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July 1, 2024
UAMS Names Ryan Cork, MSHA, Vice Chancellor of Northwest Region
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Ryan Cork, MSHA, as its next vice chancellor for the Northwest Arkansas Region, effective Sept. 1.
UAMS Invests Marjan Boerma, Ph.D., in J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy invested Marjan Boerma, Ph.D., director of the UAMS College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health and associate director of basic science in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, in the J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology in a…
June 28, 2024
Proton Center of Arkansas Marks 100th Patient Milestone
Arkansas’ first and only proton radiation center has treated 100 patients since opening in September 2023. To commemorate the milestone, Carson Placker, 7, of Mountain Home, and Bob Sanders, 71, of Conway, rang the end of treatment bell together June 14, surrounded by their physicians and family. Though 64 years apart in age, the two…
June 27, 2024
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awarded Five New Grants from National Cancer Institute
Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded five new grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2024, totaling $4.6 million. New grants include: $3.3 million NCI grant to create a Melanoma Resistance Evolution Atlas, Principal Investigator: Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Winthrop P….
June 26, 2024
UAMS Nuclear Pharmacy Program Has Strong National Presence
One of the nation’s leading pharmacy schools, the UAMS College of Pharmacy excels in an area few others do: nuclear pharmacy. UAMS is one of only a handful of nuclear pharmacy programs in the United States that offers the full 200-hour Authorized Nuclear Pharmacy Certificate Program in this specialized field. Radioactive materials are used in…
June 25, 2024
UAMS Invests Brian W. Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, in Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and medical director of the Odyssey Clinic, in the Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry in a June 13 ceremony. “I am very fortunate to have had…
June 18, 2024
NIH Awards Additional $3.7 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research into High Blood Pressure
LITTLE ROCK — In a major boost to cardiovascular research, the National Institutes of Health has awarded an additional $3.7 million to Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., and his team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue their groundbreaking study on the role of immune cells in hypertension. Mu, an associate…
June 14, 2024
Breakthrough Device Implant at UAMS Restores Young Woman’s Pain-Free Life
Jolee Camp was a thriving 15-year-old who dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on her family’s farm in Lonoke when she was suddenly disabled by unexplained low back pain. “She spent her senior year in a wheelchair,” said her mother, B.J. Camp, who took her daughter from doctor to…
June 12, 2024
U.S. News & World Report Names UAMS Arkansas’ ‘Best Hospital for Equitable Access’
LITTLE ROCK — U.S. News & World Report named the UAMS Medical Center as an inaugural “Best Regional Hospital for Equitable Access,” recognizing 53 health care institutions that the magazine said both excel in quality and provide substantial access to care to socioeconomically disadvantaged patients.
June 11, 2024
UAMS First in Nation to Offer Groundbreaking Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first medical facility in the United States to provide an innovative therapeutic treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).
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