March 4, 2016
Northwest Campus Shows Off Clinical Skills Center
March 4, 2016 | It was a negative encounter with doctors that made Betty Anderson decide to do something about it 21 years ago. Now she hopes more northwest Arkansas residents will join her to give UAMS students a chance to learn better clinical skills through simulated patient experiences. Anderson and two other standardized patients,…
March 3, 2016
UAMS Honors Jyric Sims with Alumni Award
LITTLE ROCK — Jyric Sims, M.H.A., has been named the 2016 outstanding alumnus of the year by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Master of Health Administration program. Sims, the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Tulane Health System in New Orleans, graduated from the UAMS program in its Fay W….
February 25, 2016
Symposium Gives Students Chance to Present Research
Feb. 25, 2016 | Students from the UAMS Graduate School presented their research Feb. 19 during the Graduate Student Association (GSA) Symposium, which was held in the BioMed buildings. Eighteen students competed in the poster presentation portion of the symposium while eight students were selected, based on their abstracts, to present oral presentations about their research…
February 22, 2016
Auxiliary’s Compassion Cards to Help Caregivers
Feb. 22, 2016 | Caregivers of patients in the hospital sometimes could use a little help themselves. So the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary has begun raising money to provide caregivers in need with a $25 Compassion Card that they can use to buy food on the UAMS campus while their loved one is hospitalized. The…
February 18, 2016
Cancer Program Focuses on State’s Cancer Disparity Rates
Feb. 18, 2016 | Joseph Su, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., have a big job ahead of them. As co-directors of the Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences (CPPS) program in UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, they are working to solve the problem of cancer disparity in Arkansas. According to the Centers for…
February 12, 2016
Dallas Couple Finds Support, Healing at Myeloma Institute
Feb. 12, 2016 | When Rodney and Cortina Orr traveled from their home in Dallas to UAMS in July 2014, they were seeking a second opinion about treatment options for Cortina Orr, who had just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. After one day of testing, Orr developed a fever and was admitted into UAMS Medical…
February 11, 2016
13 UAMS Programs Receive Chancellor’s Circle Grants
Feb. 11, 2016 | Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., awarded 13 grants to UAMS programs at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception Feb. 5. Rahn said the 13 grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 for a grand total of $305,000, were the most ever distributed by the Chancellor’s Circle. Members of the Chancellor’s…
February 9, 2016
Coping with Dementia Series to be Presented by UAMS Institute on Aging
LITTLE ROCK — A series of free lunchtime lectures focused on coping with dementia will be held at noon on Wednesdays from March 9 through Sept. 14 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Presented by the Reynolds Institute’s Walker Memory Center, each one-hour “Lunch and Learn…
February 8, 2016
Feb. 23 Science Café — Creative Thought: Art & Science
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Creative Thought: Art & Science, on Feb. 23. Panelists will discuss what characteristics contribute to creativity, both personally and in business, and success. Held from 7-9 p.m. at Afterthought Bistro & Bar…
February 3, 2016
Bradshaw Sings UAMS Praises After Knee Replacement
Feb. 3, 2016 | Terry Bradshaw is one satisfied customer. The Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback praised the excellent care he received at UAMS in December when Lowry Barnes, M.D., performed a total knee replacement on his right knee. Bradshaw told the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees during its…
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