Trelfa Selected as CIO at Blue Cross (Movers & Shakers)
Brett Trelfa has been named chief information officer at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. read more >
Brett Trelfa has been named chief information officer at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. read more >
Noressa Kennedy Hinkler has been accepted into the Forbes Communication Council in Little Rock. read more >
Clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are underway at two Arkansas hospitals, while a third is distributing a new treatment and all three are distributing vaccines. Their goal? To keep the infected from overwhelming the health care system. read more >
Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences employees who hold national roles critical to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines say their development was quick but thorough and is the result of massive collaboration. read more >
Dr. Naga Saranya Addepally has joined CHI St. Vincent Diagnostic Clinic in Little Rock as a gastroenterologist. read more >
Liz Caldwell, communications chief at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is retiring at the end of the year. read more >
The face of a $150 million energy project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences peers down on visitors to the northeast side of the Little Rock campus, just behind the Markham Street Walgreens. read more >
Dr. Bethany Knight and Kristie Branscum have joined Baxter Regional Health System Hometown Clinic at Calico Rock. read more >
Nicki Hilliard and Lynn Crouse have joined the Arkansas Pharmacists Association. read more >
Arkansas set a new record one-day increase in coronavirus cases on Thursday as Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he's looking at requiring state approval for smaller indoor events. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing has received a $500,000 commitment from Michael Carter, Dr. Sarah Carter and their daughter, Elizabeth Carter, to create the Dr. Elois R. Field Endowed Scholarship for Ph.D. Students. read more >
Theresa Cullen has been hired as head of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. read more >
Callie Parks and John Neumeier have new positions at Baptist Health and Practice Plus in Little Rock. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences receives $2.83 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve health care access in rural Arkansas by expanding efforts to train and retain primary care physicians. read more >
Dr. Monica Rojas has been hired as medical director-international medicine and cultural education for the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith. read more >
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers have received a $400,000 grant that will allow them to continue their previously funded type 2 diabetes prevention education project at rural UAMS Regional Campus Family Medical Centers. read more >
John Webb has been hired as market president for Cigna in Arkansas, west Tennessee and Mississippi. read more >
Simmons Bank presented $25,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Wednesday to help fund the coming UAMS regional campus in El Dorado. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a two-year grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $250,000 gift from an anonymous donor to support the G. Richard Smith, M.D. Fund for Excellence in the Psychiatric Research Institute on its Little Rock campus. read more >
