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June 30, 2022

UAMS, Wagner’s Mount Ida Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Montgomery County

David Wise

Montgomery County on map

FAYETTEVILLE – Michele Duncan was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Wagner’s Mount Ida Pharmacy to help people in Montgomery County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Duncan is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education and resources…


June 28, 2022

UAMS, Mitchell’s Park Street Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Izard County

David Wise

Whitney Beard

FAYETTEVILLE – Whitney Beard, of Calico Rock, was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Mitchell’s Park Street Pharmacy to help people in Izard County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Beard is available to answer basic health care questions and provide…


UAMS, Local Pharmacies Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Drew County

David Wise

Drew County on Arkansas map

FAYETTEVILLE – Teresa Cox and Rosetta Racy were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Sav-Mart Pharmacy and the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) to help people in Drew County navigate the health care system. As embedded community health workers, Cox and Racy are available to answer…


UAMS, Local Pharmacies Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Desha County

David Wise

Brandi Gilliam

FAYETTEVILLE – Brandi Gilliam and Isierene Brown were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and local pharmacies to help people in Desha County navigate the health care system. As embedded community health workers, Gilliam and Brown are available to answer basic health care questions and provide education…


June 21, 2022

Mina Nguyen-Driver, Psy.D., Joins UAMS Schmieding Development Center as Pediatric Psychologist

David Wise

Mina Nguyen-Driver

FAYETTEVILLE — Mina Nguyen-Driver, Psy.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a pediatric psychologist at the UAMS Schmieding Developmental Center in Springdale and as a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Nguyen-Driver’s specialty is providing evaluation and treatment for children with complex developmental and medical concerns, using…


June 17, 2022

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

David Wise

Searcy County on Arkansas map

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


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

David Wise

Polk County on Arkansas map

FAYETTEVILLE – Alexandria Renault, of Mena, 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 Polk County navigate the health care system. As an embedded community health worker, Renault is available to answer basic health care questions and…


UAMS, Local Pharmacies Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Ashley County

David Wise

Ashley County on Arkansas map

FAYETTEVILLE – Four community health workers were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and local pharmacies and organizations to help people in Ashley County navigate the health care system. As embedded community health workers, Gracie-Dru Collins, Kayla High, Janet Pack and Rashonna Porter are available to answer…


UAMS Researchers Find Patients with Primary Care Provider Are More Likely to Get Yearly Flu Vaccine

David Wise

Influenza vaccine vial and syringe

FAYETTEVILLE – Patients who have a primary care provider are more likely to get a flu shot every year, according to a study published recently by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. The study, “Associations Between Five-year Influenza Vaccination and Sociodemographic Factors and Health care…


June 7, 2022

UAMS, Madison County Library to Bring Mobile Vaccine Clinic to Huntsville

David Wise

Ainsley Albright, 17, gets her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10. Starting Thursday, UAMS will offer the vaccine to children ages 12 and up.

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer COVID-19 vaccines to the public at no cost at the Madison County Library in Huntsville this summer, as part of a statewide initiative to increase vaccination rates in rural communities in Arkansas. UAMS will provide vaccines from 1-4 p.m. at the library on…



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