Robert Hopkins Jr., MD, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor and division director, has been appointed to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The committee recommends national vaccine policies to the director of the National Vaccine Program. Hopkins’ four-year term began February 2017.
The Arkadelphia Human Development Center (AHDC) recently expanded its partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism by packaging a greater number and variety of specialty tourism brochures into the state’s award-winning travel kit.
To meet the growing needs of its patients, CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock is moving Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (ANI) to its North Little Rock campus. “There we will create a medical destination and continue to lead the field of neuroscience,” said hospital representatives.
Any adult Arkansan with experience as a patient is invited to participate in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Patient Scientist Academy starting April 6.
Sponsored by the UAMS Translational Research Institute, the Academy is for those interested in volunteer leadership roles that will help ensure UAMS clinical research programs represent the needs of patients.
Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Cindy Gillespie announced Tuesday that a long-time member of the U.S. Secret Service will serve as DHS’s Chief of Security and Compliance.
