UAMS Northwest Regional Campus


February 26, 2019

UAMS Study Shows Schools Lowered Sodium Content of Lunches by 11.2 Percent

David Wise

FAYETTEVILLE – Public schools in Springdale have lowered the sodium content of school lunches by 11.2 percent, research by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) shows. In an article in “Preventing Chronic Disease,” published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers from the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus outlined the progress…


October 29, 2018

UAMS Elevates Kohler Endowed Professorship to Endowed Chair

Spencer Watson

Oct. 29, 2018 | The Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Health Disparities has been elevated to the endowed chair level at the Northwest Regional Campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A distinguished professorship is established with gifts of $500,000 to support the educational, research and clinical activities of…


September 14, 2018

Boyers Welcome Pattersons at Friends of UAMS – Northwest Arkansas Event

Benjamin Waldrum

Tommy and Sylvia Boyer hosted UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA and wife Kristine Patterson, M.D., at the latest Friends of UAMS event in Fayetteville.

Sept. 14, 2018 | Wet weather kept few away from the Fayetteville home of Tommy and Sylvia Boyer, as more than 130 guests poured in Aug. 30 to welcome UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, for the latest Friends of UAMS event in northwest Arkansas. Tommy Boyer is a member of the University of Arkansas…


August 21, 2018

UAMS College of Health Professions Physical Therapy Program Earns Full Accreditation

Yavonda Chase

FAYETTEVILLE — The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education, allowing graduates to be eligible to become licensed in their profession. The program, part of the Department of Physical Therapy in the College of…


June 14, 2018

Two UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Faculty Inducted into Clinical Society

Ben Boulden

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…


May 25, 2018

Interim Chancellor Gardner’s Leadership Recognized by UA Board

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As her tenure as interim chancellor comes to a close, Stephanie Gardner, Pharm..D, Ed.D., was recognized for her leadership with a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

May 25, 2018 | For “honorably and steadfastly” leading UAMS “during a most challenging period,” UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., was recognized May 24 with a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. The resolution was presented during the board’s two-day meeting on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus….


January 22, 2018

UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Accepting Applications for Spring and Summer Health Careers Program

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Jan. 22, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus is accepting applications from students who will be entering eighth, ninth or 10th grades and are interested in exploring careers in health care for its one-week intensive Community Health Applied in Medical Public Service (CHAMPS) programs. UAMS Northwest Regional Campus…


December 18, 2017

UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Launches Pacific Islander Health Research Network, Earns Grant Funding

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Dec. 18, 2017 | To ensure health research about Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders reaches those populations, the Center for Pacific Islander Health at the Northwest Regional Campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has launched the Pacific Islander Health Research Network. The network will disseminate results of studies and trials involving Native…


October 30, 2017

Ruth Wood Endowed Physical Therapy Student Award Created at UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

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Oct. 30, 2017 | Shirley Wood of Ames, Iowa, has established the Ruth Wood Endowed Physical Therapy Student Award at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus in honor of her sister. The award will allow UAMS physical therapy students to develop leadership skills through participation in professional associations that benefit their…


May 18, 2017

UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Awarded $2.1 Million for Marshallese Diabetes Prevention Research

Yavonda Chase

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.



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