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Golbeck Aimed to Empower, Motivate Women During Symposium
Amanda L. Golbeck, Ph.D., was among the keynote presenters of the 2022 Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Women in Statistics Committee Symposium. Golbeck — associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health — said she was proud to take part in an event…
UAMS Researchers Lead Landmark Study that Finds Telemedicine Greatly Increases Access to Hearing Care for Rural Children
The Hearing Norton Sound study, which focused on school-based hearing screening programs in rural Alaska, showed that referring children to specialists via telemedicine provides significantly quicker access to follow-up care than referring them to primary care providers.
Maternal & Child Health Program Presents Forum to Help Support Mothers In Crisis
In Arkansas, there are companies, nonprofits, ministries and individual citizens dedicated to helping mothers who are in crisis. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Maternal & Child Health Program brought several of those entities together for its annual summit. This year’s topic was “Supporting Mothers in Crisis.”…
Otolaryngologist Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, to Direct New UAMS Center for Hearing Health Equity
LITTLE ROCK — Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, an otolaryngologist and public health-trained researcher who holds four grants from the National Institutes of Health, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she will lead the new Center for Hearing Health Equity. Emmett is an associate professor in the UAMS College of…