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March 14, 2019

Nobel Laureate Says Teamwork, Relationships, Social Involvement Vital for Scientists

News Staff

Scientist at podium addressing large crowd

Science is about relationships, Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, M.D., told the standing-room-only crowd at Student Research Day. The work is collegial, the results are meant to be shared, and its discoveries are inseparably linked to a wider social and political context.


March 11, 2019

Physician Living with Parkinson’s: No One Should Go Through It Alone

Katrina Dupins

Glenn Davis, M.D., was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2007.

Every year in America, health care professionals diagnose 50,000 to 60,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease. In 2007, Glenn Davis, M.D., was one of those patients, though he’d experienced symptoms a few years prior.


Bill Signing Propels UAMS Cancer Institute’s Quest for NCI Designation

Susan Van Dusen

(From left) Arkansas Sen. Missy Irvin; UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; and Rep. Michelle Gray look on as Gov. Asa Hutchinson (seated) signs Senate Bill 151 in support of the UAMS Cancer Institute's quest for National Cancer Institute Designation.

With the stroke of a pen, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson brought the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute one step closer to its goal of achieving National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation.


March 8, 2019

Undergraduates Visit UAMS on Diversity Day

Spencer Watson

Visiting undergraduates heard from current UAMS students during a lunch discussion panel.

Undergraduate students from across the state got a personal introduction to UAMS and the variety of career options available in health care recently through Diversity Day. More than 145 students and 15 advisors from 20 Arkansas universities and a few surrounding states attended the annual conference-style event, hosted by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs….


March 6, 2019

CenteringPregnancy: Bonding, Building Relationships with Other Mothers, Caregivers

Kelley Cooper

Pregnant women in circle touching bellies

If knowledge is power, then the five women who just completed UAMS’s first CenteringPregnancy program will be super moms. CenteringPregnancy is a way to share learning and experiences with other pregnant women and to be involved in their own care. This group of super moms, known as Group 1, began their journey eight months ago…


Cancer Diagnosis Gives UAMS Medical Student New Perspective

Susan Van Dusen

Third-year UAMS College of Medicine student and cancer survivor Corbin Norton (center) with his medical oncologist Rashmi Verma, M.D., (right) and nurse Jason Guenther, R.N.

With his first medical licensing exam in the books, Corbin Norton was ready to relax. “It was a really tough exam. I had been studying for weeks,” the 27-year-old UAMS College of Medicine student said.


March 5, 2019

History Professor Talks 1860 Expulsion of Free Blacks for Black History Month

Spencer Watson

Brian Mitchell, Ph.D., delivers a lecture on the expulsion of free blacks from Arkansas in 1860.

Dozens attended a celebration held to conclude Black History Month hosted by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, which featured musical entertainment and a lecture. “Given the way things are in our society, we need to become more proactive and aggressive in addressing some of the issues that go on around us,” said Billy Thomas,…


March 1, 2019

Exhibit Features History of Minority Students, Faculty at UAMS

Spencer Watson

April Hughes standing next to her favorite elements in the exhibit, including a photo taken with Edith Irby Jones and a photo of Jones meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.

Numerous achievements of minorities over the past 70 years of UAMS history, as well as photographs and artifacts that tell the story of minority health care in Arkansas before the end of Jim Crow are on display in a new historical exhibit across from the College of Medicine. The exhibit is sponsored by the UAMS…


Cancer Survivor Hits High Notes, Inspiring Fellow Myeloma Patients

Linda Haymes

Jay Edwards

Even during his own battle with myeloma, Jay Edwards, 60, of Fort Worth, Texas, is always looking for opportunities to comfort and inspire fellow patients at the UAMS Myeloma Center. The musician shares his soothing sounds on the saxophone whenever he has the chance. One memorable occasion was when, as a patient in the midst…


February 27, 2019

Black Expo Offers Health, Entertainment and Shopping

Spencer Watson

Expo volunteers (from left) Margaret Woods, Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., and her son Anders Tillman in front of the UAMS MammoVan.

UAMS provided health screenings along with health education at the 15th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo held Feb. 23 at the Little Rock Metroplex. The expo, presented by UAMS, brought together a community of entertainers, health institutions, businesses and other organizations to celebrate Black History Month.



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