UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

07/25/2025

Each year, this scholarship will be awarded to a second- or third-year student enrolled in the college’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the Northwest Regional Campus, with preference given to a student from Northwest Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Foundation Inc., gifted $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship benefitting the UAMS College of Health Professions at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville....

07/25/2025

When Dr. Mauricio Garcia joined UAMS Health, he set out to build the most advanced, patient-centered gastroenterology and hepatology care in the state — and beyond.

From groundbreaking minimally invasive procedures to Arkansas’ only transplant-certified hepatologists and a dedicated IBD program, Dr. Garcia and his team are transforming how we care for digestive and liver diseases.

Watch as he shares his vision for better care, closer to home. https://bit.ly/44GDx19

07/25/2025

Hayes holds secondary appointments in the departments of Biomedical Informatics and Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy invested Corey J. Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MPH, a tenured associate professor in the UAMS Department of Pharmacy Practice, in the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Professorship during an April 9 cere...

07/24/2025

The Northwest Regional Campus and the Institute for Community Health Innovation visited the Marshall Islands this month to provide training to community health workers (CHWs) and doctors on diabetes curriculum and pharmaceutical advancements.

With support from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health & Human Services, members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus and the Institute for Community Health Innovation visited the Marshall Islands this month to provide traini...

07/24/2025

With all four mobile health units now fully connected to the internet, communities that have struggled to access care in the past can now receive real-time digital health visits, on-the-spot screenings and better coordinated care — all without leaving their hometowns.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is expanding health care access with Arkansas’ first-ever statewide mobile health connectivity project, which equips each mobile unit with wireless network access using SD-WAN technolog...

07/24/2025

Hardin received his medical degree from UAMS in 2007 and has returned after spending several years as a general surgeon in the U.S. Army and three years as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at the Arkansas Heart Hospital.

LITTLE ROCK — Mark O. Hardin, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon with a focus on adult cardiac surgery, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Hardin received his medical degree from UAMS in 2007 and has returned after spending seve...

07/23/2025

Total-body skin rash; Nothing more than a bad memory; Don’t have enough vitamin A & more. Listen to this week's, "Here's to Your Health - Measles."

These programs were first broadcast the week of April 7, 2025.

07/23/2025

According to Nembhard, the center will conduct a core research project, engage community partners to address public health priorities and build prevention research capacity.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman of College of Public Health is using its Arkansas Prevention Research Center for Women’s Health to address the state’s high rates of maternal mortality. Established in September 2024, the center is funded by a five-year, $5 mi...

07/23/2025

With her authoritative approach and calm demeanor, Moutier surprised many of those attending a recent public forum by admitting to once having suicidal thoughts of her own.

As chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention, Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., hears countless stories of desperation and pain every day from those who have lost loved ones as a result of a self-inflicted death.

07/23/2025

The event provided students with a unique opportunity to explore residency training options in a casual setting.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently hosted its second annual Residency Fair, an event aimed at connecting medical students with primary care residency programs across Arkansas. The event provided students with a unique opportun...

07/22/2025

The grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences is pivotal to Raney’s efforts to more fully understand the role of quadruplexes and their potential for targeted therapies.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved i...

07/22/2025

A professor and chief of Emergency Radiology, Viswamitra has served as interim chair since August 2024.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine has named Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., as chair of the Department of Radiology.