minority health


September 25, 2014

UAMS Receives Nearly $3 Million to Address Health Disparities

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a three-year, $2.99 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address health disparities in the Hispanic and Marshallese communities in Benton and Washington counties.


April 17, 2013

UAMS, Roundtable Partners Look to Expand Diversity in Health Care

Ben Boulden

April 17, 2013 | Arkansas’ health care workforce will more closely mirror its population and include more underrepresented minorities if a pilot project to be implemented in two Little Rock public schools by UAMS and its partners in the Public Health Leaders Roundtable is successful.