Co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Johnelle Hunt pledged $250,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Hunt Family Fund for Excellence. The fund will support activities of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, including…
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UAMS Names Holland Chair of Department of Physical Therapy
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions named Angel Holland, DPT, Ed.D., chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, effective Aug. 1. Holland succeeds John Jefferson,…
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Campaign Promotes Health Literacy for Hispanic, Marshallese Residents in NWA
Benton County, the Northwest Arkansas Council and the University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences (UAMS), have all combined efforts to create Our Healthy Alliance, which launched a public awareness campaign to connect local Marshallese and Hispanic communities to information,…
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AmeriCorps, UAMS Partner on Arkansas Food Security Initiative
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAmeriCorps will grant more than $255,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the federal volunteer agency announced. The grant funding is part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and its food security initiative over…
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UAMS Names Turnage as Vice Chancellor of Regional Campuses
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately. He succeeds Amy Wenger, MHSA, who became vice chancellor of the Northwest Regional Campus on Dec. 1. “Richard is a…
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UAMS Receives $4.75M Grant for Physician Training, Rural Health Care
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an additional $4.75 million in federal grant money to continue efforts to improve health care in rural Arkansas through training and retaining primary care physicians. The supplemental award from the…
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UAMS Opens Transplant Satellite Clinic in Jonesboro with Texarkana Clinic Coming Soon
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening up a kidney and liver transplant satellite clinic at its Jonesboro campus. The satellite clinic, located at the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus, launches Friday, March 12. The clinic, located at…
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UAMS Study to Look at Effect of Home Food Delivery on Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will fund home food delivery in rural Arkansas in an effort to reduce type-2 diabetes. The National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health will be funding a five-year,…