February 11, 2009
Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says
Sherece West, Ph.D., president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, spoke Feb. 5, 2009, at UAMS. Carmelita Smith of the UAMS Chancellor’s Diversity Committee, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Sherece West and UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D. Feb. 11, 2009 | It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities…
Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says
It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities to achieve true social justice, the president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation said at an event Feb. 5 to commemorate Black History Month and the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
February 9, 2009
UAMS-sponsored Midsouth Summit Black Expo Celebrates Black History Month
<font class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The Fifth Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Cancer Control Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will celebrate black history month with an event highlighting the importance of cancer screenings and education. </font><br>
February 6, 2009
UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10
Lead author Rebecca Krukowski with College of Public Health colleagues Delia West, Zoran Bursac, Martha Phillips and Dean Jim Raczynski Feb. 6, 2009 | A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008….
UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10
A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008.
February 5, 2009
Child Inspires Donation of Phototherapy Machine to UAMS
Dr. Jay Kincannon shows off the new UVA-1 light therapy machine with patient Helen Woodyard, left, and her twin sister, Ellie. Thanks to donations by the Woodyard family and friends, UAMS is now home to a $70,000 UVA-1 phototherapy machine. Feb. 5, 2009 | For 5-year-old Helen Woodyard and her family, the 320-mile trip…
UAMS Family Medicine Researchers Receive $985,000 Grant to Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – A $985,000 grant will help more University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) resident physicians reach Arkansas patients about the importance of colon cancer screenings.</FONT>
Child Inspires Donation of Phototherapy Machine to UAMS
For 5-year-old Helen Woodyard and her family, the 320-mile trip from their Little Rock home to Dallas for her medical treatment became all too familiar.
February 4, 2009
Cory Leigh Taylor Named to Development Post At UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – Cory Leigh Taylor has been named director of development for cancer initiatives at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Her position will focus primarily on fundraising efforts for the Cancer Institute expansion currently under construction.</FONT>
February 3, 2009
UAMS Workshop March 13 to Offer Insight into Community-based Research Process
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – A free workshop at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will provide insight into the process of community-based participatory research (CPBR). CPBR is research that is conducted as an equal partnership between traditionally trained experts and members of a community. Continuing education credits will be offered.</FONT>
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