College of Medicine
August 14, 2023
UAMS Department of Emergency Medicine Granted $1.5 Million to Further Non-Opioid Pain Management Strategies
A $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will allow the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Emergency Medicine to revolutionize the ways in which it treats pain and trains new doctors. The award funds a three-year project to train UAMS emergency physicians, advanced practice…
August 10, 2023
UAMS’ Erika Petersen, M.D., Johnathan Goree, M.D., Oversee NFL-funded Study of Non-Opioid Concussion Treatments
LITTLE ROCK — The National Football League (NFL) and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) recently awarded more than half a million dollars to medical researchers, including two pain specialists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), to study non-opioid alternatives for treating post-traumatic headache, a common after-effect of concussion and other forms of…
August 8, 2023
Steven Barger, Ph.D., Receives $1.9 Million Grant to Study Role of Glucose Transport in Alzheimer’s Progression
LITTLE ROCK — Steven Barger, Ph.D., professor of geriatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, has received a five-year federal grant to support his research on the role of glucose transport in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The project will receive $382,500 in funding for the current grant year…
August 7, 2023
Artist-in-Residence Program Starts Up at UAMS Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
Hanging out in a surgical waiting room can be a tense or a monotonous experience, depending on why and how long you’re there. But an artist-in-residence program at The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gives patients and their loved ones something to focus on besides their anxiety,…
UAMS’ Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., Named Medical Director of National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
LITTLE ROCK — Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., a professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the UAMS Division of General Internal Medicine, has been appointed medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). “Dr. Hopkins is well-known and respected within the…
August 4, 2023
Father and Son Follow Different Paths to Ophthalmology, Team Up at Jones Eye Institute
Father-son bonding can take many forms, like playing catch or going fishing together. For Joseph Chacko, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Tony Chacko, M.D., a UAMS ophthalmology resident, it began with seeing patients.
August 3, 2023
UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Contributes to Major Ovarian Cancer Discovery; Findings Published in Cell
The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way the disease is treated around the world. The discovery, which identifies a 64-protein-gene signature that can predict primary treatment resistance in patients with high grade…
August 2, 2023
UAMS Invests Julie M. Riley, M.D., in the Hal Reed Black, M.D., Chair in Urology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Julie M. Riley, M.D., FACS, in the Hal Reed Black, M.D., Chair in Urology during a July 25 ceremony.
August 1, 2023
National Cancer Institute Awards UAMS Researchers $2.26 Million to Continue Multiple Myeloma Study
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., and Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., recently received a five-year, $2.26 million continuation award from the National Cancer Institute. Bellido is a professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in the UAMS College of Medicine, while Delgado-Calle is an…
July 25, 2023
UAMS Awarded $1.6 million to Continue Research into Mechanisms Governing Intracellular Membrane Traffic in Human Cells
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded an additional $1.6 million to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue a 14-year effort aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles governing intracellular membrane traffic — a crucial process occurring in every human cell. Intracellular traffic plays a pivotal…
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