September 8, 2020
Six New Members Join UAMS Reynolds Institute on Aging Advisory Board
LITTLE ROCK — Six new members have joined the Advisory Board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS): Larry Alman, of Little Rock, is board chair. The new Advisory Board members are: Rebecca Farrow, of Little Rock, is a former real estate agent and former…
September 3, 2020
UAMS Researchers Awarded $11.4 Million Grant to Continue Study of Cancer Therapy Side Effects
![The four new COBRE researchers are, left to right, Amanda Stolarz, Ping-Ching Hsu, Brendan Frett and Caroline Schinke.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COBRE-featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Led by Marjan Boerma, Ph.D., a team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers has received a five-year $11.4 million grant to continue research into the side effects of cancer therapies, including radiation and chemotherapies. The Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), a program of the National Institute of General…
September 1, 2020
UAMS Awarded $3.8 Million for National Research Center To Study Effectiveness of Digital Health in Rural Health Care
![Communication tower standing tall in the country side of Alabama.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/iStock-993969602-150x150.jpg)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a four-year $3.8 million grant from the federal Health Resources & Services Administration to establish a national research center. The center will examine the effectiveness of digital health in delivering health care in rural areas and hospitals. The grant…
August 31, 2020
Marsha Crader, Pharm.D., Named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
![Marsha Crader, Pharm.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Marsha-Crader-horizontalimage-1-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Marsha Crader, Pharm.D., recently was named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in recognition of her excellence in pharmacy practice. Crader is an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice. Crader earned her doctorate in pharmacy in…
August 28, 2020
Trauma, Stroke Networks Unite to Teach COVID-19 Best Practices, Share Information
![Jeff Halbert, director of UAMS Respiratory Care, discusses the use the high-flow nasal cannula on an All Sites Call.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ED2ED-halbert-featured-150x150.jpg)
As the COVID-19 global pandemic threatened Arkansas in March, many physicians and nurses in rural hospitals across the state had more questions than answers about the new disease. UAMS went to work to answer them. The service is dubbed COVID-19 ED2ED All Sites Calls. More than 1,100 of the state’s health care professionals have taken…
August 27, 2020
Mobile Unit’s New Van Facilitates COVID-19 Testing Effort, Future Expansion Plans
![Dia Partlow, left, and Mariella Hernandez get ready to help with drive-up COVID-19 testing in Magnolia. The van behind them was purchased with money from a donation by Blue & You Foundation. Bank of America also recently donated money to support the Mobile Unit.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MobileUnitVanMagnolia1-150x150.jpg)
Thanks to the Blue & You Foundation, UAMS health professionals have a new large van to get to all areas of the state to perform community COVID-19 testing. The van was purchased with a grant of $60,848 from the Blue & You Foundation, the charitable foundation of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance company,…
August 25, 2020
UAMS COVID-19 Testing RESCHEDULED; Sept. 2 Drive-Up Testing in El Dorado Postponed from Aug. 27
LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sept. 2 at Medical Center of South Arkansas, 700 West Grove St. in El Dorado. Because of weather forecasts predicting that rainstorms will likely affect the area on Aug. 27, the testing drive-up has been rescheduled to Sept. 2….
August 20, 2020
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Aug. 27 in El Dorado
LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 27 at Medical Center of South Arkansas, 700 West Grove St. in El Dorado. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University…
August 19, 2020
Twins Prepare for 2021 Olympics, First-Year as College of Pharmacy Students
![Lexi Jacobus just before she pole valuts while competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LexiJacobus-RioOlympics2016-featured-150x150.jpg)
Twin sisters and pole vaulters Tori Hoggard and Lexi Jacobus are familiar with hurtling through mid-air, but they aren’t used to the feeling like they are suspended in it. Like so many people throughout the world with plans affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic, they had anticipated starting as first-year UAMS College of Pharmacy students…
August 18, 2020
UAMS Earns Tree Campus USA Status from Arbor Day Foundation
![A variety of trees stand near one of the gateway entrances to the UAMS campus, recently recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a Tree Campus USA.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wilson-bldg-16-150x150.jpg)
For the seventh consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized the main campus of UAMS as a Tree Campus USA 2019. Penny Talbert, landscape manager in UAMS Campus Operations, said she was grateful for the recognition of the effort she and the team she leads have put into maintaining a health population of trees on…
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