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The UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation is a leader in community-based health research and programs designed to create a better state of health for all.

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About the Institute for Community Health Innovation

The Institute for Community Health Innovation exists to change the state of health of Arkansas. We are driving impactful, lasting change in health outcomes, clinical practices, education, and policy. We do this through our focus on innovative approaches and engaging the power of community and partners across the state.

The Institute for Community Health Innovation leads the way in community-engaged research projects and programs. We are strategically focused on:

  • Maternal and child health
  • Access to health services
  • Health, hunger and nutrition
  • Diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases

Our multi-disciplinary team is nationally recognized for our work in community health. With more than 100 community-engaged partners and 170 team members across the state, together we will create a better state of health for all.

Recent News

Researchers at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation found that health care providers, along with family and friends, can play a large part in a parent’s decision to vaccinate their children.

Providers, Family and Friends Play Crucial Role in Vaccine Decisions, UAMS Researchers Find

Health care providers, along with family and friends, can play a large part in a parent’s decision to vaccinate their children, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation.

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A doula and a pregnant women practice breathing exercises

UAMS and University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Partner to Offer College Credit to Doula Trainees

LITTLE ROCK — Participants in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation’s doula training program are now able to receive college credit, thanks to a continued partnership between UAMS and the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT). By coupling this program with the state’s passage of the Healthy Moms, Healthy…

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Latest NWA Health Summit Focuses on ‘Meeting People Where They Are’

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation brought together health care professionals and thought leaders at the Northwest Arkansas Health Summit on May 21 to strategize ways to meet communities where they are to improve health across Arkansas. The summit was supported by Heartland Whole Health Institute, the Northwest…

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Northwest Arkansas Health Summit Returns to Fayetteville May 21

FAYETTEVILLE — The 2025 Northwest Arkansas Health Summit, hosted by the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation with support from Heartland Whole Health Institute, the NWA Council and other community partners, will bring health and community leaders together on Wednesday, May 21, to discuss barriers to meeting underserved communities in Arkansas. The theme of this…

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