College of Medicine
April 25, 2025
Student Research Day Celebrates UAMS’ Next Generation
Aspiring researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented their work to faculty and peers at Student Research Day on the main campus in Little Rock on April 17. The UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville hosted a concurrent Student Research Day at Washington Regional Medical Center. The event, originally scheduled for…
May 19, 2021
UAMS Staff Collaborate to Hold Virtual Training for Medical Students’ Transition to Intern Practice
UAMS turned its annual Rising Intern Preparation Week into a virtual affair this year in order to prepare the entire fourth-year medical student class for intern life. Typically, UAMS holds Rising Intern Preparation Week in late April. Last year, when COVID-19 arrived in Arkansas six weeks before the training was set to occur, organizers had…
January 8, 2019
Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., Honored for Promoting Immunizations
LITTLE ROCK — Robert Hopkins, M.D., a professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently received the 2018 Outstanding Adult Immunization Champion award for exceptional dedication to protecting adults from vaccine-preventable diseases. The award was given by ImmunizeAR, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving vaccination rates for Arkansans through education, advocacy and…
November 19, 2018
Teens get ‘PhUn’ learning experience at UAMS
Nearly three dozen students in ninth through 12th grades from Little Rock Central High School visited the UAMS campus recently to participate in PhUn Day, organized by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the UAMS College of Medicine as part of the American Physiological Society’s national Physiology…
September 26, 2018
UAMS Receives $1.27 Million Grant for Educational Outreach with Little Rock School District
Sept. 26, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.27 million science education research grant to teach Little Rock School District students about STEM careers and cardiovascular health using handheld ultrasound devices and other interactive technology. The five-year Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) comes from the National Institute of General…
September 19, 2018
Visiting Lecturer: Swelling Key to Diagnosing Mozart’s Death
Sept. 19, 2018 | At 35, Mozart was feeling well and was as productive as ever, then a sudden illness killed him less than two months before his 36th birthday. The cause of death has been the subject of speculation ever since, with more than 100 proposed diagnoses. Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., MBA, was invited…
September 7, 2018
Passion, Dedication Still Evident for Graduates at Alumni Weekend 2018
Sept. 7, 2018 | Although the decades may have separated them, UAMS graduates from all specialties arrived Aug. 17-18 for Alumni Weekend and caught up as if the years didn’t matter.
August 1, 2018
Virtual Dissection Enables UAMS Students to Explore Human Anatomy
Aug. 1, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has acquired a 4K-resolution virtual dissection table that allows students to explore human anatomy in 3D with simple gestures common on the average smartphone. Students can swipe, scroll and zoom to rotate images in 3D, explore inside the human body, swipe off sections with…
July 13, 2018
UAMS Medical Center Certified as First and Only Comprehensive Stroke Center in Arkansas
July 13, 2018 | UAMS Medical Center has become the first and only health care provider in Arkansas to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
June 19, 2018
Jill M. Mhyre, M.D., Tapped to Lead UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology
June 19, 2018 | Jill M. Mhyre, M.D., an authority on obstetric anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the UAMS College of Medicine, effective July 1. Mhyre is vice chair for research and associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and…
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