The Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Youth Services (DYS) transitioned four of its juvenile treatment centers back to a private company to oversee the day-to-day operations. At the same time, the state has begun a more robust contract monitoring program to ensure the new company is providing safe and high-quality treatment.
July 7, 2019
July 7, 2019
Mark Williams, PhD, has been named dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
He succeeds founding Dean Jim Raczynski, PhD, who stepped down Dec. 31. Jay Gandy, PhD, professor and chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department, had served as interim dean.
July 7, 2019
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that addresses Arkansas’ biggest health challenges.
July 7, 2019
In front of a backdrop of the Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol, Arkansas Hospice formally announced that it has earned two distinctions in recognition of providing outstanding care for veterans.
July 1, 2019
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first medical institution in the state to join the National Institutes of Health StrokeNet, which will make new potential treatments available for patients with stroke and those at risk for stroke.
NIH StrokeNet is made up of 25 regional centers across the United States and involves more than 200 hospitals in conducting small and large clinical trials and research studies to advance stroke treatment, stroke prevention, and recovery and rehabilitation following a stroke.
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