August 20, 2019
Orientation Gives New Students a Comprehensive Overview of College Year Ahead
By the end of the third and final morning of orientation classes for first-year students of the UAMS College of Pharmacy, Anh Vu said he had no more uncertainties about what was ahead of him. “They answered all the questions that I didn’t even know I had,” said Vu, a first-year student from Bentonville. “I…
August 19, 2019
Amyleigh Overton-McCoy, Ph.D., APRN, Named Centers on Aging Director at UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
Amyleigh Overton-McCoy, Ph.D., APRN, has been named the director of the UAMS Centers on Aging, a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She succeeds Angela Norman, D.N.P., who succeeded Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., as the director of these statewide programs. Norman will continue…
August 15, 2019
UAMS South Regional Campus Names Three New Family Medicine Resident Physicians
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) South Regional Campus has announced the names of the three new resident physicians who will begin practicing medicine in Magnolia on July 1. The new residents are: Dauda Rogers, M.D. – Hometown: Old Bridge, N.J. Yehudi Romero, M.D. – Hometown: El Paso, Texas. Kishalay Sinha, M.D. –…
Traumatic Brain Injury Program Seeks Input Through Online Survey, Workshops
To gather public input from brain injury survivors and better provide for their needs, the Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program is reaching out through an online needs assessment survey and a series of regional workshops. The program is supported by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation…
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
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 from 11…
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