There are dozens of construction projects currently underway across The Natural State, and with these projects comes opportunities in communities for job growth, convenience and housing, in addition to economic development. Along with several hospital projects underway – including the…
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NIH Funds UAMS Study on Urgent Needs of Pregnant Marshallese Women
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team in Northwest Arkansas will study a potential way to improve health outcomes of pregnant Marshallese women using group-based care and health care navigators. Led by UAMS researcher Britni Ayers, Ph.D.,…
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Mark Amox Appointed as President, CEO of Unity Health
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMark Amox has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Office of Unity Health, the Unity Health Board of Directors revealed. Amox brings two decades of healthcare leadership and executive experience to his new role, most recently serving as Chief…
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UAMS Partnership Receives Two Awards to Address Suicide, Food Insecurity Among Older Adults
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMelodee Harris (from left), associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing and co-director of the Arkansas Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, is shown with Mark Herbst, program manager for the UAMS Centers on Aging, and Amy Leigh Overton-McCoy,…
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UAMS Pharmacy Students Win Third Consecutive National Competition
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA team of students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has won the National Community Pharmacy Association’s (NCPA) Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition for the third year in a row, beating…
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Spine Specialist Joins UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJordan M. Walters, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is seeing patients at the UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic at 600 Autumn Road in Little…
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UAMS Gets New Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJohn Imig, Ph.D., formerly the Director of the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Drug Discovery Center, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the UAMS College of Pharmacy. He succeeds…
On Sept. 14, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground on a $10 million Child Development Center in Little Rock set to open in 2024. The 20,000-square-foot center will inhabit four acres at the intersection of 11th…
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Names Singh as Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSunny R. K. Singh, M.D., has recently been named the director of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist/oncologist and director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock.…
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Governor Hutchinson Appoints Zook, Others to Education Boards
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Sept. 6 that Diane Zook has been appointed to serve on the Southern Regional Education Board, and Lisa Hunter and Jeff Wood were appointed to serve on the State Board of Education. While the State…