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U of A and UAMS Advance Joint Research Through Razorback Research Catalyst
Baptist Health Acquires South Arkansas Regional Hospital
Venkat Kalapatapu, MD, Returns to UAMS as Chief of Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
James C. Walker, MD, FACS, Joins Baptist Health Surgical and Specialty Clinic-Conway
Children’s Miracle Network Partners Donate More than $5.3 M to Arkansas Children’s
UAMS Researchers Find that Smart Food Lockers Expand Access to Healthy Food in Arkansas
Foundation Awards Grant to Support Bone Fracture Laboratory
UAMS Researchers Identify New Ways to Protect Vision, Regrow Nerves in the Eye
November 21, 2022
Joshua Block, MD, Joins Northwest Health

Joshua Block, MD, board-certified family medicine physician, recently joined the active medical staff of Northwest Health, practicing at Northwest Medical Plaza – Tuscany Square and is accepting new patients. The clinic is located at 2603 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Suite 109, in Rogers.

November 21, 2022
UAMS Using $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Stu...

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a new federal grant to study genetic systems of the bacterium that causes tick-borne relapsing fever to better understand their molecular functions and reveal possible drug targets.

UAMS’ Jon Blevins, PhD, a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is leading the four-year study funded by a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

November 14, 2022
Jeffrey Carfagno, MD, and Carfagno Famil...

CHI St. Vincent announced that Jeffrey Carfagno, MD, and the Carfagno Family Practice in Maumelle has joined the CHI St. Vincent Medical Group and its network of primary care and specialty clinics across Central and Southwest Arkansas. The Carfagno Family Practice, which has served the community since 2007, will now be known as CHI St.

November 14, 2022
Mitchell Preston, MD, Joins Northwest He...

Mitchell Preston, MD, board-certified family medicine physician, recently joined the active medical staff of Northwest Health, practicing at Northwest Medical Plaza – Eastside and is accepting new patients. The clinic is located at 2158 Butterfield Coach Road, Suite 100, in

Springdale.

November 14, 2022
Study Addresses Health Needs of Pregnant...

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team in Northwest Arkansas will study a potential way to improve health outcomes of pregnant Marshallese women using group-based care and healthcare navigators.

Led by UAMS researcher Britni Ayers, PhD, the study of maternal health care involving small groups of women, known as CenteringPregnancy, is funded by a two-year, $420,750 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).