Featured Announcements
July 6, 2020
Supportive Conversations Hotline Offers Employees Someone to Talk To
During this stressful time of social isolation in the midst of a pandemic, employees need someone to talk to, said Susan McDougal, director of pastoral care at UAMS.
July 2, 2020
COVID-19 Testing Draws Hundreds to North Little Rock Drive-thru
The UAMS Mobile Triage team offered COVID-19 testing to anyone who came to their drive-thru June 30 at Shorter College in North Little Rock, and hundreds of people showed up in response. For a brief time before police could reroute the vehicles, cars and trucks were backed up onto the nearest Interstate 30 off ramp….
June 25, 2020
Digital Health Visits Help Regional Campuses Meet COVID-19 Challenges
Brittnay Hall, 39, was at an impasse: COVID-19 worries were making worse her pre-existing problems with anxiety. Also, thinking of having an in-person visit with her physician about her anxiety medications made her feel unsafe. Digital health technology resolved her dilemma. Hall, of Newark, had a more-than-20-year patient-physician relationship with Julia Roulier, M.D., a family…
UAMS-Developed High-Accuracy COVID-19 Antibody Testing Begins in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has developed and begun using high-accuracy antibody testing to determine the magnitude of COVID-19 infection in Arkansas and inform the decisions of policymakers. As part of the research program, UAMS will collect blood samples from nearly 7,500 Arkansas adults and children through October. By…
June 18, 2020
COVID-19, Finances and Racism Focus of Chancellor’s Town Hall
Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and members of senior leadership discussed COVID-19, the university’s finances and efforts to combat racism during a June 10 Town Hall webinar.
June 10, 2020
UAMS Medical Center Named Center of Excellence for Obstetric Anesthesia
The Division of Obstetric Anesthesia in the College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP). This prestigious status is awarded to institutions that demonstrate the highest standards of obstetric anesthesia care. UAMS…
June 5, 2020
College of Health Professions Celebrates Graduates Via Zoom
The College of Health Professions approached this commencement season with pomp, circumstance and a lot of creativity.
June 1, 2020
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute To Host ‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Sept. 2 on KATV
Arkansans are invited to “Be a Part of the Cure” on Sept. 2 when the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosts its first-ever televised event to raise funds and awareness for its research and treatment programs.
May 26, 2020
Kangaroo Care Promotes Growth, Bonding
While so many things have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the benefits of skin-to-skin time for moms and their preemies is still strong. Kangaroo Care, the name for skin-to-skin contact with a preterm baby, has a positive physical that goes beyond strengthening a bond, researchers say. “In the best of circumstances, Kangaroo care provides…
May 21, 2020
Graduating College of Medicine Class Breaks Tradition, Makes History
When the UAMS College of Medicine held the first virtual Honors Convocation in its 141-year history for the Class of 2020, the faculty balanced this departure from tradition with an extra dose of symbolism. It became clear in the days leading up to the ceremony that the students might not all receive their academic robes…
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