October 27, 2020
UAMS Lincoln Project Aims to Reduce Prevalence of Heart Disease through Grassroots
A million people in Arkansas are living with heart disease – that’s a third of the population – and it puts them at risk for health complications and early death. Exactly why this is the case and how it can be addressed in a holistic way long before these Arkansans end up in an emergency…
October 21, 2020
Two Toxicology Ph.D. Students Earn Inaugural Distinguished Scholarship
UAMS Graduate School Ph.D. students Lance Benson and Brian Parks have been named the inaugural Dr. Glenn and Lori Millner Distinguished Scholars in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Millner earned his Ph.D. from the UAMS Graduate School in 1988 from what was then called the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program. In 1997, he and colleagues founded their company, Center…
October 20, 2020
UAMS Researcher Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Bone Health, Exercise Connection
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how physical activity improves bone health, with possible implications for bone loss from osteoporosis and aging. Jinhu Xiong, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of…
October 16, 2020
Study by UAMS Researchers Finds Low Risk of COVID-19 Infection from Hospital
People who had recently been in the hospital were 24 times less likely to develop a COVID-19 infection than the general population, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers found in a study that used data from 45 hospitals. The study focused on people who had been in the hospital for conditions not related…
October 14, 2020
UAMS Neurosurgeon Erika Petersen Granted Patent for Device To Treat Head, Neck and Facial Pain
Erika Petersen, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been granted a patent for a nerve stimulator specifically designed to treat chronic pain and migraines in hard-to-treat areas like the head and face. Petersen’s efforts to patent and develop the device have been supported by BioVentures, LLC, a technology…
October 13, 2020
Rodney Davis, M.D., Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Arkansas Urologic Society
Rodney Davis, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received the Headstream Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Arkansas Urologic Society. Davis is an internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive techniques to treat urologic malignancies. He has made innumerable contributions since his…
October 7, 2020
UAMS Researcher Patents Tool to Study How to Improve Kidney Transplants
A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has patented a research tool she hopes will bring scientists one step closer to making more kidneys available for lifesaving transplants. More than 100,000 people in the United States are on the waiting list each year for kidney transplants, according to the National Kidney…
September 28, 2020
Virtual UAMS Family Medicine Update Set for Oct. 20-23
The 24th annual Family Medicine Update at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer up to 16 hours of online continuing education Oct. 20-23 for family physicians, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and certified health educators. The conference is completely…
Rodrigo Valdes-Rodriguez, M.D., Joins UAMS as Dermatologist
Rodrigo Valdes-Rodriguez, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a dermatologist. Valdes-Rodriguez sees patients with all types of dermatology concerns in the Dermatology Clinic in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Valdes-Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the departments of Dermatology and Pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine….
September 22, 2020
Raj B. Patel Joins UAMS as Fellowship-Trained Kidney, Liver Transplant Surgeon
Raj B. Patel, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a fellowship-trained kidney and liver transplant surgeon. Patel sees patients at the UAMS Health Kidney Transplant Clinic and Liver Transplant Clinic in the Outpatient Center on the main UAMS campus in Little Rock. Patel is also an assistant professor in…
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