January 9, 2017
Harps Food, UAMS Create Program to Teach Pharmacists to Work More Directly with Patients
Jan. 9, 2017 | Springdale-based Harps Food Stores Inc. and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy together have created a novel training program to teach pharmacists to work more directly with patients to improve their health. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be trained to work as a team on medication therapy…
December 22, 2016
UAMS Reaches Milestones in 2016
Dec. 22, 2016 | In 2016, UAMS and its physicians and researchers achieved several firsts along with other milestones in patient care, education and research. From treating chronic pain and brain tumors to starting the first comprehensive research study of synthetic marijuana products and graduating the largest class in UAMS history, the university continued to…
December 13, 2016
12th Street Center Marks World AIDS Day with Screenings
Dec. 13, 2016 | Janay Tatum got some good news on Dec. 1 at the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center: She’s healthy. “It was a good experience, and I had never been here before,” said Tatum, 27, of Wrightsville. “Everybody was nice, very friendly. My blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar were good….
November 30, 2016
New UAMS West Building Combines Local Ideas, Builders
Nov. 30, 2016 | Construction crews, most of them from western Arkansas, are wielding tools to take the ideas gathered from local patients, health care providers and design experts and shape them into the new UAMS West Regional Campus clinic building in Fort Smith they imagined. By spring, those physicians, nurses, staff members and area patients…
November 21, 2016
UAMS, Arkansas Department of Education Partner to Implement $1.2 Million Grant for School Telemedicine
Nov. 21, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas Department of Education are partnering to implement a $1.2 million pilot program that will provide telemedicine to students, educators and families in rural Arkansas communities. School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) is the first ever effort to bring telemedicine care to Arkansas’…
November 17, 2016
UAMS’ van Rhee Receives Award for Castleman Disease
Nov. 17, 2016 | Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the Castleman Disease Warrior Award for Best Physician of the Year Nov. 4 by the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) at its third annual Patients & Loved Ones Summit in Philadelphia. CDCN was established in 2012 to accelerate research and treatment for Castleman Disease —…
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Provide Health Screenings Dec. 1 for World AIDS Day
Nov. 17, 2016 | In observance of World AIDS Day, the public is invited to participate in free health care screenings from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 1 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, 4010 W. 12th St. The center will provide free HIV testing. The testing will…
November 16, 2016
Schmieding Program in Springdale Hosts Healthy Families #Stick Together Nov. 18
Nov. 16, 2017 | A program to educate families and caregivers on the importance of adult vaccinations will be held from noon-1 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Schmieding Center for Senior Health & Education in Springdale, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Healthy Families #Stick Together is presented by the National Alliance…
Wei Honored as Distinguished Faculty Scholar
Nov. 16, 2016 | If someone piled all the research journals, research reports and documents resulting from or associated with the professional life of Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., then it might have been as high as the Pauly Auditorium stage on which she stood Nov. 9. She was on the stage to be honored as…
November 15, 2016
UAMS’ James McDonald, M.D., Named Chair of Department of Radiology
Nov. 15, 2016 | James E. McDonald, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). McDonald has served as interim chair of the department since May 2014. He has been a full-time faculty member and director of the department’s Division…
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