Dr. Jessica Snowden, has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >
Dr. Freedom F. “Fred” Perkins Jr. has been named chief of pediatric neurology for Arkansas Children’s and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received $940,000 from the Federal Communications Commission for digital health technology to treat patients for COVID-19. read more >
Dr. Edward Kramer has joined the CHI St. Vincent Neurology Clinic in Hot Springs. Dr. Jill Flaxman has been appointed medical director of perioperative services at CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock. read more >
The George and Linda Gleason Foundation gives $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, split between the College of Medicine and the Psychiatric Research Institute. read more >
Dr. Keith E. Reitzel has been hired as chief medical officer at Baptist Health for the western part of Arkansas. read more >
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Division of Science and Technology, along with the nine colleges and universities it’s partnered with, recently won a $20 million grant to be awarded over five years. read more >
Toni Wyre was appointed to the Nourishment Concept Advisory by the International WELL Building Institute, a rating system for evaluating the impact of buildings on human health and well-being. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will expand partnerships with local school districts to implement a school nutrition enrichment program in northwest Arkansas. read more >
With Arkansas’ public colleges in historic financial distress, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale prescribed a bitter remedy this month — cuts deep enough to cost tenured professors their jobs — and state education leaders fear other state universities may have to take a dose. read more >
Nancy Berryman Reese was named the new dean of the at the University of Central Arkansas' College of Health & Behavioral Sciences read more >
Samar Qedan, an advanced practice registered nurse, recently joined Washington Regional Walker Heart Cardiovascular Clinic in Fayetteville, where she provides care to patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular conditions. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received an emergency advance of $101 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help stop the bleeding of cash caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. read more >
A professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year grant of more than $1.86 million from the National Cancer Institute for research aimed at reducing long-term neurological damage caused by a common cancer treatment regimen. read more >
Dr. James Fletcher, an assistant professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, has earned the designation Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. read more >
Dr. Manuel E. Gonzalez and Dr. Nasir Khan have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as transplant nephrologists. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year, $765,789 grant to teach graduate students advanced analytics to address racial and ethnic health disparities. read more >
Dr. Michael Macechko has been named program director for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ family medicine residency program in northwest Arkansas, effective July 1. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Duke Clinical Research Institute has received a $1 million federal grant for clinical trials involving infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. read more >
Dr. C. Lowry Barnes, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, took office as the 30th president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons during its board of directors video conference on March 25. read more >
