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UAMS Honors New Members of the Society of the Double Helix

April 23, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) celebrated the 2025 inductees to the Society of the Double Helix during an April 10 ceremony held at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum in Little Rock. Sixty new members were welcomed into the distinguished group. The Society of the Double Helix...

Andrew Vogler
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies

April 22, 2025 | Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the research on the process...

Marty Trieschmann
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UAMS Hosts Pre-Health Conference for Aspiring Health Care Professionals

April 21, 2025 | Undergraduate students from across Arkansas recently gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) central campus for the annual Undergraduate Pre-Health Conference. The event provided current college students with a comprehensive introduction to careers in health care and featured representatives from all five UAMS colleges — Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Health Professions...

Philip Allison

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UAMS Hosts ‘Lobotomies and War Crimes’ Lecture on Thursday

April 22, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to a free lecture, “Lobotomies and War Crimes: The Medical Paths of Walter Freeman and Douglas M. Kelley,” from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The...

Linda Satter
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UAMS Invites Parents to April 30 Tobacco Education Night

April 22, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will offer a tobacco and vaping education session for parents of El Dorado students on Wednesday, April 30. Chandra Hicks, a tobacco cessation specialist with UAMS, will share information and resources during the UAMS Parent Education event at the Boys & Girls Club of El Dorado, which is...

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UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries Focuses on Digital Health, Collaboration

April 18, 2025 | Amidst the digital health initiatives on display during the latest research showcase at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was the opportunity for good, old-fashioned collaboration. Approximately 40 people attended the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries, held April 9 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little...

Benjamin Waldrum
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UAMS Mobile Health Units Now Feature Internet Access

April 17, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation is expanding health care access with Arkansas’ first-ever statewide mobile health connectivity project, which equips each mobile unit with wireless network access using SD-WAN technology to enhance reliability, security and performance in remote rural areas. With all four mobile...

David Wise
Chandra Hicks
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UAMS Adds Tobacco Cessation Specialist at Family Medical Center in El Dorado

April 16, 2025 | Community members in south Arkansas looking to quit tobacco now have a new resource at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).  Chandra Hicks has joined UAMS as a tobacco cessation specialist, seeing patients at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in El Dorado. A certified tobacco cessation specialist, Hicks provides individual and group...

Philip Allison

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