Marshallese
May 9, 2022
Marshallese Resilience throughout COVID-19 Pandemic Featured in New Book
SPRINGDALE — Research conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research into the resilience and adaptability of Marshallese populations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been featured in a new book published by the Modern Literature & Culture Research Centre. The book, Creative Resilience and COVID-19, explores how…
April 19, 2022
UAMS Study Finds Marshallese in U.S. Mobilized to Address Pandemic Hardships
FAYETTEVILLE — Faced with material hardships that were intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshallese communities in the United States mobilized to address the issues and help one another. According to a study by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers in the Office of Community Health & Research, socially vulnerable groups in the U.S….
May 14, 2021
Marshallese Man Receives Free Leg Prosthesis Thanks to UAMS, UA and Snell Prosthetics & Orthotics
May 14, 2021 | When Benson Laikidrik lost the lower part of his right leg due to complications from diabetes, he didn’t have much hope that his quality of life would ever be the same again. But thanks to a collaborative effort by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Northwest Arkansas, the…
April 17, 2019
UAMS Uses Culturally Unique Methods to Improve Diabetes Management
FAYETTEVILLE – Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have demonstrated that a culturally adapted family model of diabetes self-management is an effective approach for Marshallese community members in Northwest Arkansas to manage diabetes. A recently published study by researchers at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus showed that by using cultural concepts…
June 14, 2018
Two UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Faculty Inducted into Clinical Society
June 14, 2018 | Sheldon Riklon, M.D., and Thomas Schulz, M.D., associate professors in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine on the Northwest Regional Campus, were recently inducted into the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. The society was formed by leaders of 19 southern medical schools in 1946 to advance…
December 1, 2017
UAMS, TRI Honor Community Partners at 2017 Celebration
Dec. 1, 2017 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute honored UAMS’ many Arkansas community partners Nov. 17 with its fifth annual Community Partner Celebration. During the event at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock, the Phillips and Jefferson Counties Faith Task Force, led by pastors Johnny Smith and Jerome Turner, received the Chancellor’s…
May 18, 2017
UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Awarded $2.1 Million for Marshallese Diabetes Prevention Research
May 18, 2017 | A $2.1 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will allow the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus to continue and expand its research to identify effective ways to combat diabetes in the Marshallese community.
April 18, 2017
Faith, Community Leaders Address Health Disparities
April 18, 2017 | The importance of partnerships and networking to reduce health disparities was emphasized April 7 at the Community Campus Partnership Conference to address health disparities held at the Four Points by Sheraton in Little Rock. The conference, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), brought together over 200 faith…
August 6, 2015
UAMS Announces Center for Pacific Islander Health, $250,000 Research Grant
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced creation Aug. 3 of the Center for Pacific Islander Health, to be based on the UAMS’ northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, and to be the first such center to focus solely on Pacific Islanders. The center’s work will include health disparities research, disease prevention and management…
February 26, 2015
UAMS Northwest Receives $194,200 Grant from Walmart Foundation to Aid Marshallese Diabetes Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest in Fayetteville today announced a $194,200 grant from the Walmart Foundation to support its ongoing effort to treat diabetes in the region’s Marshallese community.
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