May 9, 2016
UAMS Study Finds Health Disparities among Patients Traveling for Parathyroid Surgery
April 29, 2014 | Significant disparities based on race and insurance coverage exist among patients undergoing parathyroid surgery in the United States and may hamper their medical travel for access to the surgery, according to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research. In a report published online today in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and…
May 6, 2016
UAMS South Central Center on Aging to Hold Free Family Caregiver Workshop May 26-27 in Pine Bluff
LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 26-27 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 8 a.m. – noon at the…
May 5, 2016
Study Looking for Connection Between Dopamine, PTSD
LITTLE ROCK – A trio of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers are studying a chemical in the brain that plays several roles, including regulating movement and emotional responses, in an effort to help women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Joshua Cisler, Ph.D., of UAMS’ Brain Imaging Research Center, was awarded a five-year…
May 3, 2016
UAMS and Community Leaders Gather to Address Health Disparities June 17
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas faith leaders, health ministries, educators, researchers and health care providers are invited to attend the second annual Community-Campus Partnership Conference to Address Health Disparities to be held June 17. The free conference, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will be held at the Comfort Inn & Suites…
April 13, 2016
College Bids Farewell to Jon Wolfe, Thanks Donors
April 13, 2016 | Thanks and goodbyes peppered a convivial evening of relaxed socializing and good food at the College of Pharmacy Dean’s Donor Recognition Dinner on March 31 at the Clinton Presidential Center. About 100 people, most of them donors, gathered for the event. Students and faculty joined donors and Dean Keith Olsen, Pharm….
Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 5
LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 5 “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with AR SAVES, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program. A helicopter will bring Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D., AR SAVES medical director, to North Little Rock’s Dickey-Stephens…
April 5, 2016
UAMS Names Renee Joiner Director of Arkansas SAVES Stroke Telemedicine Program
LITTLE ROCK — Renee Joiner has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of the Arkansas Stroke Awareness and Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) program. Joiner will oversee the operations of AR SAVES, which uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments to stroke patients…
March 29, 2016
UAMS 12th Street Center’s March Man-ness a Three-Peat Success
March 29, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center put teams of students and clinicians on the gymnasium floor March 19 as it scored its third annual March MAN-ness Health Event victory. More than 50 men and women circulated through rooms on each side of the…
March 25, 2016
UAMS Student Pharmacists Named Best in the Nation
March 25, 2016 | UAMS College of Pharmacy students proved themselves to be doubly good this year by earning recognition for the second year in a row as the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) National Chapter of the Year. APhA-ASP, as it did in 2015, presented the chapter with the honor at its…
March 24, 2016
Golf Tournament April 30 to Benefit UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center
LITTLE ROCK – The second annual golf tournament benefiting the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will tee off April 30 at the Country Club of Arkansas in Maumelle. All net proceeds support the mission of the 12th Street Center. The tournament lunch will start at…
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