August 19, 2010
UAMS Announces September Computer Classes for Seniors
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Photo editing, word processing and an introduction to computers will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. </span>
August 18, 2010
UAMS Receives $102 Million for Statewide Broadband To Benefit Health Care, Education
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received more than $102 million in stimulus money to establish or upgrade broadband connections at 474 health care and education sites across Arkansas.</span>
August 13, 2010
UAMS Receives $500,000 in Gifts For Fight Against Neurological Diseases
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Two $250,000 gifts, one in honor of Frances Ernareeth (Reese) Adkins Barnes, have been given to the Major and Ruth Nodini Endowed Chair in Neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The donors wished to remain anonymous.</span>
August 11, 2010
UAMS Receives Awards for Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings
Aug. 11, 2010 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Residence Hall that opened in 2006 has the highest score for energy efficiency of any residence hall in the nation. In addition, the UAMS campus added more than 1 million square feet in construction the last two years and still lowered its energy consumption per square foot by 20 percent.
August 9, 2010
$3.6 Million Grant Awarded to Study Decisions of Drug Users
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D., director of the Center for Addiction Research (CAR) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $3,665,151 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, to study the decision-making process of cocaine users. </span>
August 5, 2010
Monette Native Leslye McGrath, M.D., Joins UAMS AHEC NE
<span class=”content”>JONESBORO – Leslye McGrath, M.D., is now seeing patients as a family medicine physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Northeast in Jonesboro. </span>
August 3, 2010
UAMS Pediatrician Pens JAMA Editorial on Child Hunger
Aug. 3, 2010| UAMS’ Patrick H. Casey, M.D., is the lead author of an editorial published in the August issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, calling for national policies that address child hunger issues.
Public Invited to Free Lunch and Cataract Surgery Seminar at UAMS
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The public is invited to attend a free “Lunch and Learn About Cataract Surgery” seminar Aug. 25 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. </span>
July 21, 2010
UAMS Cures Patient’s Incontinence, Prevents Need for Dialysis
July 21, 2010| Incontinence turned Laurene Payton’s life upside down for more than a year.
July 20, 2010
Grant Allows UAMS to Monitor Autism in Children Statewide
July 20, 2010| The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a $423,626 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue identifying and evaluating changes in the number of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities in Arkansas.
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