Announcements

April 4, 2019

Employee Accolades — April 2019

Yavonda Chase

Travis Ivy, patient services associate in the float pool, has been named the April BEE of the Month, an award by the Center for Nursing Excellence that honors non-nurse staff who provide exceptional care for patients and families.

April 2019

Yavonda Chase

April 2019

April 3, 2019

Genomics Workshop Sparks Students’ Interest in Research

Linda Haymes

Nearly 40 students from across the state gathered at UAMS during spring break to attend a free genomics workshop March 18-20 where they learned about third-generation sequencing through lectures and hands-on computer work.

This spring break about 40 students from across Arkansas passed on the beach and instead advanced their scientific knowledge. Those attending the free workshop at UAMS gained experience with third-generation sequencing, which helps scientists understand the type of genetic information carried in DNA.

April 2, 2019

Garcia-Rill Closing Out Successful 15-Year NIH Grant, Distinguished Career

David Robinson

For Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., successful leadership of the Center for Translational Neuroscience includes his many honors for mentorship of early-career researchers.

After 50 years as a biomedical researcher, Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., is close to hanging up his lab coat. When he does, he’ll look back on the last 15 years as the most rewarding of his distinguished career. “It will be like retiring after winning the Super Bowl,” said the UAMS professor in the Department of…

New HIPAA Software Ensures Patient Privacy

Kate Franks

Beginning this month, UAMS will begin using Protenus, a powerful new tool in the detection of unauthorized viewing of protected health information.

March 29, 2019

12th Street Center’s March Man-ness Event Scores Victory for Health

Ben Boulden

A March Man-ness Health Event volunteer talks with one of the attendees at one of the event's information tables.

March Man-ness met basketball March Madness on a recent Saturday morning, and Charles Smith was able to enjoy peace of mind and entertainment from both.

March 28, 2019

UAMS Honors 36 for National Women’s History Month

Spencer Watson

The 2019 UAMS Phenomenal Women on stage with their awards following the event.

UAMS honored 36 phenomenal women from throughout the campus community at its annual National Women’s History Month celebration “Women of the World: Educating, Innovating, Serving.”

March 26, 2019

UAMS Day at the Capitol Highlights Programs, Offers Health Screenings

Susan Van Dusen

Arkansas Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View (left) visits with UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Cancer Institute Interim Director Laura Hutchins, M.D.; and Dorothy Graves, Ph.D., Cancer Institute associate director of administration, during UAMS Day at the Capitol.

UAMS Day at the Capitol on March 26 gave lawmakers a firsthand look at how the state’s only health sciences university impacts citizens across Arkansas.

March 25, 2019

Central Building Stairwell Gets a Makeover

Yavonda Chase

Marissa Miller, a student in the Physician Assistant Studies program, stands beside her mural.

One of the stairwells on campus has gotten an inspiring facelift.The Get Healthy UAMS committee chose three artists to paint murals in the Central Building’s Stairwell Five, located behind the C elevators. The murals are located between the ground floor and the first floor.

March 21, 2019

Cooking for a Healthier State

David Wise

UAMS Northwest Regional Campus students and faculty from multiple departments (medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy) attend a culinary medicine workshop at Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food in Bentonville.

“You are what you eat.”“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”Most of us have heard phrases like these over the years. And many of us have taken them to heart because they sound like common sense. But we probably never thought much about the science that actually supports them.


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