September 11, 2013

UAMS Names Efurd Chair of Department of Dental Hygiene

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Melissa Efurd, Ed.D., M.S., an experienced dental hygiene program director, has been chosen to lead the program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions.


September 10, 2013

UAMS Receives $135,000 for Health Education of Teachers

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Through a unique statewide outreach program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), two grants totaling $135,000 will fund professional development for Arkansas’ pre-K-12 teachers.


UAMS Receives $135,000 for Teacher Health Education

Ben Boulden

Sept. 10, 2013 | Through a unique statewide outreach program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), two grants totaling $135,000 will fund professional development for Arkansas’ pre-K-12 teachers.


September 4, 2013

Makhoul Named Director of UAMS Division of Hematology/Oncology

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Issam Makhoul, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. He will serve as the inaugural holder of the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D. Distinguished Chair for the Division of Hematology/Oncology.


August 30, 2013

UAMS Researchers Land $2 Million NIH Grant to Study Golgi Apparatus

Ben Boulden

Aug. 30, 2013 | A pair of UAMS College of Medicine researchers recently received a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop super-resolution holography methods to study the Golgi apparatus and defects that have been associated with conditions such as glaucoma, chlamydia infection, neurodegenerative disease, viral entry and aging.


August 29, 2013

UAMS/Schmieding Names Christensen as Project Director

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Margaret Christensen has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Health and Education in Springdale as project director for the $3.5 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Care Innovation Challenge Award.


August 28, 2013

Interventional Pulmonologist Nikhil Meena, M.D., Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Nikhil Meena, M.D., a fellowship-trained interventional pulmonologist has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients with lung cancer and other pulmonary conditions in the seventh floor clinics of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.


August 20, 2013

UAMS Sets September SeniorNet Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Ben Boulden

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes — <i>Fundamentals for Beginners, Introduction to Computers – Windows 7 </i>and<i> File Management — </i>will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. <br />
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August 9, 2013

UAMS to Provide Health Provider Education, Resources Through $1.38 Million Federal Grant to Delta Alliance

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Rural Health and Center for Distance Health will provide health education for providers in the Delta and prescription assistance for Delta residents through a three-year $1.38 million federal grant to the Greater Delta Alliance for Health (GDAH).</p>


August 6, 2013

UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Facility in Hot Springs

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Aug. 2 celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Hot Springs, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.



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