August 14, 2019
Dementia Care Workshop for Family Caregivers to be Held Sept. 4 in Wynne
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering a free Dementia Care Workshop Sept. 4 in Wynne for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held 10…
August 12, 2019
UAMS Oaklawn Center on Aging Offering ‘Beginning Tai Chi, The 24 Forms’ Classes
The Oaklawn Center on Aging, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Beginning Tai Chi: The 24 Forms classes starting Sept. 5 and meeting each Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Hot Springs Senior Center, 301 Broadway Street in Hot Springs. The Oaklawn Center on Aging is part…
August 8, 2019
Digital Health Obstetrics Program Earns Attention of Cabinet Secretary, States
Aug. 8, 2019 | The UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation Obstetrics Program has gotten the attention of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and of several states interested in duplicating them or using them to improve rural health care. In early July, Curtis Lowery, M.D., director of the Institute for…
July 30, 2019
Dementia Care Workshop for Family Caregivers to be Held Aug. 20 in West Memphis
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering a free Dementia Care Workshop Aug. 20 in West Memphis for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held…
Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., Named Dean of the UAMS College of Pharmacy
Cindy Stowe, Pharm. D., has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy effective July 29. Stowe was on the UAMS faculty for nearly 20 years, from 1995-2014. Since 2014, she has been dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky….
July 29, 2019
Five UAMS Researchers Receive Translational Research Training Awards
July 29, 2019 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute has awarded five early-career UAMS researchers with KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Scholar Awards. The program provides two years of instruction and mentored research training. Scholars receive 75% salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research, tuition, travel expenses and education materials. The KL2 Scholars were chosen…
July 25, 2019
Vice Chancellor for Research Highlights Goals for NCI Designation
Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., UAMS vice chancellor for research, outlined some of what UAMS needs to do to grow and support research at all levels and areas in preparation of an attempt for National Cancer Institute Designation during the July 23 Research Staff Meeting.
July 24, 2019
Better Breathers COPD Support Group to Meet Aug. 1 in Osceola
The first Better Breathers COPD Support Group will meet at 11 a.m. Aug. 1 in the private dining area of South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center, 611 W. Lee Ave., in Osceola. Lunch will be provided. The program is sponsored by the Center on Aging-Northeast of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and…
July 19, 2019
UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training to Provide Free Respite Training for Volunteer Caregivers
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Jonesboro, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on Aug. 8 in Jonesboro. The training session will be from 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at St. Bernards Villa Theatre Room, 2217 W. Parker Road. Pre-registration is required. For more…
July 18, 2019
UAMS Northeast Regional Campus Celebrates 40th Anniversary
July 18, 2019 | Forty years of working to educate family residents to fill gaps in care created by the shortage of physicians in rural Arkansas filled the atrium of the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus building on July 16 with applauding, appreciative well-wishers. The more than 100 former residents, local officials and staff were there…
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