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UAMS Researcher Leads $2.2 Million Project Addressing Youth Health in Arkansas
Ann Chou, Ph.D., MPH, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to preventive health services for Arkansas’ youth. “We have challenges in our state and the idea is to work toward improving the situation as…
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UAMS Brain Injury Program Trains Law Enforcement on Recognizing, Responding to Brain Injuries
Over the past year, the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation’s Brain Injury Program has begun a major initiative to help law enforcement better recognize and respond to people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), aiming to promote safer encounters and deescalate incidents. Already the program has trained hundreds of officers and continues to gain…
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Badger Pride Saves Lives: Arkadelphia High FBLA Champions UAMS MammoVan
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Arkadelphia High School is marking its seventh year of supporting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) MammoVan, a mobile mammography program that provides lifesaving breast cancer screening to women across the Arkansas. What began as a simple pink T-shirt fundraiser in 2018 has grown…
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UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 14 Programs
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 14 grants totaling $273,072 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Nov. 3 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members…
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