healthcare
UAMS Receives $2M National Cancer Institute Grant
The money will be used to study multiple myeloma, a type of bone cancer. read more >
UAMS Receives $1.2M NIH Grant to Study Child Nutrition
The three-year project will examine the impact of nutrition on child behavioral and mental health. read more >
UAMS Receives $1M FCC Grant For Affordable Broadband
The grant will enable UAMS to fund outreach for the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program for broadband internet. read more >
UAMS Grant Renewed to Support Regional Campuses
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services money will benefit programs administered on UAMS campuses around Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas Hospice Takes Over LifeTouch Hospice
The two organizations said the relationship will "strengthen the ability of both provider to carry on their nonprofit missions in light of the evolving healthcare market and massice changes anticipated in how Medicare covers and pays for hospoce care over the next few years." read more >
Lyon College Projects $94M Economic Impact From LR Dental, Veterinary Schools
There will be 130 people directly employed as a result of the new schools and nearly 200 supported jobs created. read more >
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UAMS Orthopaedic & Spine Clinic Opens in NLR
The North Little Rock location on Stockton Drive will compliment the opening of a new orthopedic and spine hospital on the UAMS main campus in June. read more >
UAMS, Well Fed Partner for Food Initiative in Arkansas Delta
Good Food Rx is targeting patients with diet-related health conditions; aim is to improve nutritional education and access to healthy food. read more >
UAMS Selected for National Program to Address Employee Well-Being
After the trauma and burnout caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare developed an initiative for health care leaders improve employee health, patient care. read more >
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Walmart Partners with CareSource to Address Health Inequities
Ohio and Georgia among first states for the launch of the partnership that will leverage in-store community health workers read more >