Oct. 15, 2021 | Like many sisters, April Biggs and Amber Vanaman have shared a lot as siblings. Just one year apart, they shared a bedroom and clothes growing up in Paragould, Arkansas, and have some of same facial features — definitely the same smile. But they never expected to share a life-threatening disease. Biggs was diagnosed with Stage...
Oct. 15, 2021 | As the sun set Oct. 7, doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year. “Parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members want to know that their children are loved and...
Oct. 14, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the completion of a new $50 million electrical power plant on the east side of its Little Rock campus.
Oct. 13, 2021 | Doctors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently activated the first lung biopsy robot in Arkansas. The robot allows doctors to discover and biopsy previously undetectable cancerous nodules in the far reaches of the lungs. “This enables us to visualize and precisely biopsy lung nodules so we can catch lung cancer in...
Oct. 11, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Brian Koss, Ph.D., a researcher with the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, is the state’s first recipient of the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award.
Oct. 7, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., professor in the Health Policy and Management Department in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, was invested Oct. 6 in the inaugural Governor Sidney S. McMath Endowed Chair in Obesity Prevention. “To be entrusted with this endowment is the honor...
Oct. 6, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received the Roger Carter Award of Excellence for a Large Employer from the National Rehabilitation Association during a virtual ceremony today. UAMS was recognized because of the success of its Project SEARCH program, a job-training program that helps young adults with disabilities develop independent living and working skills.
Oct. 14, 2021 | What used to be a space where people could eat lunch is now a place where people will make lunches and other meals as part of the UAMS Culinary Medicine Program. On Oct. 5, the program reached a milestone in its brief history as it formally opened its new Culinary Medicine Kitchen.
Oct. 14, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK—The Children’s Tumor Foundation and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are pleased to announce plans for the first dedicated Neurofibromatosis Adult Clinic in the region.
Oct. 12, 2021 | Five new physicians have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, expanding the comprehensive, integrated network of orthopaedic and sports medicine care available at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s in both Central and Northwest Arkansas. The new physicians include: Jordan Gross, M.D., Adrienne Koder, D.O., Lauren Poindexter, M.D., Justin Rabinowitz,...
Oct. 15, 2021 | L. Josef Su, Ph.D., MPH, will present "Periconceptionalfolic Acid Supplement and DNA Methylation Patterns in Children" from noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22.
Oct. 15, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Dental Hygiene Clinic’s “Fall for Smiles” event will offer free dental cleanings for children, ages 3 to 17, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Oct. 23. The clinic is located at the Freeway Medical Tower, 5800 W. 10th St., Suite 501.
Oct. 14, 2021 | Beginning Friday, Oct. 15, the Student and Employee Health Services Vaccine Clinic in the hospital Lobby Gallery will close at 5 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. on weekdays. New hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays (closed Thursdays).
Oct. 14, 2021 | In celebration of Veterans’ Day, the DDEI Veterans Subcommittee will collect thank-you cards colored/designed by children and youth of UAMS team members, students, and other organizations to distribute to veterans.
Oct. 15, 2021 | The UAMS Cafeteria will feature a Razorback Day menu on Oct. 22. A drawing will occur at 3 p.m., Oct. 22 for tickets to the game as well as UAMS Razorback T-shirts.
Oct. 14, 2021 | These programs were first broadcast the week of October 18, 2021.
Oct. 14, 2021 | Many UAMS Nurses listed below contributed to the October issue of the Arkansas Times annual ‘Nurses Guide’ entitled ‘The Many Faces of Arkansas Nursing’ in addition to the College of Nursing.
Oct. 14, 2021 | The UAMS Office of the University Registrar and the eLearning Team has implemented GUS & Blackboard’s latest feature, Grade Import.