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October 21, 2022
UAMS Neurosurgeon Uses Brain-Mapping Software, Laser Ablation to Safely Destroy Mom’s Brain Tumor
| Just three months after giving birth to her daughter, Ashley James learned that a brain tumor she’d had removed nearly two years earlier had returned. Back in October 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pine Bluff native was living in Cleveland, Ohio, when she experienced a severe headache and pain behind…
October 20, 2022
Cyclotron for State’s First Proton Center Arrives at UAMS
Completion of a $65 million expanded University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Radiation Oncology Center that will house Arkansas’ first Proton Center marked an important milestone Oct. 20 with the arrival and installation of the Proton Center’s cyclotron, a type of particle accelerator that serves as a key piece of equipment. “UAMS is proud…
October 18, 2022
UAMS’ Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Seeks Participants for National, Multicenter Clinical Trial for Zoster Eye Disease
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute seeks participants for a national, multicenter clinical trial concerning the varicella-zoster virus, also known as zoster eye disease or shingles of the eye. The Zoster Eye Disease Study has received $15 million in funding from the National Eye…
October 13, 2022
NIH Funds UAMS Effort to Close Patient Outcome Gaps Across U.S. Level 1 and 2 Trauma Centers
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers are hoping to help close wide gaps in trauma patient outcomes across the United States by harnessing new data to help trauma center leaders improve outcomes. Led by Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D., and Kevin Sexton, M.D., the researchers will test which organizational features affect patient…
October 12, 2022
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Welcomes Four New Oncologists
The addition of four new oncologists will expand services and increase access for patients at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its growing network of clinics at Baptist Health locations. “This is our next phase in hematology/oncology expansion as we progress toward NCI designation,” said…
October 4, 2022
Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., Receives American Association for Cancer Research Award
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Bolni Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Career Development Award. The $300,000 award will help Nagalo expand his novel research on virotherapy to treat advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma — work he is conducting in the labs at the UAMS…
October 3, 2022
New Researchers Find Valuable Resources at Research Expo 2022
Research Expo 2022 arrived at a great time for Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., and more than 100 other researchers wanting to learn about and leverage the numerous research resources available at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS). “I am a new…
September 30, 2022
UAMS Satellite Training Centers Make Digital Health Accessible, Understandable for All
New medical innovations are always around the corner. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a host of digital health options that connect patients across the state to providers, often miles away. More virtual visits mean less travel time for patients who don’t live close to their provider, which is a good thing. But…
September 27, 2022
UAMS Internship Program Inspires Next Generation of Cancer Researchers
When asked what he did this summer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Wyatt D’Spain gives a rather unusual response. “I learned how to grow a tumor in a flask, infect it with a virus and reassess how it affected the tumor’s viability,” he said. D’Spain’s summer project was conducted safely under…
September 26, 2022
UAMS Researchers Find Changes in Monkeypox Genome That May Explain Its Recent Rapid Spread
LITTLE ROCK — The rapid spread of monkeypox is unlike the virus’ past outbreaks and may be a result of genetic mutations identified by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers. Led by UAMS’ David Ussery, Ph.D., the UAMS team published its findings this month in the Journal of Applied Microbiology. The team compared…
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