July 16, 2019
UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative Awarded $3.7 Million by Health Resources and Services Administration
The Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year grant of $3.74 million to provide geriatric training. The funding will provide training for geriatric health care professionals, primary care practitioners, first responders, caregivers, older adults and those who provide services to older adults. Robin McAtee, Ph.D.,…
July 9, 2019
Dementia Care Workshop for Family Caregivers to be held July 27 in Little Rock
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering a free Family Caregiver Workshop-Dementias July 27 in Little Rock for family members who are providing unpaid care for an older adult with dementia. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the UAMS…
July 2, 2019
Drug Discovery Colloquium Sparks Friendly Debate
Members of a five-person panel at the Drug Discovery & Development Colloquium on June 14 at UAMS good naturedly sparred over and discussed the frictions and collaborations between academic researchers and pharmaceutical industry. The first question from the audience may have been the most direct one: What is the most promising field? Where is the…
June 28, 2019
College of Pharmacy Students Set to Trailblaze New UAMS-Thailand Exchange
Three UAMS College of Pharmacy students in September will encounter diseases seldom seen in Arkansas and will become pioneers, the first in their college to do a clinical rotation at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. “Thailand has more tropical diseases that students here would never see in the U.S. They may learn and see that…
June 26, 2019
UAMS Starts Digital Health Program to Help Spine Patients Statewide
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has begun a digital health spine clinic to allow patients across Arkansas with spinal disorders, spinal cord tumors, and patients who have recently undergone surgery to go to the location closest to home without having to travel to Little Rock to see a specialist. The UAMS Institute…
June 25, 2019
UAMS First in Arkansas to Join NIH StrokeNet, Will Make New Treatments Available
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first medical institution in the state to join the National Institutes of Health StrokeNet, which will make new potential treatments available for patients with stroke and those at risk for stroke. NIH StrokeNet is made up of 25 regional centers across the United States…
June 17, 2019
Vice Chancellor Leads Workshop on Defense Department Grant Process
UAMS research faculty learned how to get a leg up on applying for funding from the U.S. Department of Defense during a recent workshop hosted by Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., the new UAMS vice chancellor for research. Open to all research faculty, the U.S. Department of Defense grant writing crash course June 7 was scheduled in…
June 12, 2019
UAMS Stroke Program Wins Two Awards for Excellence in Care
Excellence in treating stroke patients recently garnered two awards for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Stroke Program. On June 7 at the Clinton Presidential Center, the American Heart Association honored the program with the Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll and Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus award. The Arkansas Department of Health…
June 5, 2019
Dementia Care Workshop for Family Caregivers to be held June 18 in Little Rock
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering a free Dementia Care Workshop June 18 in Little Rock for family members who are providing unpaid care for an older adult with dementia. The workshop will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. at Parkway Village Retirement…
June 4, 2019
Health Sciences Boot Camp Shows Students Possibilities in Business
Judges had a harder time choosing a winner than in past years of the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp because all the team presentations were so strong, according to one organizer. But, after much debate, PAKI Solutions earned the win. Eighteen undergraduate and graduate students from across Arkansas went through the fourth annual boot camp…
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