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August 19, 2022

UAMS, Harps Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Faulkner County

David Wise

Faulkner County on Arkansas map

FAYETTEVILLE – Kali Bonnema was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Harps Pharmacy to help people in Faulkner County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Bonnema is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education and resources to the…


UAMS, Harps Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Conway County

David Wise

Conway County on map of Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE – Lindsey Smith was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Harps Pharmacy to help people in Conway County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Smith is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education and resources to the…


August 17, 2022

UAMS Researchers Find That COVID-19 Pandemic Increased Stress for Women

David Wise

woman wearing surgical mask with arms crossed

FAYETTEVILLE – The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted women’s stress levels, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. The study, which was published by Dialogues in Health analyzed various factors that affected women in Arkansas, particularly working women in caregiver roles, and…


August 15, 2022

UAMS, AFMC Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Cleburne County

David Wise

Cleburne County on Arkansas Map

FAYETTEVILLE – Michelle Davis was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) to help people in Cleburne County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Davis is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education…


UAMS, Gannaway Drugstore, AFMC Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Bradley County

David Wise

Bradley County on Arkansas Map

UAMS, Gannaway Drugstore, AFMC Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Bradley County FAYETTEVILLE – Isabel Densmore and Tabrina Blackmon were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Gannaway Drugstore and Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) to help people in Bradley County navigate the health care system….


UAMS, AFMC Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Baxter County

David Wise

Baxter County on Arkansas Map

FAYETTEVILLE – Jayme Genz was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) to help people in Baxter County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Genz is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education…


UAMS, AFMC, El Centro Hispano Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Craighead County

David Wise

Craighead County on Arkansas Map

FAYETTEVILLE – Anita Acosta, Ricardo Terreaux and Fabiola Diaz were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC), and El Centro Hispano to help people in Craighead County navigate the health care system. As embedded community health workers, Acosta, Terreaux and Diaz…


August 10, 2022

UAMS to Bring Mobile Health Screenings to Back to School Bash with a Splash in El Dorado

David Wise

UAMS staff conducting blood pressure test

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer health screenings and COVID-19 vaccines to the public at no cost at the Back to School Bash with a Splash in downtown El Dorado on Aug. 27, as part of a statewide initiative to improve health outcomes in rural communities in Arkansas. The…


July 21, 2022

UAMS MASH Program Gives High School Students Glimpse Behind the Scenes

David Wise

High school students learn suture techniques on pig feet at the UAMS MASH summer camp.

During the summer, high school students can go behind the scenes at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to find out what it really takes to be a health care professional. Since 1988, hundreds of high school students in Arkansas have donned surgical scrubs or lab coats at UAMS Regional Campuses and community…


July 20, 2022

UAMS Welcomes First Class in Accelerated BSN Program, Opens Simulation Center in Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Nursing students and faculty in the new simulation center on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

FAYETTEVILLE — A new class of nursing students are experiencing real-world scenarios in a new simulation center on the Fayetteville campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). All UAMS students in Northwest Arkansas will eventually use the center. UAMS’s new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a 15-month program designed…



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