by - November 9, 2023 12:44 pm
A $50 million grant using national opioid settlement funds by Attorney General Tim Griffin will allow Arkansas Children’s Hospital to build the $70 million National Center for Opioid Research &…
by - September 18, 2023 7:27 pm
In conjunction with its 75th anniversary, the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation has awarded Arkansas Children’s a $2 million grant to advance child health. The Mabee Foundation is a longtime…
by - August 4, 2023 8:00 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s has received $25 million, the largest gift in its history, from Fayetteville nonprofit Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation. The money, spread over…
by - July 24, 2023 6:00 pm
During its annual six-week campaign, Walmart and Sam’s Club raised $1.4 million for Arkansas Children’s through Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals. “We are thrilled by this news,” said Enid Olvey,…
by - June 8, 2023 2:07 pm
Arkansas Children’s announced Thursday (June 8) that Panda Express – through its philanthropic foundation, Panda Cares – pledged $1,171,840 to support the hospital school at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). The…
by - May 18, 2023 1:20 pm
The Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Auxiliary donated $1.4 million to ACH to support programs and research initiatives for the hospital, marking the 13th consecutive year the ACH Auxiliary has raised…
by - May 14, 2023 10:00 am
Arkansas Children’s CEO Marcy Doderer said expansion plans in central and northwest Arkansas are being driven by different factors and she’s optimistic that new facilities can be in service by…
by - May 5, 2023 2:19 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s is planning a $318 million expansion to increase child healthcare in Arkansas. The company shared details Friday (May 5) in a news release….
by - October 15, 2021 10:54 am
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI), the research arm of Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $7.2 million in funding over…
by - September 29, 2021 3:53 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s is raising its minimum pay to $15 an hour. This comes after the 2019 pay bump from $10.10 to $14 per hour approved…
by - September 14, 2021 10:44 am
Scientists at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will continue studying the impacts of childhood obesity after the National Institutes of Health…
by - August 15, 2021 10:12 am
Arkansas Children’s CEO Marcy Doderer says staffing challenges and ICU resources are the biggest challenges to treating the surge in COVID-19 patients, particularly those under the age of 12, who…
by - June 22, 2021 4:01 pm
As the statewide Campaign for a Healthier Tomorrow comes to a close later this month, Arkansas Children’s Foundation received a $1 million gift from Melanie and Edwin Wells to establish…
by - June 21, 2021 3:31 pm
Arkansas Children’s named Dr. Jamie Wiggins to the position of executive vice president and chief operations officer on Monday (June 21) after an extensive national search. Wiggins will begin in…
by - February 3, 2021 11:24 am
Marcy Doderer, FACHE, president and CEO of Arkansas Children’s, became Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA). The group represents 220 children’s hospitals in the…
by - June 12, 2020 3:13 pm
Arkansas Children’s announced Friday (June 12) it would make a number of cost-saving cuts including layoffs of 25 workers. “We are collectively living through the most difficult health crisis of…
by - December 8, 2019 6:30 pm
Arkansas Children’s is about to open up a new phase of addressing children’s health as part of a new five-year plan that will include everything from the last five years…
by - September 25, 2019 5:25 pm
An anonymous donor gave $1 million to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital to be used at its Jonesboro-based Kim and Chris Fowler Center, a clinic that treats children, ACH President and…
by - September 19, 2019 3:53 pm
Arkansas Children’s in association with Jefferson Regional made an announcement Thursday (Sept. 19) to advance pediatric care in Jefferson County and South Arkansas. The two health systems will establish a…
by - August 20, 2019 12:11 pm
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $3.1 million to a scientist at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study how…
