Ashley Booth Norse, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the College of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine.
Norse comes to UAMS from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where she was professor and associate chair of operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
The Arkansas Council on Behavioral Health will host a Mental Health Day at the Capitol from 9 a.m. -Noon in the rotunda of Arkansas’s state capitol on Jan. 29. The purpose of this day is to highlight successes and raise awareness of the need for and challenge in comprehensive behavioral health services to meet the population health needs in Arkansas.
The event will include presentations from various behavioral health service providers who work daily to meet the needs of Arkansans.
By Tess Vrbin, published in the Arkansas Advocate Jan. 16
Arkansas was among the 10 states with the most children in rural areas relying on Medicaid for health insurance in 2023, and was one of only six with more than half of its rural children on Medicaid, according to a report released Wednesday by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health will host Antonia Novello, MD, DrPH, former United States surgeon general, for a grand rounds panel discussion on public service.
The event will take place Jan. 24 at noon in the Jack T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute Fred Smith Auditorium on the UAMS Little Rock campus. The free event is open to the public.
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) BreastCare program coordinates efforts with a statewide network of providers offering no-cost cervical and breast cancer screenings and follow-up services.
