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UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas. Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating…
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College of Public Health Student Inspired to Make Direct Impact in the Lives of Arkansans
A pair of life occurrences motivated Michael Bilodeau to find a way to help people in their time of need. Bilodeau is a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Leadership program. “My hope with the Dr.PH., degree…
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Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Highlighted at Research Showcase
The Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention took center stage in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division of Research and Innovation’s latest Showcase of Medical Discoveries. The center in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health aims to understand the causes of birth defects and to reduce the…
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UAMS College of Public Health to Offer New Doctoral Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health will offer an Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) doctoral program beginning in the fall 2025 semester. Students in the multidisciplinary program will learn how the environment impacts human health. According to Gunnar Boysen, Ph.D., associate professor in the…
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