October 24, 2013

UAMS, Arkansas Health Department Study Links Neighborhood, Income, Education to Stroke Risk

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The neighborhood where you live is a risk factor for stroke, says a multi-year study led by Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Arkansas Department of Health.


October 23, 2013

Plastic Surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Plastic surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.


October 21, 2013

Free Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Workshop Offered in Hot Springs Nov. 8

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A free, one-day Alzheimer’s Caregiver training workshop for family members will be held Nov. 8 at the Garland County Library in partnership with the Oaklawn Center on Aging, a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


October 16, 2013

UAMS Research Wins NIH Grant for Fourth Time

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>Oct. 16, 2013 | Although Kevin Young, Ph.D., hopes his research will aid in the practice of medicine 20 years in the future, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to value it in the present. </p>


UAMS Sets SeniorNet November Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes — Genealogy, Microsoft Word 10, Introduction to Computers – Windows 7, and Holiday Graphics — will be taught in November for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


October 11, 2013

UAMS College of Medicine Recognized as National Leader in Conflict-of-Interest Standards

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine today was recognized in a nationwide study as being among the top five medical schools in meeting national clinical conflict-of-interest (CCOI) standards.


October 8, 2013

UAMS Opens, Celebrates Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado

Ben Boulden

Oct. 8, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.


Oct. 22 Science Café: ‘Brain Learning — Just Do it’

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Brain Learning — Just Do It, on Oct. 22. Panelists will discuss human learning, reasoning and memory as well as brain mechanisms and cognitive processing.


UAMS Awarded $8.7 Million Contract for Radiation Research

Ben Boulden

Oct. 8, 2013 | The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised two contract options worth approximately $8.7 million with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to proceed with advanced development of a promising treatment for use in radiological or nuclear emergency situations.


UAMS Awarded $8.7 Million for Radiation Research

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised two contract options worth approximately $8.7 million with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to proceed with advanced development of a promising treatment for use in radiological or nuclear emergency situations.



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