UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

12/18/2025

Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health helps connect women to the care and resources they need.

Nurses at the Arkansas Center for Women & Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have started calling postpartum moms across Arkansas to ensure that they and their babies are off to a healthy start.

12/17/2025

Family members; Essential support; Important job & more. Listen to this episode of, "Here's to Your Health - Caregivers."

These programs were first broadcast the week of October 27, 2025.

12/17/2025

Diabetes is one of the most significant public health concerns in the United States. About 38 million U.S. adults have a diabetes diagnosis, and about 97 million more are prediabetic.

  By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. Diabetes is one of the most significant public health concerns in the United States. About 38 million U.S. adults have a diabetes diagnosis, and about 97 million more are prediabetic. In recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month, let’s take a moment to learn about...

12/17/2025

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UAMS is having a blood drive on December 23rd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. right here on campus!

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! To schedule, visit arkbi.org & use sponsor code W954.

12/17/2025

The study, which encourages men to avoid heavy alcohol consumption, launched in August 2023 and is currently in 45 Arkansas barbershops spanning 14 counties.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Barbershop Talk research team recently hosted its first-ever Barber Connect. The Oct. 27 showcase took place at Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. It gave barbers who participate in the Barbe...

12/16/2025

UAMS' Dr. Jon Oden says there is one critical message families need to hear. “One thing we stress for our families is that diabetes, either type one or type two, is nobody’s fault.”

Doctors say more children are now being diagnosed with diabetes than ever before, and a form once considered rare in kids is now rising fast.It can begin quietl

12/16/2025

The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Arkadelphia High School is marking its 7th year of supporting the UAMS MammoVan, a mobile mammography program that provides lifesaving breast cancer screening to women across the Arkansas.

The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Arkadelphia High School is marking its seventh year of supporting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) MammoVan, a mobile mammography program that provides lifesaving breast cancer screening to women across the Arkansas. What...

12/16/2025

Over the past year, the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation’s Brain Injury Program has begun a major initiative to help law enforcement better recognize and respond to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), aiming to promote safer encounters and deescalate incidents.

Over the past year, the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation’s Brain Injury Program has begun a major initiative to help law enforcement better recognize and respond to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), aiming to promote safer encounters and deescalate incidents. Already the prog...

12/15/2025

Accidents happen; One step away; First aid kit & more. Listen to this episode of, "Here's to Your Health - Medical Emergencies."

These programs were first broadcast the week of September 29, 2025.

12/15/2025

Jo and Scott Rampy, along with other runners and walkers, relayed a check from Bentonville to Little Rock. The Run the Check event was organized as part of the foundation’s Giving Tuesday fundraising efforts.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine received $51,313 for multiple sclerosis research from the Rampy MS Research Foundation during a ceremony today.

12/15/2025

Join Us for the UAMS Dental Hygiene Open House!

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

We’re offering two sessions for prospective applicants:
10:00–12:00
1:00–3:00

Come tour our clinic, meet faculty and students, and learn everything you need to know about applying to the program!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/4ef4sz6u

We can’t wait to meet you!

12/15/2025

The study, “Consortium for Advancement of Research and Evidence-Based Models for Kids: Enhancing Pediatric Care Delivery Through Data-Informed Research and Strategic Partnerships (CARE-Kids)” launched in September and will continue through August 2028.

Ann Chou, Ph.D., MPH, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to preventive health services for Arkansas’ youth. “We have challenges in our state and the id...