The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Medicine invested Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences during a ceremony held April 20 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on campus. Dunn, who joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in […]
New Program Designed to Attract Psychiatry Residents to Arkansas
A new program scheduled to launch this summer will help the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute address the shortage of mental health professionals in Arkansas. A collaboration between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Baptist Health, the new psychiatry residency program will start in July. To be headed by Prasad Padala, M.D., MS, FACHE, […]
New MRI Scanner Offers Cutting Edge Technology
The UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center has been a leader in the field of clinical neuroscience since it opened in 2009 but a recent major upgrade in its core technology will help the research group, in the words of its director, take “a diversity of […]
Blue & You Grants to Support Two Programs
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received a pair of grants of $1.95 million from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas last July to support two behavioral health programs. The Blue & You Foundation, established by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, committed $750,000 over two years to support the UAMS […]
PRI Expands Coverage in Northwest Arkansas with New Facilities
A new chapter of the Psychiatric Research Institute’s involvement in northwest Arkansas began in January with the opening of its new facility in Fayetteville. Psychiatric Research Institute’s newest offices, located in the first floor of the Stephens Inc. investment banking firm’s building at 3425 North Futrall Drive, are home to psychiatrists Jon Rubenow, D.O., Dorothee […]
Dunn Joins PRI As Director, Chair Of Psychiatry
The Psychiatric Research Institute will welcome Laura Dunn, M.D., as its new director and chair of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Department of Psychiatry on Feb. 1. She will replace John Spollen, M.D., who has held both roles on an interim basis since June 1, 2021. Dunn comes to UAMS from the Stanford […]
Letter From The Chair
Dear Friends of the Psychiatric Research Institute, For the last eight months, I have served as the interim chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the Psychiatric Research Institute. Rick Smith left some extremely large shoes to fill when he retired last year, and I’ve done my best to fill them. When […]
A Patient Story
A patient was recently referred to AR-Connect after being treated at UAMS during her pregnancy. Thirty weeks in, she was taken to the emergency room at UAMS due to complications with her pregnancy and underwent an emergency Cesarean procedure. Unfortunately, the child died during the procedure. The mother nearly died as well and suffered severe […]
Spollen To Serve As Interim Chairman
John Spollen, M.D., the Department of Psychiatry’s Vice Chair for Education and Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for mental health for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, will serve as Interim Chair of the department effective June 1. A national search is currently being conducted by UAMS for a permanent replacement for G. Richard Smith, […]
A Message From The Director
Dear Friends of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, “All good things must come to an end” to paraphrase Chaucer1 or if you are of my generation, “they say all good things must end someday.”2 So, this is the time for me to say goodbye as a faculty member/leader at the Psychiatric Research Institute as I […]