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April 16, 2020
New Repository Helps Faculty Stay on Tenure Track During COVID-19
Before Arkansas had its first COVID-19 case, the reality of the impending pandemic was already setting in for UAMS faculty as cancellations for scientific conferences worldwide were announced one after another like falling dominos. For scientists and academics, presenting to their peers at conferences is one of the main ways other than publications that they…
April 15, 2020
No Pain, No Recovery Time, No Scar after New Hysterectomy Surgery
Jackie Jones has had surgery before, so she thought she knew what to expect. But when Alexander F. Burnett, M.D., performed her hysterectomy as part of her endometrial cancer treatment, Jones was shocked. “I almost accused him of not doing anything,” said Jones, 67, of Cabot. There was no pain. No scar. She was able…
April 13, 2020
Pathology Chair Jennifer Hunt, M.D., Voted Outstanding Woman Faculty
Jennifer Hunt, M.D., has been voted Outstanding Woman Faculty 2020 by her peers at UAMS as a leader, mentor and nationally recognized champion for women in medicine. Hunt is chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Sciences in the College of Medicine at UAMS. In addition to mentoring individual students and faculty, she has…
April 8, 2020
UAMS Receives $1M Grant for Two Clinical Trials on Opioid Withdrawal in Infants
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in collaboration with the Duke Clinical Research Institute, has received a $1 million federal grant for two clinical trials involving infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). The increase in maternal opioid use has resulted in a rise in the number of infants born with NOWS. The…
April 7, 2020
Louisiana Matriarch Leans on Faith, Family, Friends in Fighting Myeloma
Lessie Credeur’s big, Cajun clan is the heart of the home she shares with husband, Clint, near Lafayette, Louisiana. The stay-at-home mother of six, now enjoying the next generation of her extended family, savors time with her 14 grandchildren, ranging from 16 years to 4 months. “We have 11 girls and three boys and we…
April 6, 2020
Grant Funds New Addiction Treatment Learning for Nursing Students
A new grant from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) will help the UAMS College of Nursing as it educates nurse practitioner students in treating addiction. The $5,000 grant includes access to new online learning modules on identifying addiction, the brain chemistry behind it, patient treatment options, and ethical considerations when caring for patients…
April 3, 2020
Johnathan Goree, M.D., Named Arkansas Physician of the Year by Arkansas Business
Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., an anesthesiologist who specializes in chronic pain and director of the Chronic Pain Division at UAMS was named Arkansas Physician of the Year on April 2 at the Arkansas Business Healthcare Heroes celebration. The annual awards event was held virtually on YouTube because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In presenting the awards,…
April 2, 2020
Diamondhead Man Beats 3 Types of Cancer with UAMS’ ‘World-Class Care’
Larry Seals doesn’t back down from a challenge. As a highly decorated helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, Seals saw more than his share of conflict and hardship. But through it all, he never lost his sense of humor or positive attitude.
March 30, 2020
Research Shows Hypothyroidism Patients Who Choose Alternative Therapies Cite Effectiveness, Improved Symptoms
Three out of four people with an underactive thyroid using an alternative “natural” treatment not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration report that they do so because it is more effective than the standard therapy, according to research from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Mayo Clinic. Freddy J.K….
March 26, 2020
Skelly Grant Funds Digital Health Equipment for Nursing Students
The UAMS College of Nursing has been awarded a grant from the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation to purchase equipment to educate both graduate and undergraduate students in digital health. The grant includes $24,000 in funding, which will be matched by funding from the college. “We want to train students to use devices, such as…
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