Nov. 8, 2018 | LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received a $604,208 grant to study how an abnormal protein found in ovarian cancer and some brain tumors helps tumors grow. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the three-year grant to Karen Abbott, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAMS College...
July 27, 2018 | July 27, 2018 | Patients of the UAMS Myeloma Institute were recently wrapped in additional care and comfort, thanks to the nationwide Subaru Loves to Care initiative by the vehicle manufacturer in partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
LITTLE ROCK — Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., a myeloma researcher and clinician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was lead author on a recently published paper that for the first time establishes treatment guidelines for patients with a form of Castleman disease, a rare disorder of the lymph nodes and related…
Sept. 12, 2108 | Those who pursue a medical degree know the endeavor isn’t all fun and games but at times, learning and levity can intersect. Just ask the new UAMS radiology residents who recently found themselves locked in a room, working together to escape the clutches of a fictional crazy physician with hazardous nuclear materials.
A program to provide homeless and near homeless pregnant women and mothers with young children access to behavioral health services was announced today by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Our House, a Little Rock non-profit center serving homeless and near-homeless populations in central Arkansas. The Home Together project is funded with…
UAMS volunteers are collecting non-perishable food items through Nov. 16 to benefit UAMS employees and the Arkansas Foodbank.
Here’s a Bake Sale just in time for Thanksgiving. Join us and support three Head Start classrooms this holiday season. The sale will be in the Biomed 1, second floor atrium area Nov. 20, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The Office of Human Resources will host the annual benefits fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the ground floor concourse of the Education II Building. A smaller version of the benefits fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Children’s Hall on the Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus.
SAP and ESS Portal will be down for monthly maintenance and reboot on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The UAMS Scrub Sale, sponsored by the UAMS Medical Auxiliary, will be held in the Lobby Gallery Nov. 26-28. Sale hours will be Monday, Nov. 26, 9:30 a.m. -5 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 27, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; and Wednesday, Nov. 28, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
On Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving, you will be able to purchase food and convenience items at the Lobby Café. All other outlets will be closed for the Thanksgiving holidays.
The UAMS College of Nursing’s ‘Share the Warmth’ Blanket Drive for the homeless population of Little Rock has started. A blanket collection box will be placed by the 12th Street box one the first floor of the Rahn Building near the Metro Deli space.
UAMS faculty and standardized patients joined faculty and students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance to present “W;t,” Oct. 24 in the Rahn Building.
The UAMS Holiday Celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Cafeteria, which will be closed to the public.