Featured Announcements
May 20, 2020
Diversity Summer Outreach Programs Go Digital
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer outreach programs of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have been moved online. The programs, designed to cultivate an interest in health sciences among up-and-coming students from kindergarten to undergraduate levels, particularly underrepresented minority students, include the DDEI STEM Academy, the Academy of Pre-Health Scholars and…
May 18, 2020
UAMS Graduates 914 Health Care Professionals
Degrees and certificates were conferred to 914 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school on May 16. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no commencement ceremony was held. A digital commencement program can be found here. Degrees were awarded to 165 in the College of Medicine, 255 in the…
May 14, 2020
AR-Connect Provides for Urgent Behavioral Health Needs
For people living with behavioral health issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to maintaining well-adjusted lives. Imagine this scenario. A man living out of state returns to his Arkansas home to run errands for his aging parents, thus helping protect them from exposure to the virus. Before moving home, his bipolar disorder was…
May 12, 2020
Nursing In COVID-19: What It’s Like at UAMS
The World Health Organization declared 2020 as “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth on May 12, 1820. UAMS is honoring “200 Years of Nursing and 365 Days of Caring” by sharing six UAMS nurses’ responses to a series of questions about working on the front lines of COVID-19.
May 7, 2020
UAMS Receives FDA Authorization for Convalescent Plasma Use, Plus Partnerships for Statewide Access
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of convalescent plasma in Arkansas as an experimental treatment for COVID-19 with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the expanded access treatment program sponsor. With the authorization, UAMS Medical Center is able to use the treatment now without applying for FDA approval for…
May 4, 2020
Volunteer Group Donates 10,000 Masks to UAMS
Volunteerism has always been at the forefront of the Ismaili Muslim Community. So when members of the Ismaili Jamatkhana Little Rock heard there was a need for masks at UAMS, they sprang into action. I-CERV, which stands for Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering, is a platform for the Ismaili community to engage in community…
April 27, 2020
Patient Feels Cared For Even During Complicated Treatment at Jones Eye
| Just a few months ago, Gregory Buchanan could barely make out the number of fingers being held up just a few feet in front of him. The big “E” at the top of an eye chart on the standard exam was a hopeless blur to his right eye — and that was with his…
April 24, 2020
Gardening Community Steps in to Keep UAMS Beautiful
The tulips on the main campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were just starting to bloom when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Arkansas. In this time of anxiety about the future, the flowers’ beauty did not go unnoticed. “There was so much concern and uncertainty,” said UAMS Landscape Manager Penny Talbert. “Many…
April 21, 2020
UAMS Nurses, Respiratory Therapists Help New York City with COVID-19
Megan Witzke, R.N., didn’t wait a New York minute to get in touch with her team once she read the names of the other UAMS nurses with whom she would be traveling to help treat COVID-19 patients.
April 20, 2020
Sensory Room Lets Kids Work Through Problems
A room once intended for isolating patients in distress has become a favorite of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s youngest charges, thanks to the addition of a number of components designed to both calm and stimulate them. The Child Diagnostic Unit, an inpatient unit for patients 2 to 12 years old, was intended to be…
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