January 28, 2016
Doctor Explores Roots of Racism as UAMS Honors King
Jan. 28, 2016 | “Are we born racist?” That was the tough question posed by Erick Messias, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., as UAMS employees and students gathered Jan. 24 to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and to discuss where we stand in achieving his goal. Approximately 150 people attended an hourlong program celebrating…
January 25, 2016
UAMS Diabetes Symposium Feb. 20-21 to Focus on Community-Based Care
LITTLE ROCK — Health care and public health professionals who address the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and obesity are invited to attend the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Diabetes Update 2016 on Feb. 20-21. The focus of this year’s symposium will be population health and community-based diabetes care. The 21st annual…
January 19, 2016
Blue & You Grant to Fund Patient Safety Outreach Program
Jan. 19, 2016 | Improving patient safety is at the heart of the Simulation Outreach to Address Patient Safety (SOAPS) project. The Blue & You Foundation awarded UAMS $110,752 to the one-year simulation education outreach project, which is led by Muhammad Jaffar, M.D., the principal investigator and a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department…
January 12, 2016
January Science Café — ‘Arkansas Geology Rocks’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Arkansas Geology Rocks!, on Jan. 26. Panelists will discuss Arkansas’ geological environment, mineralogy and unique characteristics of the state. Held from 7-9 p.m. at Afterthought Bistro & Bar in Little Rock’s Hillcrest…
UAMS Honors Two Students with Scheving, Marvin Awards
Jan. 12, 2016 | Two UAMS medical students have been recognized for their academic achievements. Natashia Piazza Bottoms, a third-year medical student at UAMS’ northwest Arkansas campus, received the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for 2015 for achieving the highest score on the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1, an exam more commonly…
December 18, 2015
Eli Award Presented for Compassionate Care
Dec. 18, 2015 | Three UAMS Medical Center employees were honored Dec. 14 with The Eli Award for going above and beyond to care for two hospital patients. Sonia Criswell, R.N., Amber Danner, R.N., and Libby Grobmyer, associate clinical chaplain, received the awards. “These women exemplify the loving, compassionate care our family received when our twins…
December 17, 2015
Head Start Carolers Spread Holiday Cheer at UAMS
Dec. 17, 2015 | Twenty preschoolers jingled and jangled their way through the UAMS halls Dec. 11, singing holiday songs and spreading lots of cheer. The children from the Martin Luther King Jr. Head Start school visited UAMS to sing for Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and others on campus. “The kids look forward to the…
December 15, 2015
UAMS Researcher Honored by Society of Toxicology
LITTLE ROCK — A paper co-authored by UAMS’ Alison Harrill, Ph.D., that examines why some people are more susceptible to adverse drug reactions, has won the Society of Toxicology Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicological Sciences. Harrill is an assistant professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s…
December 11, 2015
Michael Owens, Ph.D., Named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
Dec. 11, 2015 | The Arkansas Research Alliance named UAMS’ Michael Owens, Ph.D., an ARA Fellow during a news conference Dec. 10 at the state Capitol. Owens, who has spent more than 30 years researching the development of medicines to treat drug abuse, particularly methamphetamine, was one of five Fellows presented by Gov. Asa Hutchinson….
December 4, 2015
Volunteers Bring Foot Care, Shoes to Those in Need
Dec. 4, 2015 | There was much to be thankful for at the Soles4Souls event Nov. 19 at River City Ministry in North Little Rock. For the homeless and others in need, there was medical care for their feet, new socks and sturdy boots — just in time for winter. For the UAMS doctors and…
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