolas Zaller, Ph.D., speaks at a press conference Nov. 1 announcing a $1.3 million grant awarded the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office from the Bureau of Justice Assistance.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/04/uams-college-of-medicine-student-shines-on-the-voice/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-04T12:35:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Igbokidi outside UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Igbokidi stands by the fountain outside UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/04/uams-american-home-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-van-buren-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-04T10:23:16-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/04/uams-rose-drug-of-dardanelle-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-yell-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-04T10:20:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/04/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-white-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-04T10:16:16-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/03/vitamins/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-03T15:31:37-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/03/uams-ceremony-honors-infant-and-pregnancy-loss/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-03T08:56:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Peeples, M.D., speaks at the remembrance service.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS employees observe a moment of silence.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A Day of Remembrance ceremony was held Oct. 20 to honor the more than 200 perinatal losses at UAMS Medical Center during the past year.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/02/uams-college-of-pharmacy-students-organize-2nd-annual-bone-marrow-registry-drive/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-02T16:32:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyra Ellison]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Maria Neal, Ainsley Moran]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/02/uams-holds-pride-celebration-in-support-of-lgbtq-community/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-02T10:54:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Thea Rosenbaum (from left), chief clinical transformation officer for UAMS Health; Michelle Krause, interim CEO of the UAMS Medical Center and interim senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health; Stephanie Gardner, UAMS provost and chief strategy officer; and Brian Gittens, vice chancellor of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion were among the campus leaders who attended the Pride Celebration.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/02/uams-partnership-receives-two-awards-to-address-suicide-food-insecurity-among-older-adults/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-02T09:24:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Melodee Harris (from left), associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing and co-director of the Arkansas Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, is shown with Mark Herbst, program manager for the UAMS Centers on Aging, and Amy Leigh Overton-McCoy, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Centers on Aging.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/21/uams-health-specialty-center-to-open-in-premier-medical-plaza-in-early-2023/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-01T13:47:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS is moving compliment of specialty services to Premier Medical Plaza at 10915 Rodney Parham Road in west Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/01/uams-to-offer-free-traumatic-brain-injury-workshop-nov-10/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-01T09:45:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS will host a virtual “Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Workshop” from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 10.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/11/01/uams-college-of-pharmacys-megan-smith-pharm-d-receives-ncpas-2022-national-preceptor-of-the-year-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-11-01T09:35:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/31/uams-hosts-australian-neurosurgeon-for-demonstration-of-innovative-robotic-spine-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-31T09:03:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Noojan Kazemi, M.D., performs a prone lateral lumbar fusion as Professor Greg Malham observes.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/29/public-health-students-collect-thousands-of-diapers-wipes-for-uams-head-start/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:17:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Student Association Leaders]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/college-of-pharmacy-class-of-2025-dons-white-coats-during-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:15:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[College of Pharmacy Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., urges the Class of 2025 to embrace each day in the program.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Second-year students Ben Quattlebaum and Amanda Russell help Jordan Reed don his white coat.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Keynote speaker Meghan Breckling, Pharm.D., encourages the first-year students to  get involved with student and professional organizations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students from the College of Pharmacy Class of 2025 wait to don their white coats.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/21/college-of-pharmacy-students-receive-scholarships-at-awards-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:15:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Alex Moore]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[McKenzie Koch]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/09/college-of-pharmacy-students-alumni-receive-awards-at-apha-annual-meeting/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:14:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[APhA-ASP 2022 Chapter of the Year]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/22/white-coats-symbolize-new-beginnings-for-college-of-pharmacy-class-of-2026/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:14:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cindy Stowe]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mary Bradley]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP students read pledge]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Daman Singh]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/04/college-of-pharmacy-students-refine-their-skills-in-graduate-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:13:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Godwin, Smith, Koonce]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/19/uams-college-of-pharmacy-student-team-wins-third-consecutive-national-business-plan-competition/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:13:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Caraway, Howard, Lindsey Cooper, Tanner Cooper]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/20/uams-welcomes-first-class-in-accelerated-bsn-program-opens-simulation-center-in-northwest-arkansa/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:11:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS students and instructors in the new simulation center in Northwest Arkansas]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A UAMS nursing student retrieves &quot;medication&quot; in the medication preparation room through a fingerprint-activated Pyxis medication access system.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A UAMS nursing student scans her finger to access the Pyxis medication system.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patient beds in the SIM center]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nursing students practice giving injections.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students receive classroom learning in the SIM center.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nursing students and faculty in the new simulation center on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/26/accelerated-bsn-students-begin-nursing-journey-with-white-coat-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:11:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patricia Cowan, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, welcomes the 17 nursing students and their family and friends at the College of Nursing White Coat ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Manley, RN, MNSc, chief of staff for the UAMS chancellor and a 1990 UAMS College of Nursing graduate, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lauren Haggard-Duff, the accelerated BSN program director, prepares to lead the UAMS BSN Class of 2023 in reciting the Nightingale Pledge.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lauren Haggard-Duff, the accelerated BSN program director, prepares to lead the UAMS BSN Class of 2023 in reciting the Nightingale Pledge.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Manley, RN, MNSc, chief of staff for the UAMS chancellor and a 1990 UAMS College of Nursing graduate, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patricia Cowan, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, welcomes the 17 nursing students and their family and friends at the College of Nursing White Coat ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS College of Nursing students in the accelerated BSN program recite the Nightingale Pledge]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS College of Nursing students in the accelerated BSN program recite the Nightingale Pledge]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/25/bsn-students-don-white-coats-in-uams-college-of-nursing-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:09:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Faculty members help a student put on her white coat during the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A student (from left) receives congratulations from Fermin Renteria, director of the BSN program; Patricia Cowan, dean of the College of Nursing; and Teresa Whited, associate dean for academic programs.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students in the College of Nursing stand and read from their programs during the white coat ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/27/baptist-health-uams-family-medicine-residency-program-celebrates-first-round-of-graduates/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:06:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduating residents line up for a photo after the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson takes a photo with graduating residents at the Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock campus.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/uams-college-of-medicine-welcomes-class-of-2026-to-two-campuses/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T14:05:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Reciting the Medical Student Oath before taking the stage to don their white coats, resting on the chair in front of each student.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[After receiving their white coats, students posed with family onstage while having their picture taken. Photo of a female student in white coat and her family ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[For some students, medicine runs in the family.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The crowd claps as another student dons his white coat.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rebecca Latch, M.D., was the keynote speaker.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A student and her parents for a picture.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Tariq, M.D., led the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the College of Medicine, addresses the audience at Robinson Center Performance Hall.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/28/uams-webinar-offers-ideas-to-make-information-accessible-for-people-with-disabilities/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T13:43:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeffrey DeSantis, educational coordinator for the physician’s assistant program in the College of Health Professions, talks about the problems that colorblind people experience in the workplace and in everyday life.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/28/uams-southern-pharmacy-of-arkansas-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-poinsett-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T11:23:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Poinsett County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/28/uams-local-pharmacies-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-saline-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T11:20:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Saline County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/28/uams-st-francis-discount-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-st-francis-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T11:18:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[St. Francis County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/28/uams-local-pharmacies-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-pulaski-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-28T11:16:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pulaski County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/27/four-uams-researchers-receive-arkansas-breast-cancer-research-25th-anniversary-grants/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-27T10:19:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Four faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have been awarded grants from the Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program to further their breast cancer studies]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/27/uams-receives-perinatal-care-certification-from-the-joint-commission/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-27T10:05:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[stock image of mother in hospital gown holding newborn baby]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2017/07/14/pt-program-turns-to-plasticized-remains-to-teach-anatomy/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:54:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[This cadaver shows the brain, spinal cord and nerves that make up the central nervous system.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Jefferson, Ph.D., P.T., holds a plasticized human heart.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Jefferson, Ph.D., P.T., chair and associate professor of the Department of Physical Therapy (PT) in the College of Health Professions, shows how a plasticized cadaver allows students to see in 3D what they see in 2D in their anatomy textbook.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2018/08/09/physical-therapy-program-graduates-its-first-class/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:54:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[PT First Graduates]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2018/08/21/uams-college-of-health-professions-physical-therapy-program-earns-full-accreditation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:54:19-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/11/03/college-honors-three-faculty-members/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:53:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Theresa Gramlich was awarded the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jason Key received the 2020 Excellence in Service Award.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Vincenzo received the 2020 Excellence in Scholarship Award.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/08/spotlight-on-the-department-of-physical-therapy/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:53:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Jefferson]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/02/virtual-festivities-celebrate-colleges-half-century-milestone/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:53:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dean Susan Long gets ready to cut into a cake to serve to celebrants of the 50th anniversary of the college's establishment.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Three of the College's students enjoy some free slices of 'radical pizza.']]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Faculty and state of the Department of Physical Therapy show the backs of the sweatshirts.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[During a week of celebrations in late November and early December, faculty and staff of the College's Department of Physical Therapy show off their 50th anniversary sweatshirts.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/07/programs-new-motion-analysis-equipment-enhances-research-education/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:53:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Garcia helps to place the motion-capture sensors on Williamson before the demonstration.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Marconi, left, and Garcia discuss an image on a television monitor in the lab while they have Williamson climb a staircase.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nadia Marconi, left, demonstrates a motor task to a student volunteer while using the new motion-capture system.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/17/uams-alumnus-named-clinician-of-the-year-at-encompass-health-rehabilitation-hospital-in-memphis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:53:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Kristen Holmes]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kristen Holmes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/19/uams-researcher-receives-prestigious-national-award-1-million-to-support-falls-research-in-older-adults/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:52:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Vincenzo, Ph.D., MPH, PT, is only the third physical therapist to receive the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/26/uams-jones-eye-institute-ophthalmology-residency-program-ranked-13th-nationally-for-research-output/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:17:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jones Eye Institute]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/25/nih-awards-uams-7-9-million-to-create-more-space-for-pandemic-response-infectious-disease-research/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-26T09:08:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Daniel Voth, Ph.D., is leading the NIH grant supporting renovations to increase infectious disease research space in the building behind him.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/21/uams-to-hold-nov-4-lecture-on-advances-in-spinal-neurosurgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-25T16:04:46-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/24/inaugural-community-health-impact-conference-provides-info-and-partnerships-for-organizations-throughout-the-state/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-24T15:18:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[CHIC Conf.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[CHIC Conf.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/24/john-spollen-m-d-to-assume-lead-role-of-uams-college-of-medicine-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-24T09:52:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[John Spollen, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/21/uams-celebrates-hispanic-cultures-at-virtual-event/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-21T15:03:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Hispanic Heritage 2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Viridiana Saenz, a first-year resident in the College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, talks about the culture in Mexico, where she grew up.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/20/cyclotron-for-states-first-proton-center-arrives-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-20T15:30:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[the cyclotron, a key piece of equipment for the new Proton Center of Arkansas, is lowered into position.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[key equipment for the proton radiation center is installed]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/20/sexually-transmitted-diseases/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-20T12:51:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/18/uams-offers-free-music-workshops-for-patients-with-neurodegenerative-disorders/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-18T11:00:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Group playing music at home]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Three people sitting around a piano]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/18/uams-harvey-bernice-jones-eye-institute-seeks-participants-for-national-multicenter-clinical-trial-for-zoster-eye-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-18T09:53:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Eye Diseases Research]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Eye Diseases Research]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/12/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-welcomes-four-new-oncologists/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-17T10:17:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Four new cancer doctors joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/17/uams-samuel-overley-m-d-among-nations-top-young-spine-professionals-for-2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-17T10:12:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Samuel Overley, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon and assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/14/arkansas-house-and-senate-public-health-committees-hold-meeting-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-14T09:18:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cam Patterson]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Goelke, Cheema, Dahlem]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Fred Allen and Zainab Atiq]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/05/october-mvp-kenyon-coiley/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-14T07:26:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenyon Coiley, October 2022 MVP]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/13/nih-funds-uams-effort-to-close-patient-outcome-gaps-across-u-s-level-1-and-2-trauma-centers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-13T10:06:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Mathias &amp;#8211; Kevin crp4]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D. (right), and Kevin Sexton, M.D., will test which organizational features affect patient outcomes at 230 Level 1 and Level 2 trauma centers.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/07/speakers-at-international-fest-share-cultural-experiences/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-12T10:27:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/International-Fest-09272019-DSC_4252.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[International Fest-09272019-DSC_4252]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Toan Bui shares information about Vietnam during the 2019 International Fest. Bui served as the moderator for this year's virtual panel discussion.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/26/uams-researchers-find-changes-in-monkeypox-genome-that-may-explain-its-recent-rapid-spread/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-12T08:16:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Ussery_David PhD]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[David Ussery, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/23/implant-offers-uams-patient-relief-from-painful-diabetic-neuropathy/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-11T11:42:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Herb Lair at UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/05/small-town-arkansas-roots-run-deep-for-college-of-pharmacy-alumnus/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-11T11:01:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lenora-Newsomee.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Lenora Newsomee]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lenora Newsome]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/11/uams-announces-a-partnership-with-amedisys-and-contessa-creating-a-comprehensive-care-at-home-suite-of-services/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-11T10:25:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Hospital-exterior-nite-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hospital exterior nite]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS is partnering with Amedisys and Contessa, to bring a new care at home option to Central Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/10/spine-specialist-jordan-walters-m-d-joins-uams-department-of-orthopaedic-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-10T10:02:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jordan Walters, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/06/uams-college-of-public-health-researcher-to-study-barriers-to-quitting-menthol-cigarettes-among-african-americans/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-06T11:11:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[D-Jones]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[D. Jones]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/15/uams-remembers-those-mourning-infant-and-pregnancy-loss/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-05T13:30:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Posters accent the ceremony]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nearly three dozen floating lotus flowers illuminated with tea lights created by the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub lined the garden’s circular fountain.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Love Lives Bereavement Program organizes an annual Day of Remembrance ceremony to observe Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and to remember grieving families.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at sunset on Oct. 7 to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/04/energy-project-attracts-national-attention-awards/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-05T08:48:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Power-Plant-Start-Up-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Power-Plant-Start-Up-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, left, looks on as Chancellor Cam Patterson, center, prepares to push a button on a control panel to start one of the generators at the 2021 dedication of the new UAMS power plant on the east side of the Little Rock campus.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/03/john-imig-ph-d-joins-uams-college-of-pharmacy-as-chair-of-department-of-pharmaceutical-sciences/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-04T15:13:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[imig_cop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Imig]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/03/new-researchers-find-valuable-resources-at-research-expo-2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-04T14:30:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lisa-Jansen-PhD-375x281.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., poses with a selfie frame during the expo.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nadim Nicolas Ghanem, M.D., visits with Joe Schaffner of the Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Zhong-Su-PhD-Rush-Kahler-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Zhong Su, Ph.D., talks to Nancy Rusch, Ph.D., and Pam Kahler, representing TRI's Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for postdoctoral fellows.. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Sharon-Sanders-PhD-selfie-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sharon Sanders, Ph.D., MPH.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Veronica-Smith-Ruiqi-Cen-PhD-Postdoc-CPH-crp.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Veronica Smith Ruiqi Cen PhD Postdoc CPH crp]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Veronica Smith, who directs the UAMS Rural Research Network, speaks with Ruiqi Cen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public. Health.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/10/03/new-pharmaceutical-sciences-chair-imig-sees-opportunity-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-03T14:30:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/imig_cop.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[imig_cop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Imig]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/27/uams-college-of-nursings-bsn-program-ranked-67th-in-nation-by-u-s-news-world-report/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-10-03T10:46:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CON-US-News-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CON US News]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. News &amp; World Report recognized the UAMS College of Nursing as one of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate nursing programs for the 2022-23 academic year. UAMS was the only Arkansas program that made the Top 100.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/30/uams-satellite-training-centers-make-digital-health-accessible-understandable-for-all/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-30T14:00:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_1121-750x563.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Eswaran, Imus and Stokes]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[IMG_1127-1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Melony Stokes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/30/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-online-meditation-courses-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-30T09:17:37-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/iStock-1173321304-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Close up of caucasian woman meditating indoors.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Mindfulness Program is offering online courses to the public during October and November that teach introductory skills for meditation and Mindfulness.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/30/uams-sponsored-health-wellness-expo-draws-hundreds/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-30T09:05:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Blood-pressure-woman-2022-Health-and-Wellness-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS staff and students performed about 100 blood pressure and heart rate screenings during the expo. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Endocrinologist Dinesh Edem, M.D., director of the UAMS Medical Weight Management program, discusses how to prevent and treat weight-related complications.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Group shot-2022 Health and Wellness Expo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS employees and students volunteered at the Health &amp; Wellness Expo. UAMS sponsored the event, which was presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/19/uams-ramping-up-resource-optimization-efforts-for-fiscal-year-2023/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-29T16:28:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC06970e-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC06970e]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gold and Staggers]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/29/uams-presents-virtual-family-medicine-conference-tobacco-disease-symposium-october-25-28/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-29T10:32:28-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/28/uams-fay-w-boozman-college-of-public-health-celebrates-20th-anniversary/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-28T11:49:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0128-300x222.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[V. Boozman ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0131-300x194.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[J. Boozman ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0479-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC_0479]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Bates-Hill]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/28/research-induction-ceremony-celebrates-graduate-students-journey-to-doctoral-degrees/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-28T11:12:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hayley-Sabol-getting-coat-with-Dr.-Jesus-Delgado-Calle-and-Dr.-Rosalia-Simmen-09122022-EK2_7047-scaled-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Haley Sabol, a student in the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, receives her coat from Rosalia Simmen, Ph.D. and Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/McGehee-speaking-EDL_6645-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate School Dean Robert McGehee, Jr., Ph.D., addresses the crowd gathered for the Graduate School Research Induction ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Steven-Murdock-posed-with-Dr.-J.-Craig-Forrest-and-Dean-Robert-McGehee-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMAGE BY EVAN LEWIS]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Steven Murdock with Dr. J. Craig Forest and Dean Robert McGehee]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Christa-Corley-with-Dr.-McGehee-09122022-EK2_7261-scaled-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMAGE BY EVAN LEWIS]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Christa L. Corley, a graduate student in the Graduate School's Pharmaceutical Sciences program, is congratulated by Dean Robert McGehee.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Crowd-GS-induction-09122022-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[For the first time since the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020, relatives, friends and additional Graduate School faculty were invited to attend the school's annual Research Induction ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Soumiya-Pal-getting-coat-from-Dr.-Antino-Allen-and-Dr.-Amanda-Stolarz-09122022-EK2_7238-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Soumiya Pal getting coat from Dr. Antino Allen and Dr. Amanda Stolarz &amp;#8211; 09122022-EK2_7238]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Soumiya Pal receives his research coat from Antino Allen, Ph.D., program director of the Graduate School's pharmaceutical sciences program and Amanda Stolarz, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/28/uams-movement-disorders-clinic-to-offer-art-for-parkinsons-classes-in-little-rock-hot-springs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-28T09:31:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ArtClassHurlburt.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ArtClassHurlburt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Preston Hurlburt shows off his painting during an Art for Parkinson's class in the spring.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/27/uams-internship-program-inspires-next-generation-of-cancer-researchers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-27T10:30:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PACR-Student-Photo.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[PACR Student Photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Summer interns at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/26/uams-receives-5-million-grant-to-reduce-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-26T11:00:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DC-maternal-mortality.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DC-maternal-mortality]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pregnant woman getting a check-up]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/21/uams-experts-present-leukemia-lymphoma-state-of-the-science-summit-oct-13-in-little-rock/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-23T11:06:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UAMS-News-Featured-Images-8.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS Experts Present Leukemia, Lymphoma ‘State of the Science’ Summit Oct. 13 in Little Rock]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Muthu Veeraputhiran, M.D., clinical director of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will share the latest research and treatment options for adults with leukemia and lymphoma]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/23/uams-college-hill-drug-medical-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-miller-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-23T10:36:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Miller-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Miller County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Miller County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/23/uams-southern-pharmacy-of-arkansas-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-mississippi-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-23T10:34:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mississippi-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Mississippi County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mississippi County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/23/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-phillips-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-23T10:27:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Phillips-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Phillips County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Phillips County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/23/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-pike-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-23T10:24:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pike-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Pike County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pike County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/20/uams-part-of-6-million-national-effort-to-make-testing-for-toxins-in-water-and-people-less-costly-easier/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-22T09:09:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Larson-Prior-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/lab-photo5-e1663855787950.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[lab photo5]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., (front) with her lab/study team members: (second row, from left) Marybeth Shepard, technician, Ricky Leung, Ph.D., associate professor, and Neville Tam, Ph.D., assistant professor; (back) Alex McDonald, technician.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/21/uams-vascular-laboratories-receive-three-year-accreditation-for-vascular-testing/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-22T09:08:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Moursi_Mohammed-M-1-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mohammed Moursi, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Schulze-scaled-e1663855693430.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Schulze]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Steven R. Schulze, B.S., RVT, technical director of the vascular labs.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/13/september-mvp-janet-hopper/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-21T15:25:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hopper_Janet-Sept-MVP-post.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hopper_Janet-Sept-MVP-post]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Janet Hopper, September 2022 MVP]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/21/sports-injuries/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-21T15:13:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sports_injury.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[sports_injury]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[sports_injury]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/15/vasculitis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-21T14:57:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/vasculitis.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[vasculitis]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[vasculitis]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/04/annual-arkansas-summer-undergraduate-research-symposium-returns-to-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-21T11:30:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Research-Symposium-Jackson-Daniel-ASU-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Daniel Jackson of Arkansas State University discusses his summer research.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Research-Symposium-Appleton-Tayler-Harding-University-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tayler Appleton of Harding University gives an oral presentation on her summer research.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Undergraduate-Research-Symposium-overall-shot-of-poster-dislay-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Morning and afternoon poster sessions were held in the lobby of the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Research-Symposium-Morgan-Browning-Ark.-Tech-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Morganne Browning of Arkansas Tech University discusses the summer project she worked on the the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Resesearch-Symposium-Milliers-welcome-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Grover P. Miller, Ph.D., professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department in the UAMS College of Medicine welcomes students to the symposium.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Summer-Undergraduate-Research-Symposim-lead-pic.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposim (lead pic)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nate Lemke discusses his summer research project at the ninth annual Central Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at UAMS. He conducted his summer research at Hendrix College.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/16/uams-college-of-public-health-to-present-virtual-community-health-impact-conference-sept-28-29/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-21T08:32:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fagan_wide.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Fagan_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Pebbles Fagan]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/10/02/geriatrics-update-speaker-gives-alternatives-to-opioids-in-pain-management/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-20T16:57:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GeriatricUpdate2019-crowd-web-375x254.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 120 people attended the conference, which include about 60 speakers and presentations over three days.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GeriatricUpdate2019-spillover-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[An overflow room allowed students and faculty to listen and look in on conference presentations through a live video feed outside the auditorium at the Reynolds Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GeriatricUpdate2019-Teater-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[GeriatricUpdate2019-Teater-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Guest speaker Don Teater, M.D., M.P.H., talks about the opioid crisis and alternatives to treating pain tat the Geriatrics and Long-term Care Update.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/20/uams-health-opens-long-covid-19-clinic-in-fayetteville/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-20T10:16:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/iStock-1401563953-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Long Covid]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Man tied to COVID cell, pulling it]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/16/new-cooking-class-at-uams-helps-parkinsons-patients-learn-to-manage-tremors-in-the-kitchen/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-16T10:41:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cook2-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jasmine Washington, left, and Alyssa Frisby demonstrate how to safely dice an onion.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cook3-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Preston Hurlburt and his wife, Nancy Hurlburt, prepare pan roasted chicken and vegetables as Susan Santa Cruz prepares a dish in the background.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cook4-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jasmine Washington demonstrates proper use of a chef's knife.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cook1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[cook1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Darwinda Terwilliger, seated, and daughter Jacqueline Terwilliger, enjoy the cooking and the social interaction.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/15/uams-health-career-u-wraps-up-summer-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-15T09:34:10-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Health-Career-U-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Health Career U]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Many of the programs in Health Career U provide students with the opportunity to get hands-on experience in a research lab.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/14/uams-breaks-ground-on-child-development-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-14T14:40:36-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-850_5823-300x206.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson stands with Jeannette “Jan” Shorey, professor emerita in the UAMS College of Medicine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-DSC_9058-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stephanie Gardner, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences provost and chief strategy officer, describes plans for the Child Development Center.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-DSC_9079-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. gives remarks about the city’s support for the UAMS Child Development Center.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-DSC_9082-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ward 3 City Director Kathy Webb speaks at the UAMS Child Development Center groundbreaking in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-850_5890-750x434.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials break ground on the nearly $10 million Child Development Center for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The participants were Darrin Williams (from left), CEO of Southern Bancorp; Phil Purifoy of Fennell Purifoy Architects; Tom Fennell of Fennell Purifoy Architects; C.C. “Cliff” Gibson III, chairman of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees; Stephanie Gardner, UAMS  provost and chief strategy officer; UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson; Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.; Ward 3 Little Rock City Director Kathy Webb; Jay Chesshir, president and CEO of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce; Justin Reeves, project superintendent of C.R. Crawford Construction; and Mike Richardson, Missouri and Arkansas branch banking market leader at U.S. Bank.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Child-Dev-Center-groundbreak-09142022-DSC_9019-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Child Dev Center groundbreak-09142022-DSC_9019]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks Wednesday during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Child Development Center project in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/04/ashok-e-philip-ph-d-named-college-of-pharmacys-associate-dean-of-student-services/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-13T15:17:46-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ashokphilip-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ashokphilip]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashok Philip]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/19/brett-bailey-pharm-d-named-to-pharmacy-hit-collaborative-committee/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-13T15:17:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Brett Bailey]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/uams-ashley-nemec-bakk-ph-d-awarded-postdoctoral-fellowship-for-space-health-research/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-13T15:17:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley Nemec-Bakk]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/13/sunny-singh-m-d-named-director-of-uams-baptist-health-cancer-center-in-north-little-rock/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-13T09:20:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sunny Singh is the director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/12/uams-laura-gressler-ph-d-named-to-arkansas-business-20-in-their-20s-list/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-12T10:41:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura Gressler]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/12/uams-breast-cancer-program-earns-national-reaccreditation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-12T10:04:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UAMS-News-Featured-Images-6.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Breast Center at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/16/uams-fay-w-boozman-college-of-public-health-basks-in-two-decades-of-success/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-12T08:12:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Kevin Ryan speaks to the attendees of the Stead Scholars Program closing ceremony. The program is a special student internship project led by the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. James Raczynski became the first full-time dean of COPH in 2003, replacing Dr. Tom Bruce who served as the temporary dean.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health students, their family members, along with COPH faculty and staff are in the Rahn Auditorium listening to a presentation during the 2022 convocation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Wendy Nembhard (left), Dr. Mark Williams and Vickey Boozman, the wife of Fay Boozman, share a laugh during a reception following the college's 2022 convocation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Mark Williams, dean of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, proudly displays the college's Council on Education for Public Health, certificate of accreditation. The college is currently accredited through July of 2029.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Joseph Bates, M.D., speaks to Samantha Wells, a doctoral student in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, following her Grand Rounds presentation at the Arkansas Department of Health.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/09/uams-darling-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-jackson-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T16:02:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Jackson County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jackson County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/09/uams-goodman-drug-and-mckenney-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-clay-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T15:58:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Clay County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/09/uams-medskers-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-lonoke-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T15:44:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Lonke County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lonoke County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/09/uams-smith-drug-compounding-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-garland-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T15:40:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Garland County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Garland County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/08/bioventures-team-aims-to-change-culture-help-researchers-advance-discoveries/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T14:55:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[This summer’s BioVentures planning retreat included (l-r) Robert Griffin, Ph.D., Jay Gandy, Ph.d., Christa Corley, John Sherrill, Ph.D., Eric Peterson, Ph.D., Kevin Sexton, M.D., Adria Abella Villafranca, Alison Gill and A. Doris Robinson (not visible). ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[BioVentures retreat-Sexton]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kevin Sexton, M.D., here at a recent planning retreat, is making organizational changes at BioVentures that he hopes will help more researchers commercialize their discoveries.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/08/uams-to-offer-online-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-09T11:35:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Mindfulness Program is offering a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting Sept. 27.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/08/northwest-arkansas-crisis-stabilization-re-opens-under-uams-leadership/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-08T15:05:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit Program Director Kristen McAllister discusses the facility with a television reporter.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[State Rep. Delia Haak (left) tours the renovated Crisis Stabilization Unit with UAMS’ Amy Wenger, vice chancellor of its Northwest Regional Campus.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kristen McAllister, (second from right) director of the Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit, gives State Reps. Jim Dotson, Robin Lundstrum and Nicole Clowney a tour of the unit's garden area.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/06/uams-researchers-link-food-insecurity-to-job-loss-illness/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-06T09:26:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Long, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Packing at a Local Food Bank]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Research by the UAMS Office of Community Health &amp; Research found that Arkansans were more likely to rely on food pantry services following income loss or the diagnosis of a serious illness.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/06/uams-sponsors-that-good-night-on-dignity-suffering-the-role-of-medicine-in-lifes-eleventh-hour-on-sept-14/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-06T09:01:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunita Puri, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/06/new-mother-with-sickle-cell-comes-to-uams-to-get-rejuvenated-and-go-back-to-life/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-06T08:49:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jada and TJ Mosby]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/21/anesthesia/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-02T12:02:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/02/lawmakers-staff-visits-uams-to-learn-more-about-research-of-veterans-exposure-to-burn-pits/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-02T11:41:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., provided an overview of the burn pit exposure research to members of Sen. John Boozman's staff.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A map as part of the presentation shows the number of veterans who have filled out the VA's Open Burn Pit registry in the past 10 years.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Boozman Staff]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[After their meeting, members of Sen. John Boozman’s staff posed with UAMS researchers (l-r) Patrick McGuigan (Boozman), Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., Bradley Plunkett (Boozman), Yuet-Kin Leung, Ph.D., Mary Shepard and Labaron King (Boozman).]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/02/uams-arkansas-geriatric-education-collaborative-partners-in-sept-16-disaster-preparedness-event-for-older-adults/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-02T10:26:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Man having measured blood pressure]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Blood pressure screenings will be offered at the “Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults&quot; event Sept. 16 at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/18/uams-baptist-health-arkansas-childrens-working-together-to-expand-cancer-treatment-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-01T09:58:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Radiation Oncology Center1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[radiation therapy]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/07/16/uams-arkansas-childrens-baptist-health-and-proton-international-sign-letter-of-intent-to-build-states-first-proton-treatment-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-01T09:57:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Proton Logos]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Proton ACH Baptist UAMS logos]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/25/uams-breaks-ground-on-new-radiation-oncology-center-will-house-first-proton-center-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-09-01T09:57:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Among the speakers addressing an audience of about 100 attending the groundbreaking were, from left, Chris Chandler, CEO of Proton International; Marcy Doderer, president of Arkansas Children's; Gov. Asa Hutchinson; Troy Wells, CEO of Baptist Health; Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute Director; and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Birrer, M.D., UAMS vice chancellor and director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, discusses the new center as Cam Patterson, M.D., Ph. D., UAMS chancellor, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Asa Hutchinson chats with University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt, Ph.D., (right) and Cliff Gibson, a member of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the UAMS Radiation Oncology building.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left) Mike Bennett, Tsoi Kobus Design; Doug Wasson, president and CEO, Kinco Constructors; Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor and director, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute; Cliff Gibson, University of Arkansas Board of Trustees; UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Gov. Asa Hutchinson; Marcy Doderer, president and CEO, Arkansas Children’s; Troy Wells, CEO, Baptist Health; Chris Chandler, CEO, Proton International; Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine; and Chad Young, WD&amp;D Architects.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UAMS-Baptist-Radiation-Oncology-Groundbreaking-05252021-EDL_9950-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS-Baptist-Radiation-Oncology-Groundbreaking-05252021-EDL_9950]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center as UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, looks on. The expanded Radiation Oncology Center will house Arkansas’ first Proton Center, a partnership between UAMS, Baptist Health, Arkansas Children's and Proton International.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/30/uams-collaborates-with-east-students-city-of-springdale-to-install-storywalk-at-murphy-park/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-31T10:33:21-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Storywalk]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS and city of Springdale officials stand near one of the podium displays along the city's new StoryWalk.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/30/uams-researchers-address-need-in-forrest-city-for-safer-roads-to-promote-physical-activity/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-30T10:20:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Crossing-Guard.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Crossing Guard]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Crossing Guard directing traffic]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/25/uams-americorps-announces-food-security-initiative-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-30T09:38:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Dan3-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Daniel Dunlap, AmeriCorps South Central deputy regional administrator]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Daniel Dunlap, AmeriCorps South Central deputy regional administrator, announces a VISTA initiative with UAMS to fight food insecurity.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/30/new-uams-baptist-health-cancer-center-opens-in-north-little-rock/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-29T15:53:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS+Baptist ribbon-cutting-08302021-850_2658 (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Director Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick, Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells, and UAMS Senior Vice Chancellor and Medical Center CEO Steppe Mette, M.D., in front of the new UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/29/uams-to-offer-free-health-screenings-covid-vaccinations-at-alma-middle-school/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-29T09:27:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Covid-Vial-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Covid Vial]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 Vaccine Vial]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/08/mohammad-pakravan-m-d-mba-joins-uams-harvey-bernice-jones-eye-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-26T13:33:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pakravan_Mohammad_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Pakravan_Mohammad_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mohammad Pakravan]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/25/north-little-rock-woman-sets-squat-record-to-raise-awareness-of-nervous-system-disorder-uams-long-covid-19-research/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-26T12:07:24-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., poses with Gabby Rushing after she set the world record for longest time to hold a deep squat.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rushing-reacts-20001.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Rushing reacts &amp;#8211; 20001]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gabby Rushing reacts at the 2-hour mark, setting the world record for longest-held deep squat.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/26/laser-treatment-gives-uams-patient-relief-from-kidney-stones/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-26T12:05:11-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Riley_Julie-Marie_full-scaled-e1661533435704-267x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Julie Riley, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Jeff-Hankins-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jeff Hankins]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeff Hankins battled kidney stones for years. He underwent a procedure in which a laser was used to shatter the stones into tiny pieces.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/25/uams-local-pharmacies-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-craighead-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-25T09:15:19-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Craighead-County-Map-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Craighead County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Craighead County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/25/uams-afmc-local-pharmacies-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-grant-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-25T09:11:59-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Grant-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Grant County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Grant County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/25/152356/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-25T09:08:17-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hot-Spring-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hot Spring County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot Spring County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/16/uams-begins-training-for-point-of-care-ultrasound-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-22T10:58:36-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ultrasound-training-1-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A student from the UAMS College of Medicine serves as a model patient during point-of-care ultrasound training.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ultrasound-training-3.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ultrasound training 3]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Physicians take part in point-of-care ultrasound training at the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/18/uams-heart-healthy-communities-project-teams-up-with-ucla-howard-university-researchers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T11:21:25-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pursell_Irion-Willis_full-240x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chip Pursell]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/iStock-1299469585-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Surveyor greeting senior woman in the doorway &amp;#8211; wearing face mask]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Heart Healthy Communities workers gather information from community members.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-baxter-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T10:02:50-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Baxter-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Baxter County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Baxter County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/uams-gannaway-drugstore-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-bradley-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T10:01:12-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bradley-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Bradley County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Bradley County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/152194/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T09:59:46-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cleburne-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Cleburne County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cleburne County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/15/uams-afmc-el-centro-hispano-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-craighead-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T09:57:59-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Craighead-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Craighead County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Craighead County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/19/uams-caldwell-discount-drug-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-cross-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T09:55:54-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cross-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Cross County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cross County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/19/uams-harps-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-faulkner-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T09:52:38-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Faulkner-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Faulkner County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Faulkner County on Arkansas map]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/19/uams-harps-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-conway-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-19T09:49:24-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Conway-County-Map.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Conway County Map]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Conway County on map of Arkansas]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/03/uams-heart-healthy-communities-program-initiates-health-app-in-phillips-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-18T13:40:06-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HSI-App-300x216.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[This is how the app looks to participants.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iStock-1299469585-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Surveyor greeting senior woman in the doorway &amp;#8211; wearing face mask]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stock image of a door-to-door surveyor and a resident at the door. going door-to-door.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/08/20/orientation-gives-new-students-a-comprehensive-overview-of-college-year-ahead/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-16T15:26:25-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/COP-Claudia-Raffo-375x257.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Claudio Raffo, right, a former Miss Arkansas 2018, watches as student models take the stage to explain dress code do's and don'ts to the first year students.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/COP-Colton-thumbs-down-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Colton Andrews votes with his thumb down that a student model on stage is wearing attire that is non-compliant with the college's dress code.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/COP-1st-Year-Orientation-newbies.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COP-1st Year Orientation-newbies]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The 75 members of the College of Pharmacy's Class of 2023 spent two-and-a-half days in orientation in a variety of activities and hearing from a wide array of faculty and students.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/02/uams-researcher-to-lead-study-on-antibiotic-resistance-in-fresh-vegetables-in-the-united-states/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-16T11:17:54-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Dr.-Huang-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Dr. Huang]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. En Huang]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/12/piggott-man-remembers-everything-about-stroke-including-caregivers-kindness/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-12T08:19:11-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2139a-300x269.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tate and Piggott staff]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2145a-300x213.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tate and UAMS stroke team]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2113-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tate and batteries]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Caeley-Rigdon-group-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Caeley Rigdon]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2157-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMG_2157]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tate and Cale]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/11/uams-researcher-co-authors-nature-communications-article-showing-higher-heart-failure-rates-in-some-covid-19-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-11T09:04:55-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Husam-Salah-MD-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Husam Salah MD]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Husam Salah, M.D., is lead author on the national study.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/10/uams-to-bring-mobile-health-screenings-to-back-to-school-bash-with-a-splash-in-el-dorado/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-10T11:49:59-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC06286-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC06286]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS staff conducting blood pressure test]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/09/students-receive-hands-on-learning-at-first-in-person-pharmacy-camp-since-2019/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-09T12:43:44-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220606_114907-300x199.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[pharmacy camp 2]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220606_115418-300x159.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[pharmacy camp 3]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220606_114743-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[20220606_114743]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[pharmacy camp 1]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/09/uams-elizabeth-riley-dnp-aprn-chosen-as-fellow-of-national-league-for-nursing-academy-of-nursing-education/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-09T11:17:48-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Featured-Elizabeth-Riley.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Featured-Elizabeth Riley]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Elizabeth Riley, DNP, APRN]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/03/asrs-annual-meeting-sees-multiple-presentations-from-jones-eye-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-08T13:55:23-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/asrs2022e.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[asrs2022e]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[asrs 2022]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/05/uams-receives-aamc-telehealth-equity-catalyst-grant-for-sexual-assault-nurse-examiner-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-05T08:20:11-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SANE1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[SANE1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[TeleSANE 2020 mock exam]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/04/ears/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-04T16:23:35-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ears.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ears]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[ears]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/04/community-finds-fun-health-information-at-uams-midsouth-black-expo/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-04T14:53:06-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mario-Settles2-scaled-e1659641247777-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mario Settles]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gwendolyn-Bryant-Smith-and-Crystal-Smith-375x211.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., and Crystal Smith with the UAMS MammoVan.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Karen-Crowell-MD-and-Crystal-Croswell-375x211.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Karen Crowell, M.D. (right), and Crystal Croswell helped attendees sign up for yearly at-home colorectal screening tests. ]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Marcovous-Williams-and-Beatriz-Mondragon-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marcovous Williams and Beatriz Mondragon]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Beatriz Mondragon with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission provides a health screening for Marcovous Williams during the UAMS Midsouth Black Expo.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/02/august-mvp-melissa-bryan/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-02T11:26:02-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MVP-post-Bryan-Aug2022a-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[MVP-post-Bryan-Aug2022a]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Melissa Bryan]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/29/uams-designated-a-da-vinci-case-observation-epicenter-begins-hosting-colorectal-surgeons-from-across-the-country/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-02T08:37:46-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mustain6-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The surgery from a different angle.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mustain21-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The two surgeons discuss the procedure.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mustain19-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[mustain19]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Keith Goldberg, M.D., right, watches closely as Conan Mustain, M.D., operates the daVinci robot during a colectomy.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/01/uams-college-of-medicine-names-lindsey-sward-m-d-as-assistant-dean-for-clinical-education/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-01T10:35:12-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sward-Featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Sward Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lindsey Sward, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/11/january-mvp-tayae-marks/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-01T08:28:43-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Marks_Tayae-Jan2022MVP.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marks_Tayae-Jan2022MVP]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tayae Marks, January MVP]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/07/december-mvp-kristie-cervantes/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-01T08:28:20-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/KristieCervantesMVPNov2021-SURPRISE.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[KristieCervantesMVPNov2021-SURPRISE]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kristie Cervantes, LPN, left, is surprised by Chancellor Cam Patterson as he informs her she is the MVP for December.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/02/may-mvp-jim-jones/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-08-01T08:27:32-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MVP-JimJones-post.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[MVP-JimJones-post]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jim Jones, MVP for May 2022]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/29/nursing-schools-almanac-ranks-uams-college-of-nursing-among-top-100-in-nation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-28T14:51:01-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Nursing-Almanac-Featured-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Nursing Almanac Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A nursing student practices on a simulation dummy.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/27/jessica-snowden-m-d-appointed-vice-dean-for-research-at-uams-college-of-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-27T10:03:52-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Snowden_Jessica-R_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Snowden_Jessica-R_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessica Snowden, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/26/uams-pathways-academy-partners-with-big-brothers-big-sisters-of-central-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-26T09:21:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas and the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion gather to celebrate their partnership.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/25/mauricio-garcia-m-d-returns-to-uams-to-lead-division-of-gastroenterology-and-hepatology/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-25T11:41:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Mauricio Garcia Saenz de Sicilia]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/25/uams-attains-comprehensive-care-center-designation-for-outstanding-patient-care-for-parkinsons-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-25T10:53:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D., with Movement Disorders logo]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/22/uams-nurses-enjoy-cooking-eating-learning-through-culinary-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-22T12:28:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Wearing oven mitts, Dees Davis shows off the finished frittatas that she and Smith made during the class.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[These UAMS nurses in participated in the Culinary Medicine Kitchen workshop as part of a nurses retreat.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rebecca Smith, left, and Dees Davis, right, cook a frittata during a workshop in late June in the UAMS Culinary Medicine Kitchen.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/22/uams-harvey-bernice-jones-eye-institute-welcomes-new-ophthalmology-residents/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-22T10:45:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Azhari Chacko Karimaghaei Kwok]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/21/sunscreen/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-21T17:12:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/19/scientific-reports-publishes-uams-advances-in-use-of-noninvasive-miniature-laser-based-sensors-for-disease-detection/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-19T11:33:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The journal Scientific Reports recently published the research findings of co-authors Vladimir Zharov, right, and James Y. Suen, left.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/15/authors-update-healthcare-ethics-with-second-edition/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-19T09:53:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press recently published a second edition of 'Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees,' co-edited by Micah Hester, left, and Toby Schonfeld, right.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/15/jones-eye-institute-residents-dominate-ascrs-conference-with-10-presentations/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-15T13:11:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[JEI Residents and Sallam]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/14/eczema/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-14T16:29:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/11/july-mvp-victoria-smith/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-11T14:04:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Victoria Smith]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/11/uams-healers-program-resumes-after-two-year-pause/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-11T11:08:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[David Davies, professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, leads HEALERS program participants in a lesson on the structure and function of the brain.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/11/uams-midsouth-summit-black-expo-set-for-july-30/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-11T10:52:33-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/08/father-fights-sickle-cells-war-on-the-inside-to-spend-more-time-with-family/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-08T09:09:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tyrrence Sanders]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/07/zaller-works-with-pulaski-county-correctional-facilities-to-promote-hiv-awareness/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-07T09:36:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[HIV Awarenes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/07/uams-accepting-applications-for-pathways-academy-program-in-jonesboro/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-07T09:25:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students from Pathways Academy's Pine Bluff RAMP-UP program prepare spaghetti and meat sauce during a trip to UAMS' Culinary Medicine Kitchen.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/05/uams-college-of-nursings-renteria-whited-chosen-for-national-associations-leadership-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-05T14:07:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Fermin Renteria and Teresa Whited have been selected for leadership programs through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/01/jones-eye-institutes-jabbehdari-first-female-resident-finalist-for-ascrs-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-05T14:07:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sayena Jabbehdari, M.D., MPH, (center) was the first female resident to be a finalist in the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s Winning Pitch contest. She is an ophthalmology resident at the UAMS Harvey &amp; Bernice Jones Eye Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/07/01/pathways-academy-students-participate-in-lessons-on-healthy-eating/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-07-01T09:32:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Makya Terry (left) chops vegetables as JaVoni Jackson mashes black beans to form a burger mixture June 20 during the Pathways Academy scholars’ visit to the Culinary Medicine Kitchen at UAMS’ Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shanea Nelson (left), executive director of the Pathways Academy program, helps students make spaghetti and meat sauce in the Culinary Medicine Kitchen at UAMS. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pathways Academy scholars prepare a quinoa tabouli salad with chickpeas. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Katina White, educational coordinator for Pathways Academy, offers advice to a student chopping vegetables.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students and workers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Pathways Academy take a group photo June 24 at Southeast Arkansas College in Pine Bluff during the closing ceremony for their two-week summer intensive camp. The students are part of Pathways’ Research Academic Mentoring Pathway for Underrepresented Minorities (RAMP-UP) program.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/01/study-shows-that-arkansas-minorities-experienced-abnormally-high-rates-of-covid-19-infection/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T13:34:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Vaccine first admin Yolanda Emery-12152020-850_6572]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 Vaccination]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/15/maternal-child-health-program-presents-forum-to-help-support-mothers-in-crisis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T13:33:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Women and Children First]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/30/uams-sonocamp-2022-shows-high-school-students-that-science-can-be-fun/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T09:58:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students watch and learn in a classroom setting before breaking into groups for hands-on experiences.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Phelan with several students.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[SONOcamp students learn about the mechanics behind EMG tests.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/30/uams-walling-drug-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-sharp-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T09:55:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Mikayla Britt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mikayla Britt, community health worker in Sharp County]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/30/uams-partners-with-local-pharmacies-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-sebastian-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T09:50:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sebastian County on Arkansas Map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/30/uams-mitchells-main-street-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-stone-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T09:42:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Trevor-Crymes.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Trevor Crymes]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Trevor Crymes, community health worker in Stone County]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/30/uams-wagners-mount-ida-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-montgomery-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-30T09:33:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Montgomery County]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County on map]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/17/uams-local-pharmacies-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-ashley-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-29T15:54:37-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley County on Arkansas map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/17/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-searcy-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-29T15:52:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Searcy County on Arkansas map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/17/uams-afmc-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-polk-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-29T15:51:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Polk County on Arkansas map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/uams-local-pharmacies-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-drew-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-29T15:45:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Drew County on Arkansas map]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/for-8th-year-uams-receives-national-recognition-for-providing-high-quality-stroke-care/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T16:45:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Stroke Award]]></image:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/uams-kristen-sterba-ph-d-elected-president-of-graduate-enrollment-association/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T10:54:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Sterba-Featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Sterba Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kristen Sterba, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/nih-funds-uams-study-testing-rapid-genomic-surveillance-for-antibiotic-resistant-infections/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T10:13:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Se-Ran-Jun-PhD-BioMed2-300x207.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Jun-Prior-Research-Day-Poster.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jun &amp;#8211; Prior &amp;#8211; Research Day Poster]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D., discusses her TRI pilot award-supported findings with Fred Prior, Ph.D., distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, at TRI Research Day in April.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/27/uams-eric-peterson-ph-d-named-executive-vice-president-of-bioventures-llc/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T10:03:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BioVentures-Peterson.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[BioVentures Peterson]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Eric Peterson, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/uams-mitchells-park-street-pharmacy-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-izard-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T10:02:24-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[IZARD County_Beard]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Whitney Beard]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/28/uams-local-pharmacies-partner-to-provide-community-health-workers-in-desha-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-28T09:57:21-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[DESHA COUNTY_Gilliam]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brandi Gilliam]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/27/pharmacists-helping-pharmacists-seasoned-pharmacy-owners-invest-in-young-professionals/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T15:26:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bench Harvey Tollett Middleton Caldwell]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/09/15/sickle-cell-symposium-oct-6-7-to-focus-on-patient-care-managing-a-pain-crisis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:36-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2018/10/02/symposium-spotlights-psychology-of-sickle-cell-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shamonica Wiggins discussed her experience with sickle cell disease and how psychological therapy helped her to cope better with it.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Issam Makhoul, M.D., right, visits with Leigh Ann Wilson before he addresses the audience at the Sickle Cell Symposium. Makhoul is director of the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Rev. Johnny Smith talks about the faith community and attitudes toward illness and health.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2017/10/27/symposium-focuses-on-bone-marrow-transplants-for-sickle-cell/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[SickleSymposium-featured]]></image:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2017/11/21/inspired-since-childhood-uapb-graduate-hopes-to-one-day-treat-sickle-cell-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/01/22/living-with-sickle-cell-pine-bluff-woman-retains-joy/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Leigh Ann Wilson, a licensed clinical social worker in the UAMS Sickle Cell Program. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Doris Carter]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Doris Carter, 53, was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when she was 3.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2018/08/31/sickle-cell-symposium-sept-18-to-focus-on-mind-body-and-soul/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2017/09/15/sickle-cell-symposium-oct-19-to-focus-on-stem-cell-transplants-for-sickle-cell-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/10/12/advocacy-expertise-on-display-at-uams-sickle-cell-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dalissa Robinson, left, and her mother, Nicole Robinson, right, both attended the symposium.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Stella Bowers, R.N., works in the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program and staffed an informational booth at the symposium.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[LaKisha Johnson makes her presentation to the Thursday night audience at the symposium. She also participated in a panel discussion at the closing of the event.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[sickle-cell-symposium-figueroa]]></image:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/02/25/patient-moves-forward-in-sickle-cell-care-and-in-life/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Jayla-Buford-02212020-850_4109.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jayla Buford-02212020-850_4109]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jayla Buford recently transitioned into the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program from Arkansas Children's Hospital.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/06/15/cured-arkansas-man-sickle-cell-disease-eliminated-by-bone-marrow-transplant/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PhillipsSandersPortrait-375x296.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Phillip Sanders]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[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.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/10/01/symposium-focuses-on-past-present-future-of-sickle-cell-disease-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Sickle-Cell-symposium-audience-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sixty-one people attended the symposium, including adults with sickle cell disease, their families and clinicians.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Suzanne Saccente, M.D., talked at the symposium about the history of sickle cell disease treatment and research.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Issam Makhoul, M.D., lectures on the state of sickle cell disease treatment and research at the annual Sickle Cell Symposium at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/02/17/symposium-spotlights-social-burdens-of-sickle-cell-disease-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[CollinMontgomery-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Collin Montgomery, APRN, lower right, was one of three featured speakers during the recent, virtual Sickle Cell Symposium at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/22/annual-sickle-cell-disease-symposium-highlights-multiple-barriers-to-care/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-27T08:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Stella Bowers and Rebecca Camp]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/06/23/schwartz-rounds-features-uams-first-covid-19-patient/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-24T15:48:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 180 employees and students participated in the first virtual edition of the Schwartz Rounds at UAMS. Schwartz Rounds are designed to bring caregivers together to discuss the human elements of health care.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/24/uams-palace-drug-partner-to-provide-community-health-worker-in-fulton-county/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-24T08:14:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[FULTON COUNTY_Spears]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Trena Spears]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/14/uams-researchers-cat-virus-test-wins-25000-governors-cup/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-23T12:52:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Shana-Owens-Ph.D.-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shana Owens, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Zack-Waldrip-PhD-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Zack Waldrip, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Darrigues_Emilie_PhD-150x250.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Emilie Darrigues, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/John-Sherrill-Ph.D.-e1650373719115-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Sherrill, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Owens-Presentation.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Owens Presentation]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shana Owens, Ph.D., presented her research during the UAMS Translational Research Institute's recent Research Day.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/22/nci-funds-uams-study-of-possible-links-between-gammaherpesvirus-infections-and-lymphomas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-22T09:51:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Featured-Craig-Forrest-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Featured Craig Forrest]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Craig Forrest, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/21/uams-gap-services-offers-health-screenings-june-27-in-mcgehee/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-21T15:08:18-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/21/mina-nguyen-driver-psy-d-joins-uams-schmieding-development-center-as-pediatric-psychologist/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-21T11:52:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Nguyen-Driver-Mina_profile.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Nguyen-Driver, Mina_profile]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mina Nguyen-Driver]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/26/new-programs-progress-take-centerstage-at-town-hall-meeting/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-21T11:03:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Steppe Mette, UAMS Medical Center CEO, center, talks to Michelle Krause and Ron Robertson in Smith Auditorium before the start of the Town Hall meeting.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, listens as Michael Manley reads a question from a member of the Town Hall's online audience.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/20/town-hall-highlights-campus-safety-digital-health-workday-transition/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-21T11:02:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Barrentine, chief of the UAMS Police Department, gives a presentation on campus safety. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson responds to a question as Chief of Staff Michael Manley looks on during the Town Hall meeting.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/20/caitlin-price-chosen-for-agec-junior-faculty-development-fellowship/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-20T10:21:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Caitlin Price]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/17/uams-researchers-find-patients-with-primary-care-provider-are-more-likely-to-get-yearly-flu-vaccine/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-17T11:23:21-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Influenza vaccine]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Influenza vaccine vial and syringe]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/16/conjunctivitis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-16T16:49:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[conjunctivitis]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[conjunctivitis]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/17/myeloma-patient-celebrates-full-remission-by-walking-daughter-down-the-aisle/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-17T08:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Image by Evan Lewis]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dave Puente, joined by his physician, Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D. and Puente's wife Lori, begins receiving his (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy treatment last November.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Image by Vincent + Chie]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dave Puente made some vows of his own last fall, pledging to walk his daughter down the aisle and to share a dance with her at her spring wedding celebration. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Image by Vincent + Chie]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“The successful treatment allowed me to fulfill my dream of walking my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day,&quot; Puente said. &quot;It was one of the most joyous and thankful days of my life.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[puente main photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“I was very pleased to be able to offer Dave this novel immunotherapy, which takes the patient’s own immune cells and genetically re-programs the cells to attack the myeloma,” Puente's doctor Frits van Rhee said. “I am very excited that Dave tolerated the treatment well and that he has had an excellent response to it.”]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/16/trees-planted-in-honor-of-be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-top-fundraisers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-16T14:20:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_1380-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Director Michael Birrer and Elizabeth Birrer, Chair of the Be A Part of the Cure Walk, plant a dogwood tree in the Healing Garden in honor of the Walk's Top Fundraising Team, Dillard's Stepping on Cancer. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[tree planting 16&amp;#215;9]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Trees Planted in Honor of Be a Part of the Cure Walk Top Fundraisers]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/10/cancer-institute-retreat-highlights-novel-therapeutic-targets-and-agents/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-16T10:50:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Cancer-Retreat-Featured-Image-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jungang Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS Department of Pathology, discusses his research on pathogenesis and tumorgenesis in Covid-19 patients infected with Herpes]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jungang Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS Department of Pathology, discusses his research on pathogenesis and tumorgenesis in Covid-19 patients infected with Herpes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/16/uams-researchers-lead-landmark-study-that-finds-telemedicine-greatly-increases-access-to-hearing-care-for-rural-children/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-16T09:18:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Emmett_Susan-Davis-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, was one of the leaders of the Hearing Norton Sound study, which found that referring children to specialists via telemedicine provides significantly quicker access to follow-up care than referring them to primary care providers.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/iStock-1024627056-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Boy at medical ears examination]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“Childhood hearing loss has well known, profound implications for language development, school achievement and future employment opportunities,” according to the study.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/15/otolaryngologist-susan-d-emmett-m-d-mph-to-direct-new-uams-center-for-hearing-health-equity/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-15T09:00:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Emmett_Susan-Davis_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan Emmett, M.D., MPH]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/14/twin-pharmacy-students-inducted-into-arkansas-track-field-hall-of-fame/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-14T12:47:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tori Hoggard and Lexi Jacobus]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/14/uams-alan-diekman-ph-d-receives-national-mentoring-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-14T11:25:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Alan Diekman, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/10/reynolds-institute-on-aging-honors-susan-may-as-volunteer-of-the-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-10T10:23:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Susan May holds her Volunteer of the Year Award as she's recognized by Gohar Azhar, M.D., and Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Institute on Aging and chair of the Department of Geriatrics in the College of Medicine. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and Arkansas Department of Human Services join in honoring Susan May as the institute's volunteer of the year.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/10/uams-to-offer-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program-5/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-10T09:38:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Close up of caucasian woman meditating indoors.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Mindfulness Program is offering the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting July 6.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/09/arkansas-undergraduates-speed-date-with-research-at-uams-obesity-and-diabetes-workshop/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-09T08:59:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D., (right) presents in one of the small-group discussions. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Joseph Henske, M.D., was among the seven UAMS faculty who presented at the workshop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dinesh Edem, M.D., presents to the 15 students attending the workshop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tiffany Miles, Ph.D., (right) leads a group discussion at the workshop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Emir Tas, M.D., (left) leads a table discussion about fatty liver disease and the benefits of high-intensity interval training.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/09/shoe-slide-inventor-says-device-helps-get-patients-walking/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-09T08:52:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Shoe Slide is a device that attaches to a shoe, improving the mobility of patients who are unable to lift a leg after suffering from a stroke or other condition.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Saprina Renee Butler]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Saprina Renee Butler, RN, assistant nurse manager at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Fort Roots campus in North Little Rock, is the inventor of the Shoe Slide.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/07/appreciation-luncheon-honors-course-instructors/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-08T13:56:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees at an appreciation luncheon honoring those who supported a new System Based Practice Elective for internal medicine residents. Photo by Bryan Clifton.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/08/june-mvp-shannon-lewis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-08T10:31:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shannon Lewis]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/07/uams-graduate-school-faculty-staff-celebrate-its-57-graduates/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-07T10:12:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate student Pilar G. Simmons, Ph.D., spoke of the unexpected turns in her own education.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The students, faculty and staff attending the brunch prior to the May 21 graduation enjoyed visiting before and after presentations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert McGehee, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School, visits with the Class of 2022 during their Commencement Day brunch the morning of graduation.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/07/uams-madison-county-library-to-bring-mobile-vaccine-clinic-to-huntsville/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-07T09:49:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ainsley Albright, 17, gets her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10. Starting Thursday, UAMS will offer the vaccine to children ages 12 and up.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/07/uams-cavhs-studying-health-effects-of-arkansas-veterans-exposure-to-burn-pits-in-middle-east/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-07T09:46:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kalpana Padala, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Iraqi Freedom]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group view burn pit at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2008.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/25/uams-general-practice-residency-in-dentistry-continues-to-grow-educate/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-06T10:15:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nakita Riley, right, treats a patient with the assistance and supervision of Lee Hinson, D.D.S.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nakita Riley, D.D.S., center, treats a patient in the Oral Health Clinic. She can be seen without her mask in the portrait on the right.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/01/college-of-medicine-celebrates-class-of-2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-06T10:15:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Class of 2022 listen to Rhee.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, addresses the graduates]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[College of Medicine Dean Susan Smyth, M.D., tells a personal story.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sung Rhee, Ph.D., was chosen by the class to present the faculty charge.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[COM Taking oath]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Newly robed graduates recite the Hippocratic Oath in unison.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/nurses-week-honors-celebrates-uams-nurses/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-03T09:53:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[On Friday evening, office buildings and bridges across the Arkansas River were lit up in blue and white lights in tribute to nurses across Arkansas. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Nurses Rock Committee help on May 5 to kick-off Nurses Week at UAMS. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Recipients of the 10th annual Professional Nursing Awards are, left to right, Rosalyn Perkins, Holly Jenkins, Brittany Johnson, Donna Malone and Deborah Johnson.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/02/snead-de-gravelles-receive-chancellors-teaching-awards-jo-smith-recognized-for-distinguished-service/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-03T09:44:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gregory Snead, center, receives the Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence from Chancellor Cam Patterson, left, and Provost Stephanie Gardner.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pam De Gravelles, center, receives the Chancellor's Award for Society and Health Education Excellence.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nancy Jo Atkins Smith, center, receives the ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Recipients of the 2022 Chancellor's Awards during the May 21 UAMS Commencement ceremony were Gregory Snead, left, Pam De Gravelles and Nancy Jo Atkins Smith.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/02/dupuytrens-contracture/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-02T17:03:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/31/spotlight-on-the-department-of-dental-hygiene/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-02T15:22:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tucker_Claire-Sallee-newsletter-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Clair Tucker, Ed.D., RDH Chair of the Department of Dental Hygiene]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/31/spotlight-on-the-general-practice-dental-residency-program-gpr/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-02T15:12:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley McMillan, D.D.S. Director, UAMS General Practice Dental Residency Center for Dental Education College of Health Professions]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/06/02/uams-study-first-to-test-when-common-arsenic-exposures-are-most-likely-to-cause-male-infertility-in-offspring/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-06-02T09:18:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., and Yuet-Kin &quot;Ricky&quot; Leung, Ph.D., are leading the five-year, $2.54 million arsenic study.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/25/researchers-find-links-between-sociodemographic-factors-covid-19-preventative-efforts/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-31T10:30:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 Preventive Measures Signs]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/31/tri-announces-nine-kl2-scholars-for-2022-2023/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-31T08:04:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[istock image]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A medical doctor touching the electronic medical record on a tablet.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/20/arresearch-study-participants-celebrated-on-clinical-trials-day/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T14:15:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., RN]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Don-Willis-PhD-crop-150x250.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Don Willis, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Arthur_John_3-20-15-18-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nathaniel Noble, an ARresearch volunteer, discusses a study with UAMS' Giuseppina “Giusy” Dusio, Ph.D., in this file photo.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/23/uams-begins-final-study-of-first-rapid-test-for-acetaminophen-toxicity-with-3-2-million-grant/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T14:15:27-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[James Laura MD resized crp rz]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura James, M.D., hopes the final phase of research will lead to FDA approval of the rapid test for acetaminophen toxicity.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/24/kalaivani-sivakumar-m-d-joins-uams-as-medical-director-of-heart-restoration-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T14:14:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/27/college-of-nursing-holds-hooding-and-pinning-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T13:51:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Teresa Whited, DNP, APRN, and Laura Mayfield, DNP, APRN, place the hood on Angel Livingston. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[JOB NUMBER 2205089]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[College of Nursing graduates take part in the hooding and pinning ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/27/chancellor-touts-important-role-of-public-health-during-colleges-convocation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T13:26:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Patterson.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Patterson]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[COPH Convocation]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/04/creating-healthy-meals-for-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-27T11:07:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kid eating]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/26/four-uams-faculty-receive-2022-provosts-innovator-awards/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-26T16:14:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lisa Brents, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lyle Burdine, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Craig Forrest, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gresham Richter, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The awardees are Lisa Brents, Ph.D., Lyle Burdine, M.D., Ph.D., Craig Forrest, Ph.D., and Gresham Richter, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/26/pharmacy-honors-92-graduates-at-first-in-person-convocation-in-three-years/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-26T14:55:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[College of Pharmacy Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., congratulates the Class of 2022 for achieving their goals.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashok Philip, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy's associate dean of student services, serves as master of ceremonies.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Eddie Dunn, Pharm.D., and Melanie Reinhardt, Pharm.D., drape the hood over the shoulders of Taylor McClanahan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The College of Pharmacy Class of 2022 recites the Oath of a Pharmacist at their May 20 convocation.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/25/college-of-medicine-celebrates-outstanding-faculty-staff-at-deans-honor-day/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-26T14:50:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Orthopaedic Surgery Chair C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., presents the Master Teacher Award to R. Dale Blasier, M.D. (right).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Amber Kahler admires the Staff Excellence Award for Research received by her mother, Pamela Kahler (center). Many family members and colleagues joined honorees for the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Molly Gathright, M.D., vice dean for graduate medical education, presents the Residency Educator Program Director Award to Mary Katherine Kimbrough, M.D. (right).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Physician of the Year honoree Randy Maddox, M.D., (right) with Emergency Medicine colleague Wes Watkins, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Billy Thomas, M.D., MPH, a professor of pediatrics, (center) is the UAMS College of Medicine’s 2022 Distinguished Faculty Service Award recipient. He is joined on stage by his nominator, Renee Bornemeier, M.D., (left) and Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/26/stacy-zimmerman-m-d-joins-uams-to-oversee-physician-residency-fellowship-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-26T09:28:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Stacy Zimmerman, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/uams-study-found-large-segment-of-arkansans-still-susceptible-to-covid-19-in-late-2020-2021/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-25T16:34:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Victor Cardenas]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/25/webinar-focuses-on-asian-americans-experiences-in-south/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-25T11:24:21-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dora Smith, M.D., was one of the panelists for the webinar.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Friends&amp;#8217; gathering]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The virtual event featured a video of Chinese families who grew up in the Mississippi Delta.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/25/conference-prepares-minority-students-for-professional-medical-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-23T15:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kevin Phelan, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine, hosts an interactive gross anatomy digital dissection table demo during the virtual 2022 Minority Association of Premedical Students conference.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/23/geoffrey-m-curran-ph-d-receives-fulbright-specialist-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-23T09:14:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/20/uams-opens-gap-services-office-in-mcgehee/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-20T09:11:16-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/icu-nursing-team-roberts-and-atkins-honored-at-awards-of-excellence-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-19T15:32:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., center, presented the Helen May Compassionate Care Award to Michelle Roberts, RN, right, an infection prevention nurse.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[This year’s UAMS Nursing Legacy Award honoree was Julie Atkins, center, senior nursing director for the Emergency Medicine Service Line. With Atkins, left to right, Trenda Ray, Mary Helen Forrest, Allison Atkinson.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Steppe Mette, M.D., far left, presented the Team Impact Award to the E4 Intensive Care Unit nursing team, for their work caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/tetanus/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-19T14:31:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/29-college-of-pharmacy-seniors-alumni-match-to-residencies-nationwide/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-19T10:50:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Smith with map]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Geoffrey Vaughn]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Anna DeLoach]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/19/uams-celebrates-ninth-project-search-graduating-class/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-19T08:48:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dorian Camp speaks at the graduation ceremony. Each of the seven graduates briefly addressed the audience at the graduation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tanner Chapman, right, was the keynote speaker. Project SEARCH graduates, left, are Zachary Ingram, Eli Falls and Gerald Thomas. Thomas has been hired for a full-time job at Cintas where Chapman is the senior human resources manager.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Class of 2022 Project SEARCH graduates hold up their Certificates of Completion just after the conclusion of their graduation ceremony at UAMS. Chancellor Cam Patterson, left, also spoke at the event.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/18/chancellor-named-cancer-institute-auxiliary-distinguished-honoree/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-18T14:18:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UAMS-News-Featured-Images-.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Chancellor Recognized as Cancer Institute Auxiliary Distinguished Honoree]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cancer Institute Auxiliary members with UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson at an event honoring him as the organization's 2021 honoree.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/18/uams-is-first-in-state-to-offer-groundbreaking-brain-mapping-technology/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-18T09:05:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[An example of how the brain-imaging technology looks on a computer screen.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/17/self-exams-early-detection-critical-in-war-on-melanoma-uams-guest-lecturer-says/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-17T14:14:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sancy-Leachman-MD-PhD-and-Sara-Shalin-MD-PhD-crop-375x435.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Shalin, M.D., Ph.D., (right), who chairs the Department of Dermatology at UAMS, with guest lecturer Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Sancy Leachman MD PhD crop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., from Oregon Health and Science University, delivered the Colonel Randy Holland Memorial Lecture on melanoma.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/16/uams-northwest-arkansas-council-to-bring-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-to-berryville-health-safety-fair/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-17T08:44:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Covid Vial]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID Vaccine Vial]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/16/mcmillan-recognized-as-states-new-dentist-of-the-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-16T15:48:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley McMillan, left, receives the 2022 Cynthia Caceras Baker New Dentist Award from Keith Jones, the 2021 recipient. The award is named in honor and memory of Cynthia Caceras Baker, who passed away unexpectedly while serving on the ASDA New Dentist Committee.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/16/uams-infectious-disease-researchers-awarded-5-7-million-cobre-grant-extension/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-16T14:17:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., first secured a Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program grant in 2012 and will lead the program through its final phase.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/16/college-of-pharmacys-jeffrey-cook-pharm-d-mba-named-aacp-master-preceptor/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-16T10:10:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeffrey Cook]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/13/study-finds-youth-with-mental-health-problems-have-difficulty-maintaining-a-job-as-an-adult/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-13T10:54:37-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Amick]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Amick]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/13/gift-bags-offer-encouragement-and-a-chance-to-give-back/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-13T09:20:24-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Anna Ruth Merritt and her dog, Giff.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[A former patient herself, Anna Ruth Merritt and members of the Mosaic church in Conway made gift bags for the patients in the Women’s Inpatient Unit at the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/12/sleep/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-12T18:02:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/12/uams-unveils-virtual-parkinsons-education-library-at-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-12T09:57:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Erika Petersen, M.D., a UAMS neurosurgeon, moderated the symposium that she started years ago.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tanner explains the TOPAZ trial.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PS-Isaac-300x276.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lee Isaac talks about mood disorders that often accompany the physical symptoms of Parkinson's.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kellie Coleman describes the benefits of exercise for Parkinson's patients.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D., discusses the new Virtual Parkinson's Education Library.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/11/netflixs-bandersnatch-inspires-uams-researchers-opioid-misuse-game-for-adolescents/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-11T10:02:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Oliveto_Alison-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Alison Oliveto, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ronald-Thompson-opioid-app-poster.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ronald Thompson opioid app poster]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ronald Thompson Jr., Ph.D., presents a poster on the study of a game app that aims to prevent prescription opioid misuse among adolescents.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/10/uams-graduate-school-recognizes-students-faculty-staff-at-spring-awards-reception/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-10T13:31:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate students Joel Vazquez, Katerine Bronson and Jewel Banick ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Antino Allen with Pilar G. Simmons]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Brian-Koss-with-Dr.-McGehee-300x284.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Koss with Robert McGehee, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sheena-Joyner-with-Dr.-McGehee-300x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheena Joyner with Dr. Robert McGehee]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Grad school 2022 group photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Graduate School recognized more than 30 students, faculty and staff at a recent Spring Awards Reception.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/10/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-draws-1000-surpasses-fundraising-goal/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-10T09:15:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UAMS-Walk-for-the-Cure-BC-04302022-850_8698.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS-Walk-for-the-Cure-BC-04302022-850_8698]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[the crowd at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Be A Part of the Cure Walk]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/09/marshallese-resilience-throughout-covid-19-pandemic-featured-in-new-book/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-09T08:50:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sharlynn-and-family-small-cropped-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Sharlynn and family small cropped]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Marshallese family in island clothing]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/06/first-lvad-recipient-at-uams-ready-to-head-home-get-back-to-fishing/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-06T16:13:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Layman-Shelley-mom-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Roseby talks with his mom, Janice Pitts, and LVAD Coordinator Shelley Tinner.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Layman-rolls-in-to-cheers-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tinner rolls Roseby into the atrium and his care team cheers and waves signs.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Layman-handed-gifts-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Roseby accepts a basket of goodies, including a UAMS T-shirt, as he prepares to go home.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Layman and team]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Layman Roseby sits next to Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., surrounded by his UAMS and care team, upon being discharged.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/06/writing-childrens-book-helps-uams-employee-work-through-grief/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-06T14:56:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[DSC_0238]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[B. Marie Walker]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/11/16/radiation-oncologist-sanjay-maraboyina-m-d-joins-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-06T14:45:24-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Maraboyina_Sanjay_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Sanjay Maraboyina]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2007/06/06/lee-archer-m-d-named-first-uams-nodini-chair-in-neurology/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-06T14:28:08-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/06/uams-launches-program-to-provide-at-home-covid-19-test-kits-to-communities-in-need/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-06T09:42:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rapid-Acceleration-RADx.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Rapid-Acceleration-RADx]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[RADx graphic]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/05/arkansas-medical-partnership-launches-health-careers-workforce-mobile-unit/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-05T15:15:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/REL-MobileHealthCareFacility-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[REL-MobileHealthCareFacility]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Health Careers Workforce Mobile Unit]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/05/art-for-parkinsons-workshop-heads-to-el-dorado-on-may-17/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-05T10:17:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ArtclassHelmcampDhall.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ArtclassHelmcamp,Dhall]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Helmcamp shows his artwork to Suzanne Dhall at the first workshop on March 29.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/29/uams-to-offer-free-traumatic-brain-injury-workshop-may-17/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-04T16:35:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-1388388697-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Medical Science Hospital: Confident Black Female Neurologist, Neuroscientist, Neurosurgeon, Looks at TV Screen with MRI Scan with Brain Images, Thinks about Sick Patient Treatment Method. Saving Lives]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctor looking at MRI scans]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/02/uams-researchers-find-link-between-experiences-of-racism-and-vaccine-hesitancy-among-black-arkansans/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-04T14:39:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Vaccine-Hesitancy-1600x900-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Vaccine-Hesitancy-1600&amp;#215;900-1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[African-American women received vaccine]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/04/for-second-year-uams-designated-as-a-center-of-excellence-for-treating-huntingtons-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-04T11:58:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Virmani-Dhall.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Virmani, Dhall]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., left, and Rohit Dhall, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/03/winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-celebrates-student-research-at-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-03T13:29:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Student-Discovery-Symp-04142022-850_6522-750x453.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Science fair winners from area high schools attending the Celebration of Student Discovery Science Fair Symposium ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Student-Discovery-Symp-04142022-850_6477]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cancer Institute Director Michael Birrer and a student]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/02/uams-palace-drug-to-offer-covid-19-vaccines-on-may-7-at-izard-county-pioneer-days/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-02T16:25:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SimmonsCameronHenry.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[SimmonsCameronHenry]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A UAMS nurse injects Cameron Henry with a COVID-19 vaccine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/27/uams-testing-new-noninvasive-device-for-diagnosing-fetal-heart-conditions/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-02T14:36:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Hari-Eswaran-Ph.D.4-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hari Eswaran, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ShukMeiHo_1-25-21_cropped-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Eswaran-Hari-OPM-edited-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Eswaran Hari OPM edited]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS researcher Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., first will test the new optically-pumped magnetometer's effectiveness detecting fetal heart conditions. The noninvasive imaging technology will be tested in the future for its ability to reveal other important functional details of fetal development.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/02/uams-college-of-pharmacys-doctoral-program-reaccredited-through-2030/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-05-02T08:56:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/COP-white-coat-class-of-2025-09102021-850_3614-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COP white coat class of 2025-09102021-850_3614]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cindy Stowe]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/20/uams-hosts-panel-discussion-on-black-maternal-mortality/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-29T16:35:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screenshot-72.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Screenshot (72)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Toxic follows Nina, a pregnant Black woman navigating her career, marriage and motherhood while dealing with race-related stress.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/22/marshallese-patients-receive-gift-of-sight-thanks-to-jones-eye-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-29T08:27:18-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC06494-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Takamaru Phillips Gold]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC06449-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Moran with Turinto and Atlan]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC06457-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ishoda and Sanvicente]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC06488-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Broyles and Lmooth]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC06497-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DSC06497]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gift of Sight group photo]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/27/down-syndrome/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-28T18:44:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/downsyndrome.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[downsyndrome]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[downsyndrome]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/28/uams-kevin-sexton-m-d-named-bioventures-president/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-28T11:37:43-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kevin-Sexton-M.D..jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Kevin Sexton, M.D.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kevin Sexton, M.D., has been named president of BioVentures LLC, based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/02/july-mvp-patrick-geans/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T14:11:13-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PatrickGeansMVP-Cam-email.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Patrick Geans and Chancellor Patterson]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jeans_Patrick-July-MVP-web.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jeans_Patrick-July-MVP-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[MVP Patrick Geans]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/07/august-mvp-gloria-flowers-williams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T14:09:59-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MVPAugust2021-Gloria-Williams.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gloria Flowers Williams]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Flowers_Williams_Gloria-Aug-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Flowers_Williams_Gloria-Aug-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gloria Flowers Williams]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/01/september-mvp-kacie-davis/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T14:09:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kacie-MVPmessage-375x500.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacie and the Chance]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Davis_Kacie-MVP-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Davis_Kacie-MVP-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacie Davis]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/september-mvp-randi-brown/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T14:08:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brown_Randi-MVP-Oct2021.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Brown_Randi-MVP-Oct2021]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Randi Brown]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/04/148508/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T14:06:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jones_Johnette-homepost-moreheadroom.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jones_Johnette-homepost-moreheadroom]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Johnette Jones]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/03/mach-mvp-cody-humphrey/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T13:11:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Humphrey_Cody-MVP-2500.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Humphrey_Cody-MVP-2500]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cody Humphrey]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/01/april-mvp-tracey-carey/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-27T12:21:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CareyDunnPatterson-375x223.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tracey Carey, center, minutes after Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, presented her with the April 2022 MVP award. Laura Dunn, M.D, director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, left, congratulates her.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Carey_Tracey-RN-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Carey_Tracey-RN-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tracey Carey]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/25/uams-presbyterian-village-celebrate-8-centenarians/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-25T09:45:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Bost-and-Wei-cropped-300x217.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Institute on Aging Director Jeanne Wei, M.D., talks with Kathryn Bost.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Alma-Carle-with-sons-Ed-Scott-and-Ken-300x209.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Alma Carle with her sons Ed, Scott and Ken.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Jo-Jackson-candid-260x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Jo Jackson (right) looks at the ceremony's program.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Lotta-Fleischer-with-Tyler-Mosley-300x224.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Lotta Fleischer with Tyler Mosley]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Dorothy-Power-300x158.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Dorothy Power]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UAMS-staff-Onna-Lau-Priya-Mendiratta-Anil-Anandam-Jeanne-Wei-e1650897559458-300x174.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS staff attending the ceremony included Onna Lau, M.D.; Priya Mendiratta, M.D.; Anil Anandam, M.D.; and Wei.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Vivian-Wilkins-with-granddaughter-Sharon-Frazier-300x165.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Vivian Wilkins with granddaughter Sharon Frazier]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Dorothy-Wadell-300x243.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Honoree Dorothy Wadell]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Honoree-Margaret-Alexander-with-two-daughters.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Honoree Margaret Alexander with two daughters]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Margaret Alexander, 103, with her daughters at a Centenarian Celebration luncheon, hosted by Presbyterian Village and the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/22/uams-first-ecmo-patient-returns-to-thank-the-team-that-saved-her/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-22T14:49:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UAM_6481-300x208.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sherri Holder hugs one of the nurses who cared for her as she battled COVID-19 last year.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UAM_6555-300x215.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sherri Holder, who was UAMS' first ECMO patient, returned to UAMS a year later to thank the nurses, physicians and other health care professionals who saved her life.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ECMO-Patient-Returns-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ECMO Patient Returns]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sherri Holder (center) with her UAMS care team on H4. Holder was UAMS' first ECMO patient.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/21/uams-alumnus-honors-father-with-1-million-college-of-medicine-scholarship/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-21T09:25:03-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Pal]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/agaton_pal_courtesy_ualittlerock-240x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Agaton Pal]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/pal_feature.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Medical Center and College of Medicine]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/20/art-for-parkinsons-workshops-provide-fun-education-social-interaction/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-20T11:22:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kay-Bobbi-1-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kay Waldo, left, and Bobbie Verser work on their artwork.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Frank-Mara-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Frank O'Mara designs a cityscape.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ArtclassTabletop-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hurlburts get creative.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ArtclassUpClose-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A participant experiments with abstract art.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Art.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Art]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Helmcamp, left, shows his artwork to Suzanne Dhall.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/19/uams-showcase-of-medical-discoveries-highlights-obesity-research/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-19T11:21:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Wankhade-lab-image.png]]></image:loc>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/HIIT-image.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[HIIT image]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Showcase of Medical Discoveries included a range of obesity-related research, including a study about high intensity interval training (HIIT) in children.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/19/uams-study-finds-marshallese-in-u-s-mobilized-to-address-pandemic-hardships/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-19T09:42:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Sharlynn-and-family-small-cropped-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Sharlynn and family small cropped]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Marshallese family gathering]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/13/u-s-news-world-report-recognizes-uams-colleges-of-medicine-nursing-and-public-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-19T09:21:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/US-news-best-badges_COM-CON-COPH.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[US news best badges_COM, CON, COPH]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[picture of badges]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/18/uams-invests-geoffrey-m-curran-ph-d-in-inaugural-endowed-chair-in-pharmacy-practice-innovation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-19T09:20:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Investiture-Geoffrey-Curran-04142022-EDL_5791-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Curran with family]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Investiture-Geoffrey-Curran-04142022-_EK28826-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Curran thanking people]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Investiture-Geoffrey-Curran-04142022-EDL_5739-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Investiture-Geoffrey-Curran-04142022-EDL_5739]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Geoffrey Curran with Cindy Stowe and Cam Patterson]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/18/uams-is-first-in-arkansas-to-use-new-technology-to-remove-valve-infection-debris-without-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-19T09:20:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Untitled-design.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Untitled design]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Subhi Al'Aref, M.D., and Malley Bailey hold the Alpha Vac device.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/15/family-celebrates-their-walking-miracle-with-donation-to-nicu/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-15T10:48:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hayes2-1-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayes Haupt pictured with the NICU staff]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/haupt1-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Haupt family]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/haupt2-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayes Haupt]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hayes1-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hayes Haupt delivering donation to the UAMS NICU]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayes Haupt delivering donation to the UAMS NICU]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/15/uams-community-health-research-moves-to-new-facility-in-springdale/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-15T10:23:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_4104-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMG_4104]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[New Springdale location of the Office of Community Health &amp; Research]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/14/aphasia/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-14T17:36:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/aphasia.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[aphasia]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[aphasia]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/14/uams-to-host-virtual-parkinsons-symposium-april-24/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-14T13:49:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Dhall-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Dhall]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D., with Erika Petersen, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/07/uams-covid-19-study-earns-publications-translational-science-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-14T13:28:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Don-Willis-PhD-scaled-e1649345991608-150x250.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Don Willis, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Marshallese-vaccination.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marshallese vaccination]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A Marshallese resident in Northwest Arkansas receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/07/31/healing-garden-comes-to-life/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-13T17:17:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/group.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[group]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[group]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/13/virtual-art-workshop-honors-womens-history-month/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-13T09:25:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Women-Providing-Healing-Promoting-Hope.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Women were encouraged to take time for themselves at the virtual art event “UAMS Women: Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/12/uams-offers-statewide-summer-program-for-high-school-sophomores-juniors-and-seniors/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-12T09:59:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-1307257555-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Teenager girl during homeschooling]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Regional Campuses will host a statewide virtual summer enrichment program July 19-20 for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in learning more about careers in health care.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/12/uams-to-hold-drive-thru-senior-expo-in-jonesboro-on-april-25/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-12T09:47:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2203333-IOA-Senior-Expo-Program-2-1_Page_1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[2203333 IOA Senior Expo Program (2) (1)_Page_1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS 4th Annual Center on Aging 2022 Senior Expo]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/12/building-a-coalition-of-change-one-pharmacy-at-a-time/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-12T09:29:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Megan-Smith.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Megan Smith]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Smith]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/08/daniels-story-from-uams-lymphoma-patient-to-be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-coordinator/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-11T13:52:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Daniel-Frazier-16x9-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Daniel Frazier 16&amp;#215;9]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Be A Part of the Cure Walk Coordinator, Daniel Frazier, talks about his experience being treated for cancer at the very place he now works.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/11/webinar-focuses-on-health-care-for-servicewomen/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-11T11:24:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/women-vets-3-crop.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[women vets 3 crop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Veterans Subcommittee focused on women veteran's health care in its monthly educational webinar.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/20/winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institutes-radiation-oncology-center-becomes-first-and-only-center-in-arkansas-to-earn-apex-accreditation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-08T15:19:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RADONC-16X9.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Team Phyisicans]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Radiation Oncologists]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/28/danyelle-musselman-to-emcee-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institutes-be-a-part-of-the-cure-walk-on-april-30/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-08T15:19:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/danyelle-271x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Danyelle Musselmann ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/walk-16x9-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[2022 Be A Part of the Cure Walk]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Be A Part of the Cure Walk Logo]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/07/constipation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-07T17:40:53-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/grains.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[grains]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[grains]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/07/uams-college-of-medicine-receives-100000-to-establish-scholarship-in-retired-cardiologists-name/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-07T09:51:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Murphys-with-COM-Logo.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Murphys with COM Logo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Marvin and Rosanne Murphy with UAMS logo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/06/uams-hires-andy-davis-as-vice-chancellor-of-institutional-relations/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-06T12:11:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Davis-Featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Davis Featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Arkansas Rep. Andy Davis will join UAMS in May as the vice chancellor of institutional relations.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/04/creativity-hubs-established-in-uams-college-of-medicine-to-boost-research-collaborations-in-key-areas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-06T08:23:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Creative-Hub-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Creative Hub-1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Four interdisciplinary groups of researchers in the UAMS College of Medicine have been named as inaugural “Creativity Hubs&quot; to develop and expand research programs wtih high potential. Leading these hubs are (top left) Steven Barger, Ph.D., Paul Drew, Ph.D., (bottom left) Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D.,and Fred Prior, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/05/uams-offers-free-art-therapy-classes-for-parkinsons-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-05T15:11:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ParkinsonsArt.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[ParkinsonsArt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants in the first of five Art for Parkinson's workshops experiment with colors and mediums while music plays in the background.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/05/julie-riley-m-d-joins-uams-department-of-urology/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-05T09:20:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riley_Julie-Marie_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Riley_Julie-Marie_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Julie Riley, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/31/uams-named-top-performer-in-healthcare-equality-index/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-04T14:15:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iStock-1221852877-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Stethoscope and LGBT rainbow ribbon pride symbol. Blue background]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS was named a 2022 Top Performer in the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/01/free-genomics-workshop-at-uams-brings-students-from-across-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-04-01T13:19:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Genomic-comparison-2001-750x521.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[David Ussery, Ph.D., used a series of slides to illustrate the scientific advances in comparing genomes to help find areas of similarity and differences, which has implications for human health. This slide is comparing two E. coli genomes in 2001. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Genomic-comparison-2021-750x562.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[This slide from 2021 reflects a comparison of more than 10,000 genomes.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Genomics-Workshop-2022-Ussery.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Genomics Workshop 2022 &amp;#8211; Ussery]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' David Ussery, Ph.D., leads instruction during a three-day genomics workshop for students from Arkansas high schools and colleges, as well as faculty. The workshop was held during the recent spring break.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/31/lupus/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-31T15:42:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lupus.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[lupus]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[lupus]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/22/dental-hygiene-students-treat-afghan-refugee-families/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-31T13:50:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UAMSDental-Afghans-kids.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Students in the UAMS Dental Hygiene program visit with the children of an Afghan refugee family.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UAMSDental-Afghans-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMSDental-Afghans-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[An Afghan refugee woman receives a dental assessment at the UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/30/uams-launches-centeringpregnancy-program-for-northwest-arkansas-mothers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-30T10:13:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Centering-Pregnancy-Stock-Image.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Pregnant women]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pregnant women at support group]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/01/25/patients-need-to-read-leads-him-to-jones-eye-low-vision-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-28T12:15:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DSC2981-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Thornton demonstrate the illuminating magnifier he now uses to read his Bible. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Price demonstrates a hands-free magnifying device that clips onto a pair of glasses. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patient Jeremy Thornton poses with Mary Price, O.D., after an appointment in the low vision clinic at the UAMS Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/28/college-of-pharmacy-class-of-2023-receives-pins-transitions-to-patient-care/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-28T10:42:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Claudia Raffo]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashok Philip]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COP third year students]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/25/dream-land-discussion-how-west-ninth-street-shaped-little-rock/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-25T15:21:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Deam.png]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS's Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a panel discussion on the documentary Dream Land.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/24/stuttering/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-24T19:51:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/24/college-of-pharmacy-researcher-co-authors-win-2021-best-paper-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-24T10:40:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ben-Teeter-studio-05262020-850_4676.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ben Teeter studio-05262020-850_4676]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Benjamin Teeter]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/23/uams-experts-teach-high-school-students-about-medical-technology-workings-of-the-heart/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-23T08:59:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-10-at-9.08.09-PM-300x169.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Using the SECTRA Educational Portal, Phelan shows students a CT scan of a person who had an enlarged heart.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[photo of an ultrasound on a normal heartn a normal]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Screen Shot 2022-03-10 at 9.04.17 PM]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[picture of Erica Malone, Ph.D., sitting in front of three animal hearts]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/22/justin-hire-m-d-joins-uams-as-pediatric-orthopaedic-surgeon/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-22T09:01:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Featured-Justin-Hire.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Featured-Justin Hire]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Justin Hire, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/21/college-of-medicine-match-day-ceremony-applauds-158-seniors-fanning-out-across-the-country-to-improve-the-world/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-21T12:39:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Match-Day-03182022-EDL_3686-2Evan1-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Margaret May-Martin learns that she matched with a psychiatry residency at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Tariq, M.D., associate dean for student affairs in the College of Medicine, addresses seniors from the stage.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Identical twins Bukola Odeniyi and Dolapo Adejumobi head off to different parts of the country for their residencies.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Match-Day-03182022-EDL_4005 (1)couple]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[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.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/21/md-anderson-oncologist-shi-ming-tu-m-d-joins-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-21T10:29:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Shi-Ming Tu, M.D., has joined the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment and research of genitourinary cancer.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/21/webinar-focuses-on-stress-management-for-veterans/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-21T09:59:20-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[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.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/21/national-guard-recognizes-uams-supervisor-as-patriotic-employer/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-21T08:45:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Patriotic-Employer-Award-TheAward.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Powell's Patriotic Employer Award]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Patriotic-Employer-Award-OratoricalGesture.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Col. Dean Martin, far left, gestures toward Mavin Powell, far right, as he thanks him for his support for Chris Coffman.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Patriotic-Employer-Award-2022-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Patriotic Employer Award-2022-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[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.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/18/uams-to-host-in-person-summer-day-camp-for-grades-9-11/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-18T10:26:24-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/28/uams-researchers-see-12-increase-in-grant-funding-for-fy2021/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T12:29:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Shuk-mei-Ho-PhD-2021-horiz-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Shuk-mei Ho PhD 2021 horiz]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[As UAMS vice chancellor for Research and Innovation, Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., oversees the institution's research enterprise.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/15/pioneering-researcher-returns-to-uams-myeloma-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T12:29:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[“Dr. Shaughnessy’s return to UAMS expands and strengthens our research and subsequent treatment here at the Myeloma Center,” said Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, director of research at the Myeloma Center.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/02/ashley-county-cares-donations-to-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-near-500000/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T12:29:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled-design-12.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ashley County Cares Donation]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley County Cares Donation to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/06/kirk-west-ph-d-receives-american-cancer-society-postdoctoral-fellowship/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T12:28:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/West_Kirk-L_wide-2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Kirk West, Ph.D.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kirk West, Ph.D., UAMS' first recipient of the American Cancer Society's Postdoctoral Fellowship]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/18/uams-webinar-to-highlight-new-hpv-vaccination-and-cervical-cancer-screening-guidelines/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T12:28:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/iStock-1332475767-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS Cervical Cancer Webinar]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Cervical Cancer Webinar]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/28/uams-culinary-medicine-program-promotes-kidney-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T11:27:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/KARE.png]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Culinary Medicine program provided meals and hosted Zoom cooking classes to promote kidney health.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/31/uams-highlights-martin-luther-king-jr-s-dedication-to-service/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T11:26:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MLK-UAMS-Serves-event-01132022-850_2430-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. while kicking off the annual UAMS Serves campaign.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Chesterfield is presented with an appreciation plaque from the Diversity and Engagement subcommittee.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[MLK-UAMS Serves event-01132022-850_2363]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Arkansas Sen. Linda Chesterfield gives the keynote address.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/03/uams-accepting-applications-for-student-health-care-summer-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T11:25:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PreHealth-Academy-07122019-DSC_09621.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[PreHealth Academy]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pre-Health Academy students]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/17/uams-to-close-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-drive-thru-testing-site/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T09:53:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/COVID-Drive-thru-testing-01032022-DSC_5886-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS COVID testing drive-thru site, located at Shuffield Drive and Jack Stephens Drive on the UAMS campus, will close at 4 p.m. Friday, March 25.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/COVID-vax-U-of-A-sys-01202021-DSC_2171-scaled-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COVID-vax-U-of-A-sys-01202021-DSC_2171-scaled]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS is closing its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the Monroe Building at 4 p.m. Friday, March 18.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/17/healing-together-project-inspires-hope-for-the-future/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-17T09:10:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/healing-together-board_crop.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[healing together board_crop]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Healing Together board is displayed in the College of Nursing.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/15/uams-study-finds-cancer-treatment-creates-employment-difficulties-for-some-rural-women/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-16T15:20:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Woman-in-Warehouse-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Happy Young Latin Worker With List Working At Factory]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Woman in a warehouse]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/29/forbes-magazine-ranks-uams-in-top-30-of-best-employers-for-women/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-16T15:17:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Forbes-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Forbes]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Forbes Best Employers logo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/16/uams-simulation-center-helps-train-air-force-medics/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-16T14:35:27-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Air-Guard-medics-in-SIM-Center-03112022-850_4826-1-750x500.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Air Force National Guard Capt. Candice Catlett instructs a medic in an aspect of trauma care.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Air-Guard-medics-in-SIM-Center-over.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Air Force National Guard medics train in the UAMS Simulation Center.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Air-Guard-medics-in-SIM-Center-03112022-850_4770-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Air Guard medics in SIM Center-03112022-850_4770 (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the 189th Medical Group train in trauma care with manikin in the UAMS Simulation Center.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/15/brian-kirkpatrick-m-d-joins-uams-walker-family-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-15T10:00:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kirkpatrick.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Kirkpatrick]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, has joined the Walker Family Clinic at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/14/graduate-students-compete-in-three-minute-thesis-3mt-research-competition/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-15T08:51:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Christine-2nd-place-300x151.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Christine Hsu was awarded second place for her presentation of “Authentic versus replica: Diagnosis of Papilledema versus Pseudopapilledema in Children using Oral Fluorescein Angiography.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Lance-peoples-choice-300x151.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The People’s Choice award was presented to Lance Benson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School’s Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program for his presentation of “A Salty Immune System: CD8+ T Cells and the Pathogenesis of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension.” ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jackson-1st-place.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jackson &amp;#8211; 1st place]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jackson Mosley, a fourth-year medical student, won first place for his presentation of “Correlating Ytrium-90 PET/CT Absorbed dose with Tumor Response from Glass-Microsphere Radio Embolization.”]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/14/uams-to-hold-panel-discussions-about-black-maternal-mortality/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-14T15:23:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mom-and-baby-iStock-952682282-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[New Mom Holds Her Infant to Her Chest]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS, along with the Little Rock (AR) Chapter of The Links, Inc. and the National Healthy Start Association, will host discussions on Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/02/high-school-student-earns-spot-on-uams-research-team/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-14T11:01:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Virmani-Iyer-research-team-375x310.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS research team meets via Zoom every Saturday morning to help accommodate Iyer’s schedule. Top row: Iyer and Fred Prior, Ph.D.; middle: Aaron Kemp and Yasir Rahmatallah, Ph.D., and bottom, Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., and Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Anu-Iyer-eportrait.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Anu Iyer eportrait]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Anu Iyer, a junior at Little Rock Central High School, was invited to join a UAMS research team studying Parkinson's disease.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/14/aaron-carson-m-d-brian-mooney-m-d-join-uams-northwest-arkansas-behavioral-health-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-14T10:06:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Carson-and-Mooney.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Carson and Mooney]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Aaron Carson, M.D., (left) and Brian Mooney, M.D., have joined UAMS' Northwest Arkansas behavioral clinic in Fayetteville as psychiatrists.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/10/self-harm/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-10T16:35:39-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/10/electronic-medical-records-training-resource-developed-for-students-researchers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-10T09:41:01-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Medical technology concept. Remote medicine. Electronic medical record.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stock image illustrating the use of electronic medical record software using synthetic instead of actual data that is now available at UAMS to train medical students to use the same system they will use as physicians.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/09/uams-pebbles-fagan-ph-d-receives-presidents-award-from-society-for-research-on-nicotine-and-tobacco/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-09T09:58:30-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Pebbles Fagan]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pebbles Fagan]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/07/uams-led-international-study-provides-insight-on-maternal-thyroid-function-risk-of-gestational-hypertension/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-08T09:38:24-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/04/monticello-doctor-credits-uams-bone-marrow-transplant-for-getting-him-back-to-medicine-and-life/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-04T11:49:00-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/murkherkee-jay-t-shirt-photo-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jay Connelley with his UAMS doctor Akash Mukherjee,]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jay Connelley Akash Mukherjee riding jet skis on Lake Quachita]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Patient Jay Connelley with his UAMS Care Team]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Patient Jay Connelley with his UAMS Care Team]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/04/uams-to-hold-march-17-virtual-conference-for-arkansas-brain-injury-survivors/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-04T09:57:12-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation is holding the 2022 Arkansas Brain Injury Survivors’ Day Virtual Conference on March 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/03/blood-thinners/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-03T16:35:37-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/28/four-new-pharmacy-scholarships-created-in-2021/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-03T16:29:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[COP Scholarship Composite]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[achor hall pynes groves]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/04/29/uams-restores-vision-and-hope-for-21-marshallese-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-03T09:56:04-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Likkien-Ralpho-with-patient-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Joseph Sanford, M.D., explains the anesthesiology process to a patient before surgery as Likkien Ralpho translates. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Libos Gold awaits her eye patch removal while at Henry Eye Clinic. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Clinical interpreter Lynda Riklon translates after-care instructions for Marshallese patients at Henry Eye Clinic in Fayetteville. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Eugenia White, M.D., goes over patient information with Dalla Jilak, 75. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Libos Gold, 60, has her left eye examined by Carina Sanvicente, M.D., the day after her cataract surgery.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Libos Gold, 60, has her left eye examined by Carina Sanvicente, M.D., the day after her cataract surgery.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/02/occupational-therapy-doctoral-student-inspired-to-innovate/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-02T16:07:33-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OTStuentProfile-BrennaRamirez.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Occupational Therapy doctoral student Brenna Ramirez stops for a photo on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/02/uams-joins-with-24-community-partners-to-address-food-insecurity-in-nwa/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-02T10:04:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Samaritan-Center-RogersAR-10032019-DSC_0157.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Chopping Lettuce]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Heathy Food Systems]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/03/01/uams-receives-national-accreditation-for-clinical-informatics-fellowship-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-03-01T10:45:47-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Shafi-Obeid-150x210.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Obeid Shafi, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Fred Prior, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Feliciano “Pele” Yu Jr., M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[AlGhamdi, Liu, Wong and Wooldridge-01-ed]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program fellows are: (l-r) Salem AlGhamdi, MBBS (emergency medicine); Daniel Liu, M.D. (pediatrics); Lori Wong, M.D. (preventive medicine); and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D. (pathology). Pictured separately below is Obeid Shafi, M.D. (pediatrics).]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2005/04/26/meth-labs-increase-child-abuse-in-arkansas-uams-experts-say/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-25T20:42:18-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/25/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-online-meditation-courses/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-25T10:16:41-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[young woman meditating]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[young woman meditating]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/24/uams-midsouth-summit-black-expo-set-for-feb-26/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-24T12:08:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UAMS-MammoVan-1536x837-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS-MammoVan-1536&amp;#215;837]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The 18th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research, which celebrates Black History Month, will be held Feb. 26.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/23/dinesh-edem-m-d-joins-uams-as-endocrinologist-director-of-weight-loss-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-23T10:23:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Edem_Dinesh-Laxminara_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dinesh Edem, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/23/husband-and-wife-pharmacist-duo-shows-up-for-patients-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-23T09:00:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/22/uams-researchers-find-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-prevalent-even-among-vaccinated/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-22T11:05:24-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[vials and syringes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/17/huntingtons-disease/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T17:12:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[huntington]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/05/18/mega-brain-debuts-at-strike-out-stroke-nights/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:55:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SOS-NLR-survivors-IN-300x198.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[SOS-NLR-survivors-IN]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[SOS-NWA-FAST kid]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[SOS-NLR-Onteddu baseballs]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[SOS-NLR-Mega Brain-front]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/04/02/northwest-arkansas-naturals-holds-strike-out-stroke-night/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:54:57-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/04/27/arkansas-travelers-to-host-strike-out-stroke-night-may-14/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:54:43-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2014/05/05/arkansas-travelers-to-host-strike-out-stroke-night-may-13/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:54:25-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/05/19/survivors-throw-strikes-against-stroke/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:54:04-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Survivors Throw Strikes Against Stroke]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2015/08/17/mega-brain-draws-crowds-for-stroke-education/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:53:27-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mega Brain Draws Crowds for Stroke Education]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/03/17/northwest-arkansas-naturals-to-host-strike-out-stroke-night-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:52:51-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2016/05/12/stroke-program-helps-lower-arkansas-to-sixth-from-first-in-stroke-deaths/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:52:28-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nicholas Shelton, center, and his parents, Jesse and LaTonia Shelton, attended the AR SAVES Telestroke Conference in Little Rock. Nicholas Shelton participated in a panel discussion at the meeting.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SAVES-Shelton-Ramona-Hill.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[SAVES-Shelton-Ramona Hill]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/03/07/uams-led-stroke-program-helps-lower-arkansas-to-seventh-in-stroke-deaths-among-all-states/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:50:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Renee Joiner, AR SAVES director, right, Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D., AR SAVES medical director, and Ken Kelly, CEO of ProMed ambulance company in El Dorado, stand in October in front of Medical Center of South Arkansas, an AR SAVES network site.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/02/21/uams-establishes-institute-for-digital-health-curtis-lowery-m-d-named-director/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:49:29-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lowery-Institute4DigitalHealth-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Curtis Lowery, M.D., will lead the new UAMS Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/01/31/uams-led-arkansas-stroke-program-named-national-hearst-health-prize-finalist/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:47:44-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lowery-Hearst-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Curtis Lowery, M.D., left, pauses during a live video conference. Lowery founded the AR SAVES program, which has been named one of three national finalists for the Hearst Health Prize.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2019/05/03/fcc-commissioner-impressed-by-uams-digital-health-initiatives/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T12:47:14-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Maurice Rigsby, left, Curtis Lowery, Rosenworcel and Chancellor Cam Patterson talk at the start of the FCC commissioner's recent tour of the UAMS Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FCC-visit-Kitchen-Eswaran-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hari Eswaran, left, listens as Roy Kitchen makes a presentation about Arkansas e-Link.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rosenworcel, left, and Patterson, right, discuss digital health during a series of presentations about the subject.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rosenworcel, left, Patterson, Rigsby and Lowery discuss telemedicine.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[May 3, 2019 | UAMS’ pioneering work in bringing health care to those who need it through digital health applications has drawn the attention of a top federal official who traveled from Washington D.C. to UAMS recently to see for herself. Jessica Rosenworcel, a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, visited April 29 with UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; guests of the university; and leaders of UAMS’ new Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation, including institute director Curtis Lowery, M.D. “We are 46th out of 50 states in health outcomes,” Patterson said. “UAMS needs to change that for the better, and we won’t do it just by staying in Pulaski County.” Telemedicine allows health professionals to diagnose and treat patients not physically present by using telecommunications technology, such as live video. It allows UAMS to extend its presence beyond its main campus and regional campuses. The creation of the institute, under the leadership of Patterson and Lowery, was announced in February and builds upon several telemedicine programs already in place, including ANGELS for high-risk pregnancy, AR SAVES for stroke, STAR for rural School-Based Health Centers and more. The institute connects the majority of hospitals and clinics across the state with telemedicine through interactive video and other digital services. Lowery gave a brief presentation to Rosenworcel about the history of digital health and telemedicine at UAMS. Lowery, Tina Benton, B.S.N., and a small team of clinicians and staff in 2003 founded ANGELS to bring maternal-fetal medicine to women with high-risk pregnancies who did not live near such a specialist. ANGELS (the Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning System) is an innovative consultative service for a wide range of physicians including family practitioners, obstetricians, neonatologists and pediatricians in Arkansas. An ANGELS obstetrician can talk to a pregnant mother via a live video connection and watch an ultrasound image of her baby from a local hospital so she can avoid traveling to Little Rock hours away. Lowery said the institute is doing a pilot study to see if ANGELS’ live video consultations can help during an emergency labor-and-delivery. “That’s the only way you’re going to do anything about it,” Lowery said. “By the time you transfer a mother from that smaller hospital, we might lose her because of excessive bleeding. I think in the next year we’re going to explore the idea of delivering blood by using drones. It could make a real difference when a hospital doesn’t have the blood for a massive loss.” Rosenworcel said she was intrigued by the idea of using drones to facilitate the transportation of blood and transplant organs. During her visit, she observed a live ANGELS consultation with a pregnant mother in another Arkansas town and toured the 24-hour call center that routes calls for ANGELS and other telemedicine programs like Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES). Renee Joiner, B.S.N., AR SAVES director, briefed Rosenworcel about the stroke telemedicine program. UAMS started AR SAVES in 2008 to provide telemedicine consultations with stroke neurologists at any time via live video. Through this service, almost 2,000 patients have received a clot-busting drug that often restores complete function to the patient. Arkansas recently fell to seventh in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita after many years in first place, a huge improvement credited in part to the efforts of AR SAVES. “I went down to Crossett on Friday and met a 27-year-old gentleman who had a stroke and went to the Ashley County Medical Center,” Patterson said. “He was treated through AR SAVES. Without this, he probably would have been a paraplegic and unable to work.” Rosenworcel learned about the trauma telemedicine program and the School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) program, the first-ever effort to bring telemedicine care to Arkansas’ rural School-Based Health Centers. STAR two years ago rolled out the Healthy Now initiative for obesity reduction and prevention. Graduate students from the University of Central Arkansas and a UAMS nutritionist engage the students in one-on-one telemedicine encounters. “We piloted the program in the Magazine School District,” said Alan Faulkner, a program manager for the institute. “With two groups of participating students, 51% in one group reduced their weight, and 66% in another group reduced their weight.” Rosenworcel said she found those numbers to be very impressive. She was also given an overview of the Arkansas e-Link network by network director Roy Kitchen. The network was created from a $102 million grant awarded in August 2010 to UAMS and partner institutions through the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Comprehensive Community Infrastructure grant. Led by UAMS, e-Link uses high-speed data transmission lines to connect about 400 community institutions for videoconferencing between medical professionals, patients and doctors and others along with the real-time exchange of patient data and readings. “Your approach has been great,” Rosenworcel said. “Instead of building a network and then finding problems to solve with it, you identified many real problems in public health and specific ways a digital health network can be used to solve them.” Rosenworcel especially enjoyed being able to meet an ANGELS patient via live video and observe the patient’s telemedicine consultation. “We are becoming one of the most connected states in the nation, and we believe with that we can use digital health to improve the health and quality of life of Arkansans,” Lowery said.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/17/marty-perry-ph-d-receives-volunteer-award-from-american-chemical-society/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-17T09:44:41-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/16/alumnus-gives-1-million-to-support-orthopaedics-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-16T08:53:56-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/02/uams-health-app-launches-provides-new-connections/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-15T13:49:41-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Troy Walls, left, and Jasper Reddin, right, worked to develop the new UAMS Health app launched in January.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Troy Walls, left, and Jasper Reddin, right, worked to develop the new UAMS Health app launched in January.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/04/uams-hosts-inaugural-mentoring-excellence-awards/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-15T13:45:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Reede compared mentoring to a dance in her presentation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gardner closed out the event, saying mentorship starts with the heart.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Joan Y. Reede, M.D., MPH, MBA, gives a keynote address at UAMS's Mentor Appreciation event.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/15/uams-receives-10-million-to-expand-community-based-outreach-efforts-to-increase-covid-19-vaccinations/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-15T10:32:08-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Roshell IV, 16, gets his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine during the first COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/14/uams-dental-hygiene-program-offers-free-sealant-clinic-for-children-on-feb-26/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-14T13:53:23-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/14/robert-g-dixon-m-d-joins-uams-as-interventional-radiologist-specializing-in-prostate-artery-embolizations/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-14T11:46:30-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/11/uams-part-of-new-statewide-core-facilities-exchange-for-researchers/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-11T10:45:14-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Core Facilities Exchange (CFE) allows researchers across Arkansas to share resources and equipment.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/07/uams-names-jamie-banks-as-assistant-vice-chancellor-of-advancement-planning-development/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-07T11:44:49-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jamie Banks is the new assistant vice chancellor of advancement planning and development at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/03/make-it-five-uams-college-of-pharmacy-business-plan-team-wins-nationals-again/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-04T11:45:55-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/02/fainting/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-02T16:18:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/02/uams-to-offer-free-traumatic-brain-injury-workshop-feb-17/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-02T09:34:53-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS will host a virtual Traumatic Brain Injury workshop Feb. 17.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/01/uams-omar-atiq-m-d-named-president-elect-of-american-college-of-physicians/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-01T10:17:26-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/02/01/uams-kidney-liver-transplant-programs-again-ranked-among-best-in-nation/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-02-01T09:44:01-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/31/rounds-named-chief-administrative-officer-for-uams-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-31T10:19:13-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jason Rounds is the new as chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance for UAMS Health.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/28/uams-to-offer-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program-4/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-28T10:40:28-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS is offering a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting March 2.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/27/mindfulness/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-27T16:56:46-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/27/share-foundation-pledges-1-5-million-for-uams-regional-campus-in-el-dorado/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-27T09:42:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2018/12/14/minimally-invasive-surgery-yields-successful-outcome-for-lung-cancer-survivor/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-26T13:07:49-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Lung Cancer Patient Mary Davis]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/26/uams-kevin-d-raney-ph-d-named-fellow-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-26T13:04:06-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kevin Raney, Ph.D., in his lab at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/25/uams-research-team-finds-covid-19-has-mutation-limits/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-25T09:19:10-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/25/uams-enrolling-dads-in-fatherhood-fire-a-free-enrichment-program-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-25T09:17:00-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/24/jenkins-kovak-appointed-to-new-leadership-positions-at-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-24T12:29:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/21/uams-notifies-patients-of-personal-information-breach/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-21T16:35:28-06:00</lastmod></url>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/21/college-of-pharmacy-students-achieve-ashp-sshp-recognition-for-2021-2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-21T10:04:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/21/kirkpatrick-family-donates-1-million-to-create-endowed-cardiovascular-chair-in-uams-college-of-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-21T09:51:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/20/uams-invests-ozlem-tulunay-ugur-m-d-in-patricia-and-j-floyd-kyser-m-d-chair-in-otolaryngology-head-and-neck-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-20T12:29:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/20/intestinal-gas/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-20T11:55:15-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/19/covid-19-impact-response-remain-center-stage-at-chancellors-town-hall/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-19T13:06:35-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Danielle Lombard-Sims at the Town Hall meeting answers a question from a member of the online audience.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Steppe Mette, left, Michelle Krause, Robert Hopkins and Keyur Vyas discuss and answer questions about COVID-19 at the Town Hall.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson asks a question at the Jan. 7 Town Hall meeting.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/19/uams-accepting-applications-for-pathways-academy-for-k-12-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-19T10:51:15-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pathways Academy is an innovative, comprehensive educational and community engagement program for K-12 students.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS is accepting applications for the Pathways Academy program.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/19/podiatrist-barbara-porchia-dpm-joins-uams-orthopaedics/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-19T09:43:58-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Barbara Porchia, DPM, in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/16/volunteers-needed/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-16T14:02:03-06:00</lastmod></url>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/14/healthgrades-ranks-uams-in-top-10-of-nation-for-brain-surgery-also-applauds-stroke-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-14T19:13:13-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS Cranial Neurosurgery was honored by Healthgrades, a leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems, with the 2022 Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ and as a Five-Star Recipient of its Specialty Excellence Awards for Tr]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pictured with the award, left to right: Erika Petersen, M.D., neurosurgeon; John Day, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurosurgery; Viktoras Palys, M.D., neurosurgeon; and Ebonye Green, APRN, Department of Neurosurgery. Not pictured: Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., neurosurgeon.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/05/governor-welcomes-12-national-guard-soldiers-to-uams-covid-testing-facility/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-14T15:47:39-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks with Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Medical Center CEO Steppe, M.D., and other members of Team UAMS during a tour of the UAMS COVID-19 Drive-Thru Screening site.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson visits the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to welcome 12 Arkansas National Guard soldiers who are helping with the incredible demand at the UAMS COVID-19 Drive-Thru Screening site (photo: Bryan Clifton/UA]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks with National Guard soldiers who have been deployed to UAMS to help with COVID-19 testing.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/13/metabolism/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-13T12:07:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/13/first-myeloma-center-patient-receives-revolutionary-new-therapy-responds-well/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-13T11:52:53-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[“Dr. van Rhee said I was running out of options, and that I was a good candidate for the CAR T-cell treatment,” Dave Puente said. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., visits with Lori Puente and her husband Dave, the first myeloma patient in Arkansas to receive CAR T-cell therapy treatment.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurses in the unit of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where myeloma patients are treated prepare Dave Puente's genetically modified cells to be infused back into him.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dave and Lori Puente of Elk Grove, California. Dave Puente is the first myeloma patient in Arkansas to receive new chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy treatment, which is only available at the UAMS Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/01/14/please-be-aware-of-political-activity-policy-for-uams-employees-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-12T09:49:01-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/11/uams-occupational-therapy-students-break-ground-complete-mental-health-fieldwork/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-11T09:32:18-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS OT fieldwork discussion]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS OT fieldwork discussion]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/10/patricia-cowan-ph-d-rn-selected-as-evaluator-for-commission-on-collegiate-nursing-education/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-10T13:13:24-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., RN, the dean of the UAMS College of Nursing]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/06/klinefelter-syndrome/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-06T15:54:42-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/04/uams-e-link-bridging-the-gap-between-parents-nicu/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-04T11:10:04-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Whit Hall and Tracy Smith]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jaclyn Becker on e-Link]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ridley Becker]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2022/01/03/graduate-school-celebrates-students-faculty-and-staff-at-annual-winter-awards-reception/</loc>
<lastmod>2022-01-03T16:19:20-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Linda Haymes]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate research assistants Nathalie Pineda of Loja, Ecuador and Shivangi Shrimali of Udaipur, India ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Eledge was one of a dozen students presented COVID-19 Appreciation Awards for their help in assisting the state of Arkansas during the pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate School Dean Robert McGehee Jr., Ph.D presents a mentor award to Lee Ann MacMillan-Crow, Ph.D for her work with Stephen Shrum, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Antino Allen, Ph.D receives a mentor award for his work with Taylor McElroy, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[122021 Grad School Awards-Dr. McGehee welcomes crowd]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;One of the best lessons this pandemic has taught us is there are lots of ways to do things right,&quot; Graduate School Dean Robert McGehee Jr., Ph.D. told a crowd of about 50 students, faculty and staff at a recent Annual Winter Awards reception.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/29/lung-biopsy-robot-at-uams-detects-early-stage-cancer-in-little-rock-woman/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-31T11:00:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Cynthia Chapman]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cynthia Chapman speaks about her experience with the Ion Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/30/national-multiple-sclerosis-society-names-uams-a-center-for-comprehensive-ms-care/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-31T11:00:01-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Dr. Santos-Horta]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Erika Santos Horta, M.D., a neuro-oncologist and neuro-immunologist]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/28/department-of-family-preventive-medicines-colorectal-screening-project-sees-progress-in-first-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-28T09:28:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Denise Boyer, RN, a patient navigator for 1st Choice Healthcare clinics in Ash Flat and Salem, displays her “Fit Just Takes a Bit” button that clinic staff wore to initiate patient conversations about colorectal screening, and a cookie shared during an educational activity on stool-based screening.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[MaryBeth Curtis, RN, of the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (second from left), holds a card alerting patients that 45 is the new baseline age for colorectal screening. Curtis, PICS AR program manager, is surrounded at 1st Choice Healthcare’s Ash Flat clinic by clinic employees (from left) Deborah King, APRN; Starla Smith, APRN; and Denise Boyer, RN and nurse navigator. The card says “45 is the new FIT-ty” and will be sent to patients as they turn 45, along with a kit they can use for their at-home test.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/16/uams-patient-story-nurses-get-national-acclaim/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-28T08:59:12-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The story of Jodie McGinley and her two sons was spotlighted at this Magnet Conference breakfast in November in Atlanta.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The new DAISY wall, shown here during and after its unveiling, honors the compassionate care provided by UAMS nurses.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS nurses and other onlookers listen to Rebekah Thacker speak before the unveiling.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rebecca Thacker, right, speaks Dec. 6 before the public unveiling of the new DAISY wall at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/27/uams-stays-on-course-despite-new-challenges-from-covid-19-pandemic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-27T15:24:29-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS-FallCampus-thruBoughs]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Little Rock campus of UAMS in early fall 2020, as viewed through the branches of a tree along Hooper Drive, was home to many positive developments in 2021.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/27/uams-holiday-celebration-gains-efficiency-while-bringing-cheer/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-27T12:17:09-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tonya Johnson hands out desserts to employees during the UAMS Holiday Celebration.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Three UAMS employees enjoy a sitdown lunch together in the cafeteria.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson worked a shift during the Holiday Celebration and also helped employees with their dessert selections.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Assisted by Diana Johnson, right, UAMS mascot, Reddie, volunteered to greet employees during the celebration.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[At this year’s Holiday Celebration on Dec. 16, 5,568 people came through the cafeteria line for a no-cost-to-them holiday lunch.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/21/little-rock-santa-gets-tune-up-from-uams-heart-surgeons/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-21T13:42:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Armstrong as Santa in his full gear]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Armstrong as Santa]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Armstrong at home after surgery.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Roger Armstrong with his beard braided]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/21/uams-names-kirt-simmons-dds-ph-d-chair-of-department-of-pediatric-and-special-needs-dentistry/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-21T09:22:57-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Simmons.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Simmons]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kirt Simmons, DDS, Ph.D., is the new chair of the Department of Pediatric and Special Needs Dentistry at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/20/two-uams-ent-physicians-help-treat-more-than-90-children-in-ecuador/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-20T11:55:54-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rob Glade, M.D., and Jeff Dorrity, M.D., operating in Guayaquil.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hartzell tries out new technology as guided through his headset.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Mission Trip 2 wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Larry Hartzell, M.D., and Jeff Dorrity, M.D., with one of their tiny cleft patients and her mother in Ecuador]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/19/nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-19T18:25:19-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[pills]]></image:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/16/food-allergies/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-19T17:16:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[peanut]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[peanut]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/15/uams-led-proposal-competing-for-75-million-to-advance-health-care-and-technology-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-15T14:59:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EDA_BBB-Finalist-Social_1200x628.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[EDA_BBB Finalist Social_1200x628]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Build Back Better Regional Challenge Finalist]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/14/uams-neurosurgeons-study-on-breakthrough-treatment-for-painful-diabetic-neuropathy-published-in-diabetes-care/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-15T08:51:42-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Erika Petersen, M.D., is the director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/10/uams-physicians-among-top-doctors-in-america/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-13T11:24:47-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS physicians are among the Top Doctors in Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/02/students-chosen-for-geriatric-student-scholars-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-10T10:53:53-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The 2022 Geriatric Student Scholars (from left) Anna Harrison (CHP), Gale Menotti (COP), Erica Dewey (COM) and Tenia Marshall (CON).]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/06/covid-19s-impact-on-asian-americans-significant-but-not-well-documented-associate-dean-says/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-10T10:53:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Colorful graphics help Tariq illustrate her points.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Tariq, M.D., illustrates her talk with graphics.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/09/new-report-by-cdc-uams-finds-1-in-44-arkansas-8-year-olds-have-autism-spectrum-disorder/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-09T09:47:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Maya Lopez, M.D., is a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/08/uams-receives-3-million-to-reimburse-facilities-providing-medication-assisted-treatment-for-opioid-use/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-08T15:52:38-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Mancino, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/08/fayetteville-mans-life-improves-dramatically-after-nasal-surgery-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-08T15:41:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Alissa Kanaan, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Stein Erik Peterson visits UAMS for a check-up after his surgery.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/07/uams-names-richard-turnage-m-d-as-vice-chancellor-of-regional-campuses/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-07T14:22:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Richard Turnage, UAMS Regional Campuses]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard H. Turnage, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/07/uams-researchers-discover-potential-way-to-control-immune-responses/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-07T09:40:52-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Hui-Ming Chang, M.D., and Edward T.H. Yeh, M.D., have led the research behind a discovery of a possible way to control immune responses.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/06/hillary-williams-m-d-movement-disorders-specialist-joins-uams-neurology-department/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-06T09:53:02-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Hillary Williams, M.D., portrait in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/03/outpatient-pharmacy-quadruples-in-size-in-remodeled-space/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-03T15:47:36-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Layton Kelley, Pharm.D., right, and one of the construction contractors discuss and review one of the remodeling plans for the new pharmacy space.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kelley, far right, and Pattie Shuffield, Pharm.D., talk briefly in new, expanded work area of the pharmacy. Technicians and pharmacists at work in the background to fill prescriptions. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pharmacy technicians serve patients at the new, greatly enlarged front counter of the UAMS Outpatient Pharmacy.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/12/03/uams-provides-medical-support-for-little-rock-marathon/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-03T15:44:16-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS volunteers at the Little Rock Marathon]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Racer finishes race]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers at the Little Rock Marathon]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS volunteers]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers stand in front of an ambulance]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/20/amy-wenger-named-vice-chancellor-of-uams-northwest-regional-campus/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-02T15:36:55-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Amy Wenger, MHSA, vice chancellor of its Northwest Regional Campus, effective Dec. 1.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/22/uams-offers-booster-covid-vaccines-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-12-02T11:44:32-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Preparing injection with covid-19 vaccine]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Effective Oct. 25, the UAMS Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St., in Little Rock will offer third doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines as well as second doses of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/30/uams-launches-five-satellite-training-centers-to-improve-digital-health-in-arkansas-tennessee/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-30T16:31:04-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Telehealth Training Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Telehealth Training Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/07/27/san-francisco-woman-finds-help-for-complex-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-30T16:08:09-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Suen skull model]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Claudia Bressie ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[J.D. Day, M.D., UAMS professor and chief of neurosurgery]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Bressie &amp;#038; Suen]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Bressie &amp; Suen]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/27/uams-lincoln-project-aims-to-reduce-prevalence-of-heart-disease-through-grassroots/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-30T15:50:54-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[“Heart disease is about lifestyle – habits are more impactful than heredity,” said Irion “Chip” Pursell, M.P.H., RN, B.S.N., and director of Cardiology Research in the Department of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine. Laura Bourdie is research operations manager for the UAMS Lincoln Project.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/03/retired-educator-living-life-to-fullest-after-innovative-heart-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-30T15:50:14-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Coleman and Shannon Kjellsen, a patient advocacy manager at Abiomed in Boston, speak virtually with Dr. Bhama.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Coleman and her friend Marta Davis, who accompanied her to the patient summit in Boston.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Coleman meets with with Michael R. Minogue, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Abiomed, in Boston.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Coleman's book tells the story of two brothers, one starting Kindergarten and the other starting fourth grade.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rosie Coleman has a new lease on life thanks to UAMS cardiac surgeon Jay K. Bhama, M.D., whose quick thinking saved her when she experienced a rare complication during a high-risk quadruple-bypass surgery.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/29/uams-reaches-high-school-students-with-virtual-event/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-29T10:02:16-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Teenager during homeschooling]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS hosted an event for students.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/10/uams-centers-for-simulation-education-holds-first-research-day/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-29T09:58:06-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions following presentations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Christopher Trudeau with the UAMS Center for Health Literacy]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Those presenting posters posed for photos during the break.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Karen J. Dickinson, M.D., M.Ed., director of interprofessional simulation and clinical skills training, introduces Debra Nestel, Ph.D., from Monash University, Australia, keynote speaker of the first UAMS Centers for Simulation Education Research Day, which has held both in person and virtually.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/23/major-shift-in-traffic-nov-27-as-cedar-street-to-close-permanently/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-29T08:56:01-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/24/peptic-ulcers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-24T16:08:23-06:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/24/uams-holds-first-proud-to-serve-all-event/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-24T11:10:40-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Patterson speaks at the DDEI Proud to Serve All event.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS staff members attend the DDEI Proud to Serve All event.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Event attendees sign a poster.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Dr. Gittens]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Gittens gives remarks at the DDEI Proud to Serve All event.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/26/uams-testing-big-advance-in-spinal-cord-stimulation-first-arkansas-participant-now-pain-free/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-26T08:00:31-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Petersen-Smith-video-image-300x168.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Watch a short video about Cornelia Ann Smith's experience in the study led by UAMS neurosurgeon Erika Petersen, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Grandma Smith with Lizzie and Elena]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cornelia Ann Smith of Calico Rock, Ark., here with two of her grandchildren, is pain free thanks to her participation in a UAMS study of an advance in spinal cord stimulation devices.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/05/rahn-bridge-over-hooper-drive-to-close-nov-4-for-renovation/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T11:33:49-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/04/interim-covid-event-policy-updated-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T11:33:24-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/08/new-entrance-for-outpatient-pharmacy-opens/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T11:32:38-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/19/gratitude-on-display-for-donors-colleagues-on-thank-uams-day/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T10:57:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Medical Center staff gratitude photo grid]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Osmonetta Beard]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rachel Burton]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Institutional Advancement team members in front of Thank UAMS Day sign]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/22/uams-researchers-receive-1-5-million-to-study-impact-of-maternal-diabetes-on-fetal-neurodevelopment/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T10:56:59-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Eswaran research team]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the interdisciplinary research team include, (l-r): Heather Moody, RN, Eric Siegel, M.S., Stefanie Kennon-McGill, Ph.D., Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., Shannon Rose, Ph.D., Luis Mercado, Ph.D., Diana Escalona-Vargas, Ph.D., and Debopam Samanta, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/23/uams-analiz-rodriguez-m-d-ph-d-selected-for-diversity-in-clinical-trials-career-development-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-23T09:40:44-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Rodriguez_Analiz-06132019-DSC_1991.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., is one of 52 early-stage researchers invited to participate in the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation's Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/04/participation-engagement-strong-for-second-annual-health-fair/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-19T10:17:08-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lindsay Joyce]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mande Corbett]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Puru Thapa]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/19/woman-undergoes-successful-liver-transplant-at-uams-during-pandemic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-19T09:36:17-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Lyle Burdine, M.D., transplant surgeon]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tara Farris shortly after her surgery]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Tara Farris in her hospital room after her surgery]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/18/uams-college-of-nursing-ranks-43rd-in-nation-in-u-s-news-world-reports-list-of-best-bsn-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-19T08:34:31-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[CON US News]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS BSN program named one of best in the nation.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/18/volunteers-needed-for-patient-call-light-coverage/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-18T11:04:56-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/18/college-honors-three-faculty-members-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-18T10:58:51-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Melissa Halverson]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Angel Holland]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sam Atcherson]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/16/epilepsy-experts-share-updates-on-condition-during-uams-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-18T10:27:14-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Gregory Albert, M.D., uses slides to illustrate his key points.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Salman Zahoor, M.D., talks to participants from the Fred W. Smith Auditorium.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Presenters used several graphics like this one to make their points.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Ladha brain 2 copy]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Harshad Ladha, M.D., used graphics to illustrate his presentation.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/16/uams-compliance-champions-for-2021-chosen/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-18T08:44:48-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pictured left to right: Amy Jones, Paula Alonso, Angela Holland]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pictured left to right: Heather Schmeigelow, Cara Kirby, Alicia Hall, Brittany Parker]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-ORC-champion.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Giuseppina Dusio]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-COI-Champion.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[William Brooks Gentry, left]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/22/uams-earns-national-recognition-for-efforts-to-improve-stroke-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-17T16:08:54-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[AHA Stroke featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[AHA logo over image of UAMS]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/17/finding-faith-in-caregiving/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-17T14:54:00-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike and Margaret Booker]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Booker (white shirt) was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2010. He is shown with his daughter, son-in-law, son and grandchildren.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/16/epileptologist-harshad-ladha-m-d-joins-uams-department-of-neurology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-16T13:50:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Harshad Ladha, M.D., in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/16/it-security-tightens-to-prevent-zoombombing/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-16T09:40:26-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/02/november-s-a-f-e-newsletter-available-4/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-16T08:58:05-06:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/15/uams-receives-18-9-million-nih-award-to-address-health-disparities/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-16T08:50:07-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Cornell-Fagan Research Team]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the research team include, (back row, l-r) Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., FNP-BC, RN, Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., Carol Cornell, Ph.D., Linda Luster and Christina Hamilton; (front) Elizabeth Taylor, Theresa Prewitt, Dr.P.H., and Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D. Pictured separately are, from top: Mark Williams, Ph.D., Chris Long, Ph.D., and Mignonne Guy, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University).]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/10/uams-raises-15-million-toward-nci-designation/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-15T14:53:43-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Fowler-Donation-Cancer-11102021-EDL_6030-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Fowler speaks]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Suen and Fowlers]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[From left to right, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Director Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Chris and Kim Fowler, and James Suen, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/12/uams-biostatistics-contributes-to-groundbreaking-anchor-study/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-12T10:06:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Lee_Jeannette-Y_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jeannette Lee, Ph.D.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeanette Lee, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/11/sons-memory-love-for-community-reasons-for-substantial-gift-to-el-dorado-regional-campus/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-12T09:24:34-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Nolan]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert C. Nolan made a substantial gift to the UAMS El Dorado Regional Campus in honor of his son, the late Justin M. Nolan, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/10/uams-honors-student-and-employee-veterans/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-10T17:16:15-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks at a ceremony honoring veterans at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Veterans-Day-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor and Police]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/09/hundreds-gather-at-uams-sponsored-health-wellness-expo/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-09T14:28:45-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC06331-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura Stilwell healthy cooking demo]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC06277-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitor explores inflatable Mega Brain]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS staff conducting blood pressure test]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/08/uams-arkansas-childrens-to-offer-pediatric-covid-vaccines/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-09T10:20:47-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Monroe Building UAMS campus-ThirdTry]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[the UAMS Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/09/uams-to-host-virtual-health-career-event-for-high-school-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-09T10:16:32-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Teenager during homeschooling]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS hosted an event for students.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/04/uams-receives-full-accreditation-area-of-distinction-for-its-human-research-protection-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-08T13:30:18-06:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Paal Sherman Group (002)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Edith Paal, M.S.Journ., MPH, is director of the UAMS Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Allen Sherman, Ph.D., is the board chair. The IRB reviews all research to ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of the people who are participating.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/03/agec-recognizing-national-family-caregivers-month-by-providing-education-and-resources/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-05T14:24:56-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Happy senior friendship society concept. Portrait of Asian female older ageing women smiling with happiness in garden at home, nursing home, or wellbeing county]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[In honor of National Family Caregivers Month , the UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Educational Collaborative will host educational events for those persons caring for a loved one.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/05/insall-traveling-fellows-visit-uams-for-fourth-consecutive-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-05T09:42:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Insall Small Group Photo2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[2021 Insall Fellows Martin Faschingbauer, M.D., Sumon Nandi, M.D., and J. Ryan Martin, M.D. (center) shown with UAMS hip and knee surgeons Jeffery Stambough, M.D., Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D. Lowry Barnes, M.D., and Ben Stronach, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/04/dysphagia/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-04T16:52:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[swallow]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/27/uams-earns-chime-digital-health-most-wired-recognition/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-04T13:51:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Most-Wired-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Most Wired]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS recently earned 2021 Digital Health Most Wired recognition from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/02/uams-selects-laura-dunn-m-d-to-lead-department-of-psychiatry-psychiatric-research-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T11:19:46-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Laura-Dunn-for-posting.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Laura Dunn for posting]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura B. Dunn, M.D., will be joining UAMS on Feb. 1, 2022, as the as the next chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Psychiatric Research Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/02/uams-family-wellness-program-graduates-first-fatherhood-fire-participant/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T10:52:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Fatherhood-FIRE-Graduate.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Fatherhood FIRE Graduate]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Fatherhood FIRE program]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/28/free-6-week-walk-with-ease-self-directed-program-starts-nov-1/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T09:27:22-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/29/uams-voted-best-company-to-work-for-in-best-of-the-best-awards/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:49:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Best-of-the-Best-2021-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Best of the Best 2021]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS won &quot;Best Company to Work for &amp;gt;250&quot; and &quot;Best Pain Care Clinic&quot; in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Best of the Best Awards.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/uams-clinic-offers-free-hearing-evaluations-now-through-november/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:41:27-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/147933/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:40:57-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/new-hours-for-sehs-vaccine-clinic-start-friday/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:39:48-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/19/war-memorial-stadium-parking-alert-for-monday-nov-1-tuesday-nov-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:39:11-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/21/new-breast-center-offers-early-morning-evening-and-weekend-hours/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:37:48-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/01/nih-awards-13-8-million-to-test-uams-discovered-drug-for-methamphetamine-use-disorder-treatment/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-02T08:34:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Gentry_Brooks-Meth-Study-10252021-EDL_8754-2-crop3.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Gentry_Brooks-Meth-Study-10252021-EDL_8754-2 crop3]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Brooks Gentry, M.D., is leading the study of what could become the first monoclonal antibody treatment for methamphetamine use disorder and overdose.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/11/01/padala-to-head-baptist-health-uams-psychiatry-residency-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-01T14:46:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Padala.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Padala, Prasad R.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Prasad Padala]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/15/two-sisters-battle-breast-cancer-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-11-01T10:53:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[april-and-amber]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sisters and UAMS Breast Cancer Patients Amber Vanaman and April Biggs]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/06/uams-receives-roger-carter-award-of-excellence-from-national-rehabilitation-association/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T16:42:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Roger Carter Project SEARCH]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS was recognized with the Roger Carter Award of Excellence for a Large Employer from the National Rehabilitation Association because of the success of its Project SEARCH program.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/13/white-coats-symbolize-hope-as-med-school-freshmen-start-journey/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:03-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Quick at the podium]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Family hugging in white coats]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Patterson at podium]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Westfall at the podium]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Masked student and mentors clapping]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[COM white coat 2020-08072020-850_9490]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Professor in foreground while student dons white coat on screen behind]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/17/when-children-beg-for-vegetables-study-looks-into-pester-power/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Dover-Harps-web-300x207.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Windy WISE]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Swindle_Taran_11-2-17-8-mug-crop-222x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Swindle]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[WISE Logo-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Windy WISE logo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/18/neighborhood-clinic-at-financial-centre-parkway-opens-offering-primary-care-for-all-ages/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Financial Centre parkway_0504]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo outside of clinic]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/17/michael-k-gann-m-d-joins-uams-as-family-medicine-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Gann]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/17/amber-norris-m-d-joins-uams-as-family-medicine-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Norris]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/18/edward-t-h-yeh-m-d-named-chair-department-of-internal-medicine-in-uams-college-of-medicine/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Yeh-1-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Yeh]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/19/caleb-l-guthrey-m-d-joins-uams-as-internal-medicine-pediatrics-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Guthrey]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/19/matthew-crouch-m-d-joins-uams-as-internal-medicine-pediatrics-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Crouch_Matthew-Landon-389&amp;#215;519-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Crouch]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/19/morgan-moore-m-d-joins-uams-as-internal-medicine-pediatrics-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Moore]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/21/uams-to-offer-online-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:01-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/24/gregory-lawson-smith-m-d-joins-uams-as-pain-management-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Smith_Gregory-Lawson_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Smith_Gregory-Lawson_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. G. Lawson Smith]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/24/salman-zahoor-m-d-joins-uams-as-neurologist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Zahoor_Salman_MD_-07192020-800_8140-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Zahoor]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/26/my-teacher-wears-a-mask-book-helps-toddlers-pre-k-children-understand-masks/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/my-teacher-wears-a-mask.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[my teacher wears a mask]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Book cover to &quot;My Teacher Wears a Mask&quot;]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/27/uams-based-investigators-receive-39-million-grant-renewal-to-coordinate-multistate-clinical-trials-in-infants-children/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:11:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lee-and-Snowden-DCOC_DSC1677-Lee-mug-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Lee]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Snowden_Jessica_MD_20200116_0514-preferred-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Snowden]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Lee and Snowden DCOC_DSC1685-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Drs. Lee and Snowden]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/31/uams-opens-additional-organ-transplant-clinic-in-freeway-medical-tower/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/freeway-medical-tower-630x473-cc-375x282.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Picture of building from outside]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Freeway-med-transplant-ofc-08192020-850_0039-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Freeway med transplant ofc-08192020-850_0039]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurse and patient looking at brochure]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/03/erika-petersen-m-d-first-female-neurosurgeon-named-professor-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Petersen_Erika_MD-08182020-850_9970-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Petersen]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/28/uams-opens-epilepsy-neurology-clinic-in-freeway-medical-tower/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Neuro-Drs-YadalaZahoorSabbAPRN-08192020-850_0166-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Neuro Drs Yadala+Zahoor+SabbAPRN-08192020-850_0166]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Group photo of neurology doctors]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/09/jarna-shah-m-d-joins-uams-as-pain-management-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shah_Jarna_MD_-08242020-800_8493-preferred-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Shah_Jarna_MD_-08242020-800_8493-preferred-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Shah]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/09/super-project-introduces-undergrads-to-community-based-research-health-disparities/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HBCU-MedTrack-IMG_3785-web-375x278.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Speaker at podium]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HBCU-MedTrack-IMG_3771-web-375x366.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Students watching presentation]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HBCU-MedTrack-IMG_3779-web-375x238.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Seated guests ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HBCU-MedTrack-DSCN0003-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[HBCU-MedTrack-DSCN0003-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Group shot of students with masks]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/04/uams-covid-19-course-for-medical-students-published-for-international-audience/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/M3m4-covid-course-ed.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[M3m4 covid course-ed]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Zoom shot of researchers and teachers]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/10/uams-heart-researchers-uncover-simple-tool-to-quickly-diagnose-normal-vs-abnormal-rapid-heartbeat/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Drs-Paydak-and-Kovelamudi-09042020-850_1043-web-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Paydak]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Drs-Paydak-and-Kovelamudi-09042020-DSC_0541-web-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Krishna Pothineni, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Drs-Paydak-and-Kovelamudi-09042020-DSC_0546-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Drs Paydak and Kovelamudi-09042020-DSC_0546]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Paydak and Dr. Kovelamudi outdoors]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/10/hip-replacement-at-30-spurs-new-mom-to-adopt-active-lifestyle/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:16-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Barnes_C-Portrait-199x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Barnes]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jessica-Steadman-screen-capture-03-web-150x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessica Steadman ]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jessica-Steadman-IMG_0443-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Jessica-Steadman-IMG_0443-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Steadman playing Tennis]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/14/lactation-consultants-help-set-up-mom-baby-for-success/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:16-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lactation-IMG_9542-web-375x672.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Branton]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lactation-IMG_9543-web-375x270.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Branton elbow bump with other staffer]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lactation-IMG_9540-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[lactation-IMG_9540-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurses in hall]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/15/sai-aruna-sri-malladi-m-d-joins-uams-as-family-medicine-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Malladi_Sain_Aruna_Sri_MD_hithi_MD-06022019-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Malladi_Sain_Aruna_Sri_MD_hithi_MD-06022019-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Malladi]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/15/c-preston-mccormack-m-d-joins-uams-as-internal-medicine-pediatrics-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/McCormack_Preston_MD-07162020-850_8042-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[McCormack_Preston_MD-07162020-850_8042-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. McCormack]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/14/chelsea-sullivan-mathews-m-d-joins-uams-as-foot-and-ankle-orthopaedic-surgeon/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mathews_Chelsea_MD_-09012020-800_8716-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Mathews_Chelsea_MD_-09012020-800_8716-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Mathews]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/15/sahithi-pothuganti-m-d-joins-uams-as-family-medicine-specialist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pothuganti_Sahithi_MD-06022020-800_7792-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Pothuganti_Sahithi_MD-06022020-800_7792-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Pothuganti]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/17/uams-researcher-strengthens-evidence-for-connection-between-covid-19-and-pancreatitis/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:14-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Inamdar_Sumant-389x519-cc-web.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Inamdar_Sumant-389&amp;#215;519-cc-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Inamdar]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/22/raj-b-patel-joins-uams-as-fellowship-trained-kidney-liver-transplant-surgeon/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Patel_Raj_MD_-08252020-800_8507-1-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Patel_Raj_MD_-08252020-800_8507-1-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Patel]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/18/pharmacy-senior-from-bahamas-finds-family-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Byron-Johnson-01-web-375x321.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Bryon Johnson]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Byron-Johnson-03-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Byron-Johnson 03-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Byron Johnson at the podium]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/28/virtual-uams-family-medicine-update-set-for-oct-20-23/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:12-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/09/28/rodrigo-valdes-rodriguez-m-d-joins-uams-as-dermatologist/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Valdes-Rodriguez_Rodrigo-Hernando_wide-web.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Valdes-Rodriguez, Rodrigo Hernando]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Valdes]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/13/rodney-davis-m-d-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-arkansas-urologic-society/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rodney-Davis-lifetime-achievement-01-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Rodney Davis lifetime achievement 01-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Davis with award]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/07/uams-researcher-patents-tool-to-study-how-to-improve-kidney-transplants/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:11-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/MacMillan-Crow-lab_7550-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[MacMillan-Crow-lab_7550-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Group photo of Dr. MacMillan-Crow's lab]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/20/uams-researcher-receives-1-7-million-grant-to-study-bone-health-exercise-connection/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Xiong-bone-research_2738-web.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Xiong-bone-research_2738-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;Scientists have long understood there is a connection between bone size and strength related to physical activity,&quot; said Jinhu Xiong, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/14/uams-neurosurgeon-erika-petersen-granted-patent-for-device-to-treat-head-neck-and-facial-pain/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Petersen_Erika_MD-08182020-850_9970-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Petersen]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/16/study-by-uams-researchers-finds-low-risk-of-covid-19-infection-from-hospital/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Employee-screening-Aug-2020-08102020-850_9524-web-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Employee screening Aug 2020-08102020-850_9524-web]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Elizabeth-Sullivan_ICU-RN-04082020-850_0053-web-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Sullivan_ICU-RN-04082020-850_0053-web]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurse in PPE]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/10/21/two-toxicology-ph-d-students-earn-inaugural-distinguished-scholarship/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T11:10:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Millner-scholar-grad-student-screen-shot-ed.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Millner scholar grad student screen shot-ed]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Parks and Lance Benson at a virtual meeting for the scholarship recipients.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/13/summer-fall-2021-issue-of-medicine-and-meaning-now-available/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T10:18:36-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/27/22nd-annual-geriatrics-update-examines-key-topics-herbal-supplements-cbd-copd-covid/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-28T10:06:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GeriatricUpdateFourSquare.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[GeriatricUpdateFourSquare]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[22nd Annual Geriatric Update]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/27/carol-silverstrom-trust-gives-over-1-million-to-support-nursing-cancer-programs-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-27T10:47:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Silverstrom-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Silverstrom]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS College of Nursing and Cancer Institute Logos]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/uams-nurses-showcased-in-arkansas-times-annual-nurses-guide/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T15:21:01-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/18/uams-receives-insight-into-diversitys-2021-health-professions-heed-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T15:10:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/HEED-Award-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[HEED Award]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/12/public-service-loan-forgiveness-program-updated/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T13:31:45-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/12/nine-uams-nurses-selected-as-40-under-40-leaders-statewide/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T13:31:00-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/25/uams-fay-w-boozman-college-of-public-health-receives-158000-grant-from-u-s-department-of-labor/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T10:18:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iStock-1214440763-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Workers with face masks]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers with face masks]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/26/nci-grant-supporting-uams-research-to-improve-cancer-treatment-for-patients-lacking-good-gut-bacteria/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-26T10:17:22-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ruud-Dings-PhD-in-Cancer-lab-09292021-850_5311-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ruud Dings, Ph.D., in his lab.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ruud-Dings-PhD-in-Cancer-lab-09292021-850_5254.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ruud Dings PhD in Cancer lab-09292021-850_5254]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Ruud P.M. Dings, Ph.D., hopes to improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients with an absence of good gut bacteria.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/25/oncologist-sindhu-malapati-m-d-joins-uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-25T12:22:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Malapati_Sindhu-Janarthanam_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Malapati_Sindhu-Janarthanam_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sindhu Malapati, M.D., Medical Oncologist specializing in breast cancer]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/22/three-uams-researchers-receive-dart-seed-grants-for-data-science-projects/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-22T10:27:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dart-Young-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sean Young, Ph.D., sits at his desk in front of computer screens displaying some of the geospatial data that students will work with.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PhelanHuitt-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[PhelanHuitt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Tiffany Huitt and Kevin Phelan sit behind open computers that display some of the NOAA curriculum students will use.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/21/herbal-supplements/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-21T17:09:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/herbal.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[herbal]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Herbal]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/21/arkansas-211-and-uams-partner-to-promote-lyft-transportation-to-vaccinations-and-health-services/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-21T14:51:35-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/210405_Ride-United-Vaccine-Social-Cards_LUW_AS-IS_FB2.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[210405_Ride United Vaccine Social Cards_LUW_AS IS_FB2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Arkansas 211 LYFT Rides]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/21/uams-participating-in-national-breast-cancer-screening-trial/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-21T14:50:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dr-byrant-smith.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[UAMS Chief of Breast Imaging Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Breast Center Director Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., is leading the Cancer Institute's participation in a national mammography clinical trial.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/16/virtual-family-medicine-update-with-free-tobacco-disease-symposium-oct-26-29/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-21T13:17:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/FamilyMedUpdate2021-750x422.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Family Medicine Update]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/19/uams-named-top-10-in-nation-for-joint-replacement/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-21T11:15:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ortho-Healthgrades-2022-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Ortho Healthgrades 2022]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS ranks among the top 10% in the nation for joint replacement surgery for the second year in a row, according to Healthgrades. UAMS also received the Joint Replacement Excellence Award.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/12/short-term-child-care-assistance-for-essential-workers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:59:18-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/31/pyxis-supply-station-requests-added-to-supply-chain-portal/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:58:07-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/14/virtual-family-medicine-update-with-free-tobacco-disease-symposium-oct/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:55:19-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/21/organizational-developments-virtual-workshop-schedule-set-for-summer/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:54:39-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/28/organizational-development-adds-more-change-management-courses-for-2021-2022/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:53:49-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/light-the-night-oct-30-to-benefit-leukemia-lymphoma-society/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:52:30-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/04/20/immediately-refer-media-to-the-office-of-communications-marketing/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:50:09-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/06/organizational-developments-virtual-workshops-scheduled-for-october/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:44:51-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/20/cops-johnson-elected-to-executive-committee-of-american-pharmacists-association-academy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-20T09:12:53-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Johnson_Christopher-Derek_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Johnson_Christopher-Derek_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., M.Ed., an assistant professor for the UAMS College of Pharmacy, has been elected as a member-at-large on the executive committee for the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/monster-bash-oct-29-to-benefit-home-for-healing/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:56:26-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/procurement-request-portal-launches-additional-improvements/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:56:19-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/147615/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:56:09-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/institute-for-digital-health-innovation-to-host-traumatic-brain-injury-resources-workshop-nov-5/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:55:51-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/uams-fitness-center-offers-free-lunchtime-yoga-class-in-october/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:55:45-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/05/uams-career-extravaganza-slated-for-oct-20-21/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:54:28-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/06/october-s-a-f-e-newsletter-available-4/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:54:15-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/06/ce-event-oct-30-uams-dermatology-fall-clinical-symposium/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:54:08-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/first-episode-in-stories-from-the-archives-series-now-available-online/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T11:53:57-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/30/research-conference-features-two-national-speakers-expert-panels-and-q-as-oct-28/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T10:41:42-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/uams-celebrates-completion-of-new-50-million-electrical-power-plant-at-little-rock-campus/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-19T08:40:54-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Power-Plant-Start-Up-audience-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Part of the audience at the ribbon-cutting ceremony listens to one of the speakers at the Oct. 14 event.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Power-Plant-Start-Up-RibbonCut.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Patterson cuts the ribbon to officially open the new $50 million power plant at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Power-Plant-Start-Up-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Power-Plant-Start-Up-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, shares a thumbs-up moment with Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. after the mayor turned on one of the generators in the new power plant at the conclusion of the formal opening of the facility.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/29/uams-anesthesia-tech-program-gives-hbcu-students-firsthand-look-at-medical-careers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T14:52:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AnesthesiaTech.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[AnesthesiaTech]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Veronica Ussery, education director; Chandler Wilson, project manager; and techs Hunter Black, Raven Hinton and Veronica Lindsey.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/01/uams-now-official-orthopaedics-and-sports-medicine-provider-for-razorbacks/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T12:17:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Logo_RnHog_1Clr_w.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Logo_RnHog_1Clr_w]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Razorback]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/03/fourth-street-pedestrian-vehicle-traffic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T12:16:09-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/new-learning-management-system-available-to-patient-access-support-services/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T12:09:11-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/05/save-the-date-april-8-9-pediatric-infectious-diseases-update/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T12:05:47-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/18/college-of-nursing-class-of-2023-dons-white-coats-as-clinical-training-begins/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-18T10:32:09-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CON-2-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nursing students stand in the auditorium to ecite the Nightingale Pledge ]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CON2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CON2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Students walk across the stage one by one to be helped into their white coats]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/14/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-14T16:35:28-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fatigue.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[fatigue]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[fatigue]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/09/uams-ranked-among-top-joint-replacement-providers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-14T15:46:13-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ORJ-279x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Healthgrades award icon]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Healthgrades-Award-Joint-06082021-EDL_2940]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Jeffrey Stambough, M.D., Alicia Dreyer of Healthgrades, Ben Stronach, M.D., and Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., at the award presentation ranking UAMS among the top 10% of providers for joint replacement.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/28/taking-care-of-yourself-for-busy-professionals/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-14T11:58:23-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/13/uams-mindfulness-program-to-offer-four-week-intro-course/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-14T11:20:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iStock-1173321304-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[woman meditating indoors.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Mindfulness Program is offering a four-week online introduction course to the public starting Oct. 28.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/13/new-lung-biopsy-robot-at-uams-detects-early-stage-cancer-in-far-reaches-of-lung/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-14T10:37:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Meena_Nikhil-Kumar-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Nikhil K. Meena, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/intuitive-ion-system-hi-res-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[intuitive-ion-system-hi-res]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[photo of the robot]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/12/documentary-details-struggle-with-opioids-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-13T11:02:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7-Days-Graphic-300x168.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“7 Days: The Opioids Crisis in Arkansas,” a documentary dealing with the deadly problem of opioid addiction, and what some are doing to overcome it, premieres Oct. 13 at the 30th annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opioid-Documentary-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Opioid Documentary]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Johnathan Goree, M.D., is one of two UAMS physicians included in the documentary “7 Days: The Opioids Crisis in Arkansas.”]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/07/uams-to-offer-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-program-3/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-13T10:50:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iStock-1175227701-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[mindfulness]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Stressed? We can help. UAMS is offering the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program online starting Sept. 28.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/11/uams-cancer-researcher-brian-koss-ph-d-is-first-in-state-to-earn-prestigious-nih-directors-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-12T12:09:04-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/brian-koss-16x9-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[brian koss 16&amp;#215;9]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Koss, Ph.D., a researcher with the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, is the state’s first recipient of the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/29/2020-2021-security-and-fire-safety-report-now-available/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-12T10:36:59-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/28/documentary-virtual-pemiere-the-faith-communitys-response-to-covid-19-in-arkansas-noon-oct-7/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-12T10:27:55-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/08/uams-institute-for-digital-health-innovation-receives-982500-grant-from-federal-communications-commission/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-12T10:19:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iStock-1248327223-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Asian senior video call with doctor telemedicine telehealth concept]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[stock image of patient communicating with doctor via laptop from sofa]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/11/uams-to-offer-free-traumatic-brain-injury-workshop-nov-4/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-11T11:50:12-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/08/uams-centers-for-simulation-education-takes-to-twitter-to-discuss-maternal-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-08T09:46:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/storkcake-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A stork cake, made by Glasgow, announces the impending arrival.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/OnWay-2-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Manikins represent the frantic couple as they rush to the hospital.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fainted-300x222.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The woman's partner faints as she prepares to deliver in this reenactment.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PartyHats-300x225.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The family celebrates after the baby is born.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Group.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Group]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[From left to right, (back row), Travis Hill, Jerry Halpain, Dewayne Allen, Andrew Warr, and (front row) Sherry Johnson, Margaret Glasgow, Karen Dickinson and Patti Griffey surround Hal the mannekin (in orange), representing the woman's partner, as he anxiously checks his watch.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/uams-restructuring-graduate-medical-education-program-in-magnolia/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-07T13:44:37-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/30/2021-employee-service-awards-the-honorees/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-07T12:37:57-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESAConaway-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Howard Conaway]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESACranmer-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Joan Cranmer]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESACunningham-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Cunningham]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESAEasom-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrea Easom]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESAHaggins-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Derrick Haggins]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ESAHorton-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Joey Horton]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Thank-You.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Thank You]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Thank You]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/07/mold/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-07T12:36:41-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mold.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[mold]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[mold]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/05/college-of-pharmacy-adds-new-faculty-for-2021-2022-academic-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T15:09:59-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COP-Faculty.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COP Faculty]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[New College of Pharmacy faculty: Amy Robertson, Pharm.D., Ashok Philip, Ph.D., and Laura Gressler, Ph.D., M.S., Marty Perry, Ph.D., and Pilar Murphy, PharmD, MPH]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/04/28/uams-ranked-39th-in-primary-care-on-u-s-news-world-reports-list-of-best-medical-schools/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T12:12:04-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/US-News-Primary-Care-composite-1.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[US News Primary Care composite (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) ranked 39th in primary care in U.S. News &amp; World Report’s 2022 Best Medical Schools list.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/jose-romero-m-d-receives-mexicos-ohtli-award-for-his-efforts-in-fight-against-covid-19/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T11:57:33-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Romero-Award.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Romero Award]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jose Romero, M.D., (left) received the Ohtli Award from Rodolfo Quilantan Arenas (right) from the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock. The Ohtli Award is the highest award given by the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to persons residing outside of Mexico.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/05/uams-and-mayo-clinic-researchers-discover-key-to-unlocking-molecular-cancer-therapies/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T11:29:11-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WF519746_0004-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Haojie Huang, Ph.D., the Gordon H. and Violet Partels professor of Cellular Biology at the Mayo Clinic]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Untitled-design-7.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Hong-yu Li, Ph.D.,]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/20/national-telehealth-research-symposium-search-2021-nov-8-10/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T10:31:12-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/23/parking-deck-1-top-level-resurfacing-work-sept-27-dec-17/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T10:30:07-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/05/uams-led-study-links-mental-health-conditions-to-higher-costs-severe-maternal-morbidity-during-labor-delivery/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-05T09:32:43-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brown_Clare-3e-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Brown_Clare (3)e]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Clare Brown]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/21/east-lane-of-cedar-street-to-close-oct-4/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-04T16:20:44-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/28/chancellors-town-hall-focus-on-covid-19-booster-vaccinations/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-04T15:35:28-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Town-Hall-Sept2021-pre-chat-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lt. Col. Suzanne Cobleigh, left, talks to Robert Hopkins, M.D., and Michelle Krause, M.D., MPH., before the start of the Town Hall at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Town-Hall-JohnArthur-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., presents the findings of his research team.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Town-Hall-Sept2021-panel-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Town-Hall-Sept2021-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Town-Hall-Sept2021-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, second from left, speaks Sept. 23 at the Town Hall. Michael Manley, left, moderated a discussion with a panel of experts that included, left to right, Stephen Mette, Michelle Krause, Suzanne Cobleigh and Robert Hopkins.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/04/will-whiting-named-associate-vice-chancellor-for-uams-office-of-institutional-advancement/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-04T14:00:09-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Will10e2.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Will10e2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Will Whiting]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/22/uams-team-named-national-emergency-medicine-interest-group-of-the-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-04T11:17:48-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EMIG-of-Year-260x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[This picture of the UAMS Emergency Medicine Interest Group ran in the EMIG newsletter]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0905.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMG_0905]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Paige Dailey, M.D., and Morgan Sweere]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/10/01/research-induction-ceremony-recognizes-graduate-students-progress/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-04T08:44:58-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Grad-School-White-Coat-1-09132021-EDL_6455-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate School Dean Robert McGehee Jr., Ph.D., speaks at a research induction ceremony on Sept. 13.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Grad-School-White-Coat-seated-with-coats-09132021-EDL_3319-200x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Graduate School recognized 52 students at the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Grad-School-White-Coat-3-men-09132021-EDL_3770-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Grad-School-White-Coat- 3 men 09132021-EDL_3770]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Daniel Acheampong (center) dons his white coat with assistance from Intawat Nookaew, Ph.D., and Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/30/uams-south-central-telehealth-resource-center-secures-975000-grant-to-expand-digital-health-services/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-10-01T11:03:52-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Digital-Health-visits-iStock-1264364849-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Remote medical appointment]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The South Central Telehealth Resource Center, housed at UAMS, has received a three-year grant for $975,000 to fund the expansion of digital health services in rural communities with known health disparities across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/30/endocarditis/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-30T17:06:44-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/endocarditis.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[endocarditis]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[endocarditis]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/29/uams-research-team-upends-understanding-of-how-blood-clots-form-nih-awards-2-5-million-for-further-study/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-30T15:32:52-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Storrie_Brian-Research-Lab-09202021-EDL_6913-2-300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Storrie, Ph.D., is the project's principal investigator.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Storrie_Brian-Research-Lab-09202021-EDL_6900.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Storrie_Brian-Research-Lab-09202021-EDL_6900]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Storrie, Ph.D., with members of the research team (standing, l-r), Kelly Ball, M.S., Sung Rhee, Ph.D., and Irina Pokrovskaya, M.S., displaying images of blood platelets that have combined to seal a puncture wound.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/23/uams-researchers-awarded-2-5-million-grant-to-create-phone-app-to-prevent-opioid-use-relapse/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-29T12:23:10-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Andrew-James-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Andrew James]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew James, Ph.D., a neuroimaging scientist in UAMS’ Brain Imaging Research Center, seeks to understand how the reward systems of the brain change during recovery from opioid use disorder.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/29/the-faith-communitys-response-to-covid-19-in-arkansas-documentary-to-premiere-oct-7/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-29T12:21:52-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/24/mehta-award-call-for-submissions-deadline-nov-12-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-28T12:17:31-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2101265-LOGO-COM-Creative-Writing-Award-LogoColor@3x-100-375x254.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Mehta Awards logo]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/02/fitness-center-presents-shoulder-savers-sept-14/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-28T11:33:36-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/09/uams-launches-student-homeownership-promotion-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-28T11:32:32-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/28/uams-online-panel-with-leading-medical-experts-sheds-light-on-youth-and-covid-19/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-28T11:15:10-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/screenshot2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[screenshot2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A recent virtual panel hosted by the UAMS Institute for Digital Health &amp; Innovation and the Arkansas Department of Health featured health care experts answering COVID-19-related questions regarding children and adolescents and drew nearly 300 attendees.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/27/four-uams-scientists-win-grants-to-study-breast-cancer/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-27T16:30:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[2021 Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program grant recipients]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[(l to r) Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Ruud Dings, Ph.D., and Yung-Moon &quot;Mark&quot; Park, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/27/partners-card-offers-shoppers-and-diners-20-discount-at-nearly-200-locations/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-27T11:13:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[2021 Partners Card]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/24/uams-offers-booster-covid-vaccines-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-24T16:04:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying individuals on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock. This clinic also provides seasonal flu vaccines.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/24/uams-offers-booster-covid-vaccines/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-24T13:44:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying individuals on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock. This clinic also provides seasonal flu vaccines.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/23/the-brain/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-23T16:39:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/21/be-a-part-of-the-cure-telethon-raises-400000/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-23T08:32:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jonathan Laryea, M.D., UAMS chief of colorectal surgery and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute medical director, speaks to KATV’s Renee Shapiro during the Be a Part of the Cure Telethon. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Natalie and Win Rockefeller, 2021 Be a Part of the Cure Telethon Chairs]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Event Chairs Natalie and Win Rockefeller and Emcee KATV’s Renee Shapiro welcome viewers to the telethon.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/22/seed-grows-understanding-empathy-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-22T11:52:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Seen here in early 2019, Mildred Randolph, DVM, seated, is director of SEED at UAMS and Marlo Thomas, standing, is the program's coordinator.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/20/uams-opens-rejuvenation-room-for-clinical-workers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-21T12:53:27-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rows of recliners await employees in need of relaxation]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Huie, manager of Volunteer Services and the UAMS Hospital Auxiliary, points to baskets of donated plush slippers and skin-care goody bags.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bubble lights provide a soothing ambience.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Rejuvenation room H4-08252021-850_1934]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sherri Youngblood, R.N., takes a break from the ICU.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/21/uams-board-of-advisors-names-nine-new-members/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-21T09:24:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Patti Bailey]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sandra_connor-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sandra Connor]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/chris_fowler-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Fowler]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/elder_granger-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Elder Granger, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/jennifer_schueck_mccarty-150x150.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Schueck McCarty]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lance_taylor-150x150.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lance Taylor]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[William Thames]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Nathan Waldrip]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/09/uams-research-team-finds-potential-cause-of-covid-19-long-haulers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-16T16:22:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Terry Harville, M.D., Ph.D., consults with John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., in the UAMS Pathology Lab.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/02/head-and-neck-surgeons-kirsch-fraley-join-uams-department-of-otolaryngology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-16T10:52:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeffrey P. Kirsch, M.D., and Patrick L. Fraley, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/02/sign-up-for-payroll-deduction-for-food-service-now-available-online/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-16T09:45:58-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/16/brain-imaging-research-center-installs-new-mri-scanner-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-16T09:30:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[MRI installation at PRI, video screenshot]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Using a crane, workers Sept. 13 install a new MRI scanner in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/15/uams-outpatient-therapy-clinic-receives-parkinsons-grant/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-16T09:04:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[What causes Parkinson's Disease?]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/14/elena-ambrogini-m-d-ph-d-named-director-of-uams-division-of-endocrinology-and-metabolism/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-14T11:27:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Elena Ambrogini, M.D., Ph. D., in white coat.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/13/uams-opens-new-vaccine-clinic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-14T11:12:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS has opened a new vaccine clinic, offering vaccines for COVID-19 and influenza, at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/13/army-medical-team-at-uams-to-help-care-for-covid-19-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-14T11:11:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Army medical team Sept. 10 follows a UAMS guide through the lobby of the UAMS Medical Center.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michelle Krause, far right, addresses the team gathered Sept. 10 in the Lobby Gallery for orientation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rawle &quot;Tony&quot; Seupaul addresses the Army medical team and welcomes them during their orientation.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[miliary medical team arrives at UAMS to provide staffing assistance]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of an Army medical team get fit-tested for personal protective equipment. The Army arrived on campus Sept. 10 to help provide COVID-19 patient care in the UAMS Medical Center.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/26/uams-password-policy-changing-password-expiration-no-longer-required/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-14T09:07:28-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/31/uams-police-illegal-to-park-in-front-of-public-private-driveways/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-14T09:02:33-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/13/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-names-three-to-board-of-advisors/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-13T15:50:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[BOA collage]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Danyelle Musselman, Aimee Arzoumainian, David Rainey]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/10/knee-replacement-puts-lr-golfer-back-in-the-swing-of-things/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-10T09:59:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Melissa &quot;Mimi&quot; Evans practices her swing at Rebsamen Park Golf Course. After years of knee pain, Evans turned to C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., at UAMS for knee replacement surgery. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Mimi Evans featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Thanks to knee replacement surgery at UAMS, Mimi Evans is back out on the links, enjoying working on her golf game.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/10/uams-to-host-vaccine-clinics-at-fayetteville-public-library/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-10T09:36:32-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 Vaccination]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/09/mvp-for-september-kacie-davis/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-09T16:44:19-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kacie-MVPmessage.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacie and the Chance]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Davis_Kacie-MVP-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kacie Davis]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/09/multispecialty-robotic-curriculum-for-residents-begins-at-uams/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-09T11:51:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Faculty for the multispecialty robot training day included (from left) Conan Mustain, M.D., Luann Racher, M.D., Theresa McCallie, M.D., and Karen J. Dickinson, M.D. Not pictured are Kim Jackman, M.D., Timothy Langford, M.D., and Katy Marino, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kim Jackman, M.D., teaches residents bedside robotic management.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashley Smith, M.D., a urology resident, gets a chance to train on the da Vinci Surgical System.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/08/audiology-speech-pathology-students-don-white-coats/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-09T10:09:01-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Audiology-White-Coat-group-375x281.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) Class of 2025 also received their white coats. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Students gather for a photo after receiving their white coats. They are members of the in the Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication Sciences in Disorders Class of 2023]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/08/uams-launches-community-effort-to-address-food-insecurity/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-09T10:08:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Food-insecurity.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Food-insecurity]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Soup kitchen staff serve food to food insecure people.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/07/uams-hires-shanea-morrison-nelson-ph-d-as-executive-director-of-pathways-academy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-08T13:16:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Nelson_Shanea-M_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Shanea Nelson is the new executive director of the Pathways Academy at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/08/21/general-surgery-residents-get-hands-on-training-with-newest-robotic-surgery-system/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-08T11:39:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Pagteilan]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Mustain_William-Conan_web-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Mustain]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents and Dr. Mustain gathered around ports]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Pagteilan at the robot controls]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Mustain with residents]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/08/uams-institute-for-digital-health-innovation-receives-1-5-million-grant-to-enhance-traumatic-brain-injury-resources/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-08T10:42:53-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TBI-stock-photo-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[TBI stock photo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/01/grant-funds-interprofessional-training-to-combat-opioid-overdose/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-07T11:20:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iStock-1170556117.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hands Holding Syringe and Naloxone Opioid Overdose Medication]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Grant funds will support the development and evaluation of a curriculum for administration of naloxone, used to counteract the effects of opioid overdose.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/02/ethel-brickey-hicks-charitable-corporation-gives-uams-1-million-to-create-college-of-medicine-scholarship/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-07T11:04:51-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hicks scholarships have helped countless UAMS College of Medicine graduates, including Reid Counce, M.D. (left) and Richard Dean Turbeville Jr., M.D., pursue medical careers. Counce, of Crocketts Bluff, is a medicine pediatrics resident with UAMS. Turbeville is a family medicine doctor with Mercy Hospital in Berryville.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/19/take-2-initiative-accepting-submissions/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-07T10:52:44-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/03/unhealthy-foods/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-03T14:22:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/06/rn-seasonal-referral-bonus-of-500-offered-limited-time-only/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-02T11:49:25-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/01/uams-ar-connect-to-provide-mental-health-care-to-those-displaced-by-hurricane-ida/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-02T11:27:37-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Administrative Coordinator Suzi Rook updates a schedule for AR-Connect’s therapists.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/31/uams-wins-aamc-award-for-outstanding-community-engagement/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-09-02T11:26:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Staff and residents of the UAMS North Street Clinic in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hold up thank you signs.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/12/reminder-wear-your-mask/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-31T11:27:49-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/27/college-of-medicine-welcomes-diverse-class-of-2025/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-31T11:21:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Kathleen &quot;Katie&quot; Kinder is helped into her white coat by her mother, as seen on a large screen in the auditorium.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Clark, helped into her white coat by her brother.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Faculty advisers from the seven academic houses in the College of Medicine stand behind, from left, James Graham, M.D., executive associate dean for student affairs; Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph. D., dean of the College of Medicine; Sara Tariq, M.D., associate dean of student affairs; and Romona Davis, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/31/cornea-specialist-alireza-ghaffarieh-m-d-joins-uams-jones-eye-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-31T09:43:38-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Alireza Ghaffarieh, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/30/uams-ob-gyn-is-first-in-state-to-obtain-focused-practice-designation-for-minimally-invasive-gynecologic-surgery/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-30T10:15:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[photo portrait of Mary Luann Racher, M.D., in white coat.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/03/29/uams-medical-student-accepted-for-prestigious-nih-fellowship/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:41:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Mason Belue standing outside in white coat]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/11/10/outreach-grows-minority-student-representation-in-college-of-pharmacy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:40:48-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Benefitting from specific recruitment programs, the UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2024, pictured here celebrating its white coat ceremony, represents the most diverse class of pharmacy students currently enrolled.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/12/04/uams-student-chosen-for-inaugural-dr-joe-l-hargrove-scholarship-award/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:40:29-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Joe L. Hargrove, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Paige Jones]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/04/23/college-of-pharmacy-celebrates-third-year-students-at-pinning-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:39:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Brent Curry, Pharm.D., as he delivers the keynote address to the UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2022. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Third-year students in the College of Pharmacy gather for the 18th annual Academy of Student Pharmacists Professional Pinning Ceremony on March 4. The pinning ceremony marks their transition from didactic coursework to practice experience.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/04/college-of-pharmacy-celebrates-35-students-in-match-day-ceremony/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:38:34-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Jason Engstrom shares his postgraduate match with faculty and fellow classmates.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Department Chair of Pharmacy Practice and associate professor Amy Franks, Pharm.D., delivers the keynote address. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Assistant professor Megan Smith, Pharm.D., welcomes students to the virtual Postgraduate Match Day Ceremony on April 27.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Assistant professor Megan Smith, Pharm.D., welcomes students to the virtual Postgraduate Match Day Ceremony on April 27.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/17/uams-celebrates-underrepresented-students-at-virtual-graduation-event/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:38:18-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Rodney Block]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[DDEI Commencement Celebration]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[DDEI Virtual Commencement]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/19/uams-staff-collaborate-to-hold-virtual-training-for-medical-students-transition-to-intern-practice/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:38:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Those participating in the expert faculty panel included (left to right, top to bottom) Karen J. Dickinson, M.D., and Matthew Spond, M.D.; Holly Naramore; C. Lowry Barnes, M.D.; Ahmed Abuabdou, M.D.; and Rawle Seupaul, M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Veronica Ussery (on screen) is joined with (front right) Karen J. Dickinson, M.D.; (second row, left to right) Patti Griffey, a simulated patient, and Sherry Johnson; and (third row, left to right) Jerry Halpain, Andrew Warr, simulated patient, Margaret Glasgow, Matthew Spond, M.D., and another simulated patient.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/05/25/student-pharmacists-garner-3-national-awards-from-american-pharmacists-association/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:37:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., and then-P3 student Kathryn Barfield demonstrate blood glucose testing with KATV on behalf of APhA Operation Diabetes on November 14, 2019.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., and then-P3 student Kathryn Barfield demonstrate blood glucose testing with KATV on behalf of APhA Operation Diabetes on November 14, 2019.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/08/college-of-pharmacy-inducts-19-students-and-faculty-members-into-prestigious-national-honor-society/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:37:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Third-year student and Beta Iota chapter president Madison Green delivers welcome to initiates and attendees during The Rho Chi Society induction ceremony held virtually April 9, 2021.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Third-year student and Beta Iota chapter president Madison Green delivers welcome to initiates and attendees during The Rho Chi Society induction ceremony held virtually April 9, 2021.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/06/winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-hosts-first-summer-research-intensive-for-medical-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:36:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS’ Nayanatara Swamy, M.D., (far left) points out abdominal structures detected by ultrasound on a manikin in the UAMS Simulation Center. Medical students looking on are part of UAMS’ first summer cancer research program funded by the National Institutes of Health. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The NIH-funded Partners in Cancer Research Program is underway at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Second-year medical students learning clinical and in-depth cancer research this summer include (l to r) Nadia Safar, Anna Bragg, Pamela Rosales, Payton Smith, Carl Ramponi, Faizan Cheema, Tom Kelly, M.D. (associate director of Cancer Research and Training), Angel Castro, Robert Kiss, Delanie Mack, Sangeetha Sonney and Claire Keisling. Matthew Newman is not pictured.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/09/uams-medical-student-published-in-jama-network-open/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:36:08-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Austin Morgan]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Austin Morgan, a third-year student in the College of Medicine, was recently published in JAMA Network Open, an international, peer-reviewed, open access, general medical journal that focuses on original research articles and commentary on a variety of medical and health topics.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/26/graduate-school-welcomes-new-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:32:17-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Deidra Harber of Yazoo City, Mississippi, a graduate assistant in the College of Pharmacy, visited with Janice Nottenkamper, student financial manager with the UAMS Student Financial Services Debt Management department. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Grad School students gathering Mariel Garcia]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Campus representatives from areas including the UAMS Library, Student Financial Services, the Student Success Center and the Graduate Student Association visited with the new students at various tables during a recent 90-minute fair.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/24/new-pharmacy-students-mask-up-for-first-in-person-orientation-in-two-years/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:31:27-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[COP Orientation]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[First-year students in the College of Pharmacy wait to begin their first day of orientation on Aug. 2, 2021.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/27/cargill-familys-200000-gift-supports-uams-virmani-gait-laboratory/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-27T09:17:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Bob and Sara Lou Cargill]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/26/cancer-myths/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T17:09:28-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[sweets]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/04/06/uams-researchers-named-arkansas-research-alliance-scholar-fellow/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T16:34:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Edward T.H. Yeh, M.D., (left) and Alan Tackett, Ph.D., have been honored by the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA). The group named Yeh an ARA Scholar and Tackett an ARA Fellow.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/24/uams-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute-be-a-part-of-the-cure-telethon-airs-statewide-on-abc-sept-8/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T12:53:25-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;Be A Part of The Cure&quot; and text or call in your donation in support of our cancer research efforts.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/25/nih-awards-uams-nakagawa-3-6-million-to-expand-hpv-cancer-vaccine-study/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T12:51:43-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa - With an additional $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health, Mayumi Nakagawa's, M.D., Ph.D., ground-breaking HPV vaccine research tops $10 million.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/26/william-j-steinbach-m-d-joins-uams-as-chair-of-department-of-pediatrics/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T09:55:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Steinbach]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[portrait of William Steinbach, M.D., and UAMS logo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/26/alumna-pilar-murphy-pharm-d-returns-to-college-of-pharmacy-as-associate-professor-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-26T09:50:40-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/23/chancellors-town-hall-covid-19-panel-answers-questions-about-third-shots-immunity/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-24T11:06:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Town-Hall-Aug-DLS-375x250.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Aug. 19 Town Hall]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Town-Hall-Aug-panel-375x251.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Aug. 19 Town Hall]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Town-Hall-Aug-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Aug. 19 Town Hall]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/23/american-society-of-pain-and-neuroscience-recognizes-uams-johnathan-goree-m-d-erika-petersen-m-d/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-24T10:28:41-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The American Society for Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting July 22-25 in Miami Beach, Florida.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/23/uams-schmieding-program-to-provide-free-respite-training-for-volunteer-caregivers-in-el-dorado/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-23T14:08:08-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/18/uams-to-host-aug-25-virtual-presentation-on-safety-of-covid-19-vaccines-and-pregnancy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-20T12:19:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS physicians Nirvana Manning, M.D., and Robert Hopkins Jr., M.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/19/cholesterol/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-19T17:34:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[eggs]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/18/uams-researcher-establishes-scholarship-for-sexual-health-and-gender-equity/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-19T10:14:07-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Marshall_Sarah-Alexandra_wide-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marshall_Sarah-Alexandra_wide (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Alex Marshall, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/13/uams-to-offer-third-dose-of-covid-vaccine-to-moderately-severely-immunocompromised-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-17T11:26:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/OVID-Vax-admin-ED-conf-room-12152020-850_6979-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[OVID Vax admin ED conf room-12152020-850_6979]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS will offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to existing patients who are moderately or severely immunocompromised.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/17/uams-now-providing-covid-19-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-17T08:57:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Monoclonal-Antibody-Infusion.jpeg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Monoclonal Antibody Infusion]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Monoclonal Antibody Vial]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/29/interim-covid-event-policy-updated/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-17T08:19:39-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/16/uams-lanita-white-pharm-d-chosen-for-national-pharmacy-leadership-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-16T09:31:49-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/White_Lanita_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[White_Lanita_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Lanita White, Pharm.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/13/team-uams-wears-blue-to-thank-health-care-workers-during-pandemic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-13T15:27:39-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WearBlueBLevel-750x563.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Wear Blue]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee walks toward the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and between two rows of coworkers greeting him as part of the Wear Blue celebration at the university.]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[WearBlueMedCtr5-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Wear Blue]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/13/uams-ear-nose-throat-department-ranked-among-top-50-in-nation-for-third-consecutive-year/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-13T10:39:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/US-News-21-22_16x9-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[US News 21-22_16x9]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[US News/UAMS logo]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/12/glaucoma/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-12T17:25:57-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/glaucoma.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/11/college-of-pharmacy-welcomes-students-to-ncpa-foundation-uams-pharmacy-ownership-leadership-academy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-12T12:23:45-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/POLA-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[POLA 1]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Pharmacy students work on their group business plan during the NCPA Foundation-UAMS Pharmacy Ownership &amp; Leadership Academy.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/12/faces-of-uams-gloria-flowers-williams-august-2021-mvp/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-12T10:30:05-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GloriaVideo.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gloria Flowers Williams]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Flowers_Williams_Gloria-Aug-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Flowers_Williams_Gloria-Aug-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gloria Flowers Williams]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/11/uams-to-offer-free-traumatic-brain-injury-workshop-aug-25/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-11T08:52:24-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/09/uams-offering-revolutionary-car-t-cell-therapy-for-myeloma-patients/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-10T11:18:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/van_Rhee_Frits-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[van_Rhee_Frits (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“This offers an entirely new treatment option for relapsed myeloma patients,” said Myeloma Center clinical director Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D. “It is a whole new class of treatment; it’s like immunotherapy is coming of age.”]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/10/uams-research-sheds-light-on-vaccine-hesitancy-in-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-10T11:16:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-vax-U-of-A-sys-01202021-DSC_2171-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COVID vax U of A sys-01202021-DSC_2171]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Vaccines are available at multiple locations across the state of Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/10/samer-al-hadidi-m-d-joins-the-uams-myeloma-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-10T09:42:09-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Al-Hadidi_Samer-Ahmad-Suleiman_environmental_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Al-Hadidi_Samer-Ahmad-Suleiman_environmental_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Samer Al Hadidi, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/22/change-in-international-travel-requirements-for-uams-employees-and-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-10T09:07:44-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/09/uams-neurologist-named-vice-chair-for-clinical-research-in-college-of-medicines-department-of-neurology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-09T10:18:50-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dhall-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Dhall]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/04/first-virtual-pharmacy-camp-casts-wide-net-sees-highest-participation/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-05T10:28:06-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Pharmacy-camp.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Pharmacy camp]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students prepare for their first day of the UAMS Pharmacy Camp conducted by the UAMS College of Pharmacy on June 7, 2021.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/04/expert-panel-answers-covid-19-questions-at-chancellors-town-hall-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-05T10:27:13-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COVID-Townhall-panel.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Michelle Krause, second from left, answers a question at the town hall. The other panelists were Steppe Mette, left, Krause, Robert Hopkins Jr., James Graham, and Danielle Lombard-Sims, on screen. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COVID-Townhall-cam.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cam Patterson]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COVID-Townhal-lfeatured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COVID-Townhal-lfeatured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Before the town hall, Robert Hopkins Jr., second from right, talks with James Graham (standing), Michelle Krause and Steppe Mette, right. All four physicians made up a panel of experts who answered questions at the meeting.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/05/grant-will-fund-service-learning-opportunities-for-nursing-students/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-05T09:19:02-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CON-Grant-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CON Grant]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The grant will purchase equipment to use in service learning opportunities staffed by UAMS College of Nursing students, such as the assortment of diagnostic devices laid out here to provide physicals for Special Olympics athletes at Medfest in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2006/11/16/uams-administrator-named-fellow-in-american-college-of-medicine-practice-executives/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-04T08:56:58-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/03/uams-celebrates-mvp-awardees-at-second-annual-luncheon/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-03T13:01:42-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MVP-Luncheon-2021-Cam-300x201.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cam Patterson at the awards luncheon]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MVP-Luncheon2021-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[MVP-Luncheon2021-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Cam Patterson and 2021 MVPs]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/26/seeking-team-uams-nominations/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-03T08:57:20-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/30/cochlear-implant-surgery-restores-hearing-improves-marriage/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-03T08:54:30-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Holloways2..jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Holloways2.]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Beverly Holloway, Patrick Holloway and audiologist Matthew Brown, Au. D., at Patrick's May 4 appointment.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/08/02/uams-names-new-internal-medicine-family-medicine-resident-physicians-in-northwest-arkansas/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-08-02T10:55:12-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/UAMS-Internal-Medicine-Residents-Class-of-2024-300x215.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Internal Medicine Residents Class of 2024]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/UAMS-Family-Medicine-Residents-Class-of-2024-300x229.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Family Medicine Residents Class of 2024]]></image:caption>
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<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IM-Residents-20212-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IM Residents 2021(2)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal Medicine Residents Class of 2024]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/29/uams-physicians-see-dramatic-increase-in-postpartum-psychosis-cases-during-covid-19-pandemic/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:46:55-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Coker-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Coker]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessica Coker, M.D., (left) and Erin Bider, M.D., collaborated on a paper detailing the rise in cases of postpartum psychosis they saw at UAMS' Women's Mental Health Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/01/uams-neurologist-co-authors-best-practices-paper-for-treating-2-parkinsons-related-disorders/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:46:34-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dhall-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Dhall]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohit Dhall, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/14/nih-awards-1-36-million-grant-to-aid-uams-research-on-pregnant-womens-pelvic-floor-muscles/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:43:10-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/v1_220th_sm_IFpoJtmOYmSy.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sallie Oliphant, M.D., Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_0669.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[IMG_0669]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Hari Eswaran, Ph.D. ,shows off SARA, which he helped develop.]]></image:caption>
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<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/27/uams-cardiology-team-clears-95-blocked-artery-with-new-shockwave-technology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:19:00-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Al-Aref_Subhi-Jamal_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Al-Aref_Subhi-Jamal_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS cardiologist Subhi Al’Aref, M.D., successfully used new shockwave technology to blast calcium deposits out of a patient's stent last month.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/15/supply-chain-procurement-request-portal-launches-improvements/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:01:19-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/15/organizational-development-offers-additional-change-management-courses/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T10:00:27-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/26/summer-camp-introduces-high-school-students-to-health-careers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-29T08:26:26-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WEB-RC-Find-Your-Future-3.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[WEB-RC-Find Your Future 3]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Theresa Gramlich, M.S., RRT, CPFT, an assistant professor in UAMS' Cardio-Respiratory Care program in the College of Health Professions, tells students about being a respiratory therapist.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/28/uams-research-looks-at-arkansans-preferred-covid-19-testing-sites-reasons-for-not-getting-tested/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-28T10:11:10-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Drive-Thru-Clinic-NWA-2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Drive Thru Clinic NWA 2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ronald Brimberry, M.D., administers a COVID-19 test at a drive-thru testing site at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/22/uams-expands-koru-mindfulness-program-to-public/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-27T09:12:26-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mindfulness07222021-2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“Koru was developed as an introduction to mindfulness for busy people who feel they ‘don’t have time to meditate,’” said Puru Thapa, M.D., director of the UAMS Mindfulness Program, professor of psychiatry and the director of Student, Resident and Faculty Wellness at UAMS.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/26/uams-chooses-john-erck-as-vice-chancellor-of-institutional-advancement/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-27T09:09:54-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Erck-Horizontal-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Erck Horizontal]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[John Erck]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/08/revised-dress-code-policy-effective-jan-1/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-27T08:40:23-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/08/how-to-refer-patients-for-monoclonal-antibody-therapy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-27T08:39:20-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/23/jennifer-laudadio-m-d-invested-in-aubrey-j-hough-jr-m-d-distinguished-chair-in-pathology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-26T11:48:43-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Laudadio-Investiture-07222021-850_4525e-375x250.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, ‘Our echoes roll from soul to soul, and never have an ending,’” Hough said. “Well, that’s what this chair does. It rolled from Vanderbilt, to here, to me, to other people, and now it rolls to Dr. Laudadio, who is richly deserving.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Laudadio-Investiture-07222021-850_4553e-1.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Laudadio Investiture-07222021-850_4553e (1)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Laudadio, M.D. (seated) receives her commemorative medallion from College of Medicine Transitional Dean Christopher T. Westfall, M.D. (left) and UAMS Chancellor and UAMS Health CEO Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2020/03/26/walking/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-26T10:38:23-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/walking.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[walking]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Walking]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/23/uams-hospital-to-limit-patient-visits/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-23T13:17:44-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hospital-exterior-nite-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hospital exterior nite]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Effective July 26, UAMS will limit patients to one visitor per day.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/23/grateful-patient-honors-uams-opthalmologist-with-162000-gift-to-harvey-bernice-jones-eye-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-23T09:08:53-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/karen-burks_jei.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[karen-burks_jei]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Karen Burks]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/22/public-health/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-22T16:59:15-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pubhealth.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[pubhealth]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Public Health]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/16/michael-birrer-m-d-ph-d-invested-in-kent-c-westbrook-m-d-directors-chair-for-the-winthrop-p-rockefeller-cancer-institute/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-22T14:40:07-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Birrer-Investiture-071502021-EDL_4587-88-375x267.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Birrer enjoys the company of several Cancer Institute staff who attended the ceremony.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Birrer-Investiture-071502021-EDL_4551-2.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Birrer-Investiture-071502021-EDL_4551-2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Executive Vice Chancellor and College of Medicine Dean Susan Smyth, M.D., and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, present Birrer (seated) with his commemorative medallion and inscribed wooden chair.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/06/chp-speech-and-hearing-education-clinic-enrollment-open/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-22T09:28:26-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/21/uams-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-to-close-july-23/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-21T10:01:54-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-vax-U-of-A-sys-01202021-DSC_2171-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[COVID vax U of A sys-01202021-DSC_2171]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Vaccines are available at multiple locations across the state of Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/21/cancer-discovery-published-in-nature-highlights-national-role-of-uams-research-team/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-21T09:51:41-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Proteomics-group-Tackett.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Proteomics group &amp;#8211; Tackett]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the UAMS proteomics team are Alan Tackett, Ph.D. (center front), and (l-r) Stephanie Byrum, Ph.D., Rick Edmondson, Ph.D., Aaron Storey, Ph.D., and Samuel Mackintosh, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/20/uams-schmieding-program-to-provide-free-respite-training-for-volunteer-caregivers-in-springdale/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-20T10:25:12-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Respite-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Happy senior friendship society concept. Portrait of Asian female older ageing women smiling with happiness in garden at home, nursing home, or wellbeing county]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on July 29-30 in Springdale, Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/20/uams-schmieding-program-to-provide-free-respite-training-for-volunteer-caregivers-in-fort-smith/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-20T10:18:56-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Respite-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Happy senior friendship society concept. Portrait of Asian female older ageing women smiling with happiness in garden at home, nursing home, or wellbeing county]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on July 27 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/20/uams-schmieding-program-to-provide-free-respite-training-for-volunteer-caregivers-in-texarkana/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-20T10:17:51-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/iStock-1141230366-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Happy senior friendship society concept. Portrait of Asian female older ageing women smiling with happiness in garden at home, nursing home, or wellbeing county]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on July 29 in Texarkana, Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/19/timothy-langford-m-d-to-join-uams-as-chair-of-the-department-of-urology/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-19T14:31:56-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Langford_Timothy-Dean_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Langford_Timothy-Dean_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Timothy Langford, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/16/blue-you-foundation-for-a-healthier-arkansas-awards-grants-totaling-1-95-million-for-uams-k-12-behavioral-health-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-19T14:31:28-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Blue-n-You-grant-ann-07162021-850_3874-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Blue n You grant ann-07162021-850_3874]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, speaks at the press conference. Seated behind him are (from left) Marcy Doderer, president and CEO, Arkansas Children's (not pictured); Curtis Barnett, president and CEO, Arkansas Blue Cross; Governor Asa Hutchinson and Rebecca Pittillo, executive director, Blue &amp; You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/01/covid-19-vaccine-myths/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-16T08:53:28-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/vaccine.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[vaccine]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Myths]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/15/sodium/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-15T12:26:06-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/salt.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[salt]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Salt]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/06/schmieding-foundation-gives-300000-to-uams-kids-first-the-schmieding-developmental-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-15T10:47:13-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Childrens-Center-for-Health-Wellness-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Children&amp;#8217;s Center for Health &amp;#038; Wellness]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Children's Center for Health and Wellness building]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/12/uams-college-of-nursing-adds-new-programs/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-13T11:37:50-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/iStock-1167824460.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Multi-ethnic group of nursing students in class]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[New UAMS College of Nursing programs include an accelerated bachelor’s degree for early and mid-career students transitioning into nursing and a new graduate focus on case management.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/08/spotlight-on-the-department-of-occupational-therapy-2/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-13T10:46:51-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Muir-Portrait-CHPSpotlight-375x562.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sherry Muir, COEHP, faculty]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/24/uams-first-phase-1-cancer-clinical-trial-testing-new-way-to-protect-hearts-while-treating-cancer/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-13T10:40:39-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Hui-Ming-Chang-MD-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Hui-Ming Chang MD]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS' Hui-Ming Chang, M.D., is leading the Phoenix Trial.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/12/helena-west-helena-native-beverly-johnson-wells-returns-to-join-uams-rural-research-network/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-12T09:24:56-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Beverly-Johnson-Wells--150x220.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Johnson-Wells]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/01/08/uams-cardio-respiratory-care-program-receives-apex-award-from-aarc/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-09T10:16:40-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/APEX-logo-final_1color-2021-2022.png]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[APEX-logo-final_1color-2021-2022]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[AARC Apex Logo]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/07/researcher-finds-challenges-in-study-involving-methamphetamine/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-09T09:05:15-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Wilson-Michael-WEB-Stress-in-Meth-Study-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Wilson, Michael-WEB-Stress in Meth Study]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Wilson, M.D., an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, is studying how methamphetamine affects the human body, particularly how the body responds to stress.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/08/gynecologic-cancers/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-08T15:44:42-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gynecologic.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[gynecologic]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gynecologic]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/06/michael-thomsen-ph-d-named-director-of-uams-center-for-the-study-of-obesity/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-06T11:45:54-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Thomsen_Micheal_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Thomsen_Micheal_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Thomsen, Ph.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/07/02/departments-of-geriatrics-and-pediatrics-win-first-place-in-quality-improvement-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-06T11:04:11-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/QI-project-2021-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[QIALP First place]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left to right) Jasmine Crane; Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging director Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.; Regina Gibson, RN, Ph.D.; and Pat Walker Memory Clinic director Gohar Azhar, M.D. Not pictured: Priya Mendiratta, M.D.; Rosemary Nabaweesi, Dr.Ph.; and Troy Schmit, MHA.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/22/uams-travel-guidelines-updated/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-06T09:34:10-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/29/familys-happy-ending-almost-derailed-by-covid-19-young-couple-urges-others-to-get-vaccinated/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-07-01T12:50:48-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ChasCelia-e1625069868718-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Reed with his 2-week-old daughter, Celia Ann]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TheReeds-225x300.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles and Ashton Reed]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Celia-1-300x206.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Celia Ann]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reed-family-1-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Reed family]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Ashton and Charles Reed visit their daughter, Celia Ann, in the UAMS NICU. Celia was born at 30 weeks as Ashton Reed battled COVID.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/30/uams-celebrates-juneteenth-with-online-event/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-30T10:33:01-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-trivia-2-300x175.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The Juneteenth trivia game included a question about the status of the bill making it a national holiday, which was awaiting the president's signature at the time. ]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-chacha-300x155.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Kimberly Woods, along with other attendees, danced the &quot;Cha Cha Slide&quot; to close out the celebration.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-title.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Juneteenth title]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The online celebration included information videos, music and community sharing about Juneteenth celebrations.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/28/uams-medical-center-earns-blue-distinction-center-for-maternity-care-designation/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-29T10:04:12-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BlueDistinction-Maternity-featured.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[A002_C001_1216VY]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Medical Center has been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. A UAMS sonographer, left, performs an ultrasound on a pregnant mother.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/29/rosalind-abernathy/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-29T08:56:10-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/28/cardiac-device-patients-fears-of-being-shocked-can-prevent-full-recovery-uams-audience-told/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-28T14:08:50-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SamSears-300x228.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Samuel Sears discusses fears of being shocked and offers suggestions for doctors to help alleviate those fears.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Searslecture.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Searslecture]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Sam Sears, Ph.D., is introduced to live and virtual audiences by Paul Mounsey, M.D., director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/14/uams-project-part-of-national-effort-to-reduce-covid-19-in-hardest-hit-populations/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-28T11:02:58-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/McElfish-Fagan-James-collage-375x165.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[UAMS Principal Investigators: Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA, Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., MPH, and Laura James, M.D.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Marshallese-vaccination-fem-resize.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Marshallese vaccination fem resize]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[A Marshallese resident in Northwest Arkansas receives a COVID-19 vaccine.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/03/uams-portal-give-access-to-about-3200-policies-and-procedures/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-24T09:26:26-05:00</lastmod></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/23/uams-thomas-and-lyon-longevity-clinic-recognized-as-age-friendly-health-system/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-24T09:14:14-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4Ms.png]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[An Age-Friendly Health System provides high-quality care that follows the 4Ms framework -- What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DWRIOA-2-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[DWRIOA (2)]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[The UAMS Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic, part of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, has attained Level I Certification as an Age-Friendly Health System, a designation provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and The John A. Hartford Foundation.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/03/june-mvp-camille-hart/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-22T16:32:47-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/HartGardner-MVP-375x318.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Camille Hart, left, and UAMS Provost Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., stop for a photo just after Gardner presented her with the MVP award.]]></image:caption>
</image:image>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CamilleHartMVPJune2021-featured-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[CamilleHartMVPJune2021-featured]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Camille Hart -- June 2021 MVP of the Month]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/17/uams-performs-states-first-hiv-to-hiv-kidney-transplant/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-22T15:07:01-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Giorgakis_Emmanouil_wide-scaled.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Giorgakis_Emmanouil_wide]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., in white coat.]]></image:caption>
</image:image></url>
<url>
<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/21/women-helping-women-art-donations-adorn-walls-of-newly-opened-uams-breast-center/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-22T10:41:31-05:00</lastmod>
<image:image>
<image:loc><![CDATA[https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WEB-Women-Helping-Women-WPRCI-Art-Project-3--300x200.jpg]]></image:loc>
<image:title><![CDATA[Bryan Clifton]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[“Our vision was to provide comfort to our patients and to the Breast Center team through artwork,” said Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., director of the Breast Center. “The artists have created soothing pieces that will add to the serene environment of our new Breast Center.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;Lipstick&quot; by Morgan Coven Herndon]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;The Pond&quot; by Linda Harding ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;The Coronation&quot; by Vicki Kovaleski]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;Oak Lane&quot;]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[&quot;Water Lilies&quot; by Arden Boyce Art-Our Journey purchased by Stuart Cobb]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[WEB-Women Helping Women WPRCI Art Project lead photo]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., director of the Breast Center at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and Natalie Rockefeller, who serves on the institute's board of directors, prepare to see &quot;Hope Blooms&quot; by local artist Morgan Coven Herndon hung as one of the first three of several works are displayed in the center.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/21/covid-19-cancer-institutes-growth-among-topics-at-june-town-hall/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-22T10:40:52-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Birrer answers an online question while seated with the other speakers and officials attending the Town Hall in Smith Auditorium. Unless speaking, all participants were masked and socially distanced.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Steppe Mette, left, speaks about COVID-19 infections during the Town Hall. Chancellor Patterson listens while on stage.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[The sites of several construction projects are shown here: A -- new surgical hospital, B -- new Radiation Oncology Center and Proton Center, C -- new child development center, D -- new parking deck, E -- potential hotel. At the Town Hall, Christina Clark delivered an update on their progress.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, responds to a question asked by Michael Manley, left, who fielded questions from the online audience.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/22/uams-welcomes-15-students-to-new-post-baccalaureate-pre-med-public-health-program/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-22T09:47:47-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Sara Tariq, M.D., chair of the program's planning committee, and Jerrilyn Jones, M.D., director of the new program]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Group 2]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Fourteen of the 15 Public Health Scholars.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/21/uams-project-search-interns-complete-program-many-find-jobs/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-21T14:12:36-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks before certificates are handed out to Project SEARCH graduates. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Family and friends of Project SEARCH graduates gather in the sanctuary of St. Andrew's Methodist Church.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[This year's Project SEARCH graduates hold their diplomas after the ceremony at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Little Rock. They are, left to right, Donna Pelle, Unard Bush, Marshall Neal, Jodarious Riggins, Matthew Henley Greenwalt, Joe Randall and Molly Stump.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/03/03/uams-cancer-institute-expands-research-with-addition-of-10-faculty/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-18T14:06:53-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[cancer research lab]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/18/wellness-week-returns-and-succeeds-for-residents/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-18T13:59:58-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Wellness Week in late May included pet therapy, a food drive and a week-long, online contest using the Goose Chase app.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://news.uams.edu/2021/06/18/lindaporter/</loc>
<lastmod>2021-06-18T09:55:31-05:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Porter &amp; Jitterbug]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[Porter &amp; Jitterbug]]></image:caption>
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<image:title><![CDATA[Porter riding Jitterbug Dancer]]></image:title>
<image:caption><![CDATA[Porter riding Jitterbug Dancer]]></image:caption>
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