September 9, 2019

Jennifer L. Hunt, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been chosen to receive the 2019 Emerging Leader Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science Division.

September 8, 2019

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas has a new tool known as the Delta Care-a-van that will greatly enhance the free health screenings the medical school has been conducting in Northeast Arkansas. The college celebrated the arrival of the mobile medical vehicle at an unveiling ceremony held at the Arkansas State University Fowler Center.

September 8, 2019

Latunja Sockwell, a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $2.5 million federal grant to expand HIV and hepatitis C prevention education among African American men and women with a history of criminal justice involvement and substance abuse, especially opioid abuse.

The five-year grant comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

September 8, 2019

CHI St. Vincent Wound Care Center has received the Center of Distinction Award presented by Healogics. To earn the recognition, the center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a minimum wound healing rate of at least 92 percent within 30 median days to heal. 

August 31, 2019

Dia Barber, a Master of Health Administration student in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received the 2019 Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship from the American College of Healthcare Executives.

The American College of Healthcare Executives established the scholarship in honor of Albert W. Dent, the first African American Fellow of ACHE. The scholarship provides financial aid to minority students in the final year of a full-time health care management graduate program.