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May 22, 2025
1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk on Saturday, May 3, in Little Rock. With a total of 1,700 walkers registered from 71 cities and 10 states, the huge crowd circled the War Memorial Stadium’s outdoor course…
April 29, 2025
UAMS Names Andrew James, Ph.D., as Director of Helen L. Porter, James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center
LITTLE ROCK — Andrew James, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, has been named the director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center, effective May 1.
April 28, 2025
UAMS Medical Center Recertified as Comprehensive Stroke Center
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc.
March 21, 2025
College of Pharmacy Honors Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., with Memorial Scholarship
The UAMS College of Pharmacy has established the Pilar Murphy Memorial Scholarship to honor the beloved alumna and faculty member who died Nov. 2.
March 20, 2025
Speaker at Sandor Lecture Discusses Climate Change’s Impact on Mental Health
The mental health impacts of climate change and the importance of working as a community to mitigate them was the focus of the third annual Richard and Ellen Sandor Lecture Series on Medicine and Sustainability.
March 18, 2025
UAMS Honors Famed Neurosurgeon, Nurse at Symposium
A recent symposium honored the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at UAMS, and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse.
December 26, 2024
Gail Runnells, RN, Wins 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award
Gail Runnells, RN, a clinical research nurse manager at the UAMS Translational Research Institute, recently received the 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award for her outstanding work as a research coordinator, mentor and manager.
December 19, 2024
Head Start Carolers Bring Holiday Spirit to Halls of UAMS
The halls of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were alive with the sound of music Dec. 13 as a line of preschoolers from the UAMS Kennedy Head Start center left a trail of sparkle and song from the chancellor’s office to the Lobby Café. The 13 pint-sized carolers each wore a floppy…
November 21, 2024
UAMS Medical Center Achieves Magnet® Recognition for Clinical Care and Nursing Excellence
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center was awarded the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), achieving designation as a Magnet® hospital.
November 13, 2024
Miss America Madison Marsh Visits UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Miss America Madison Marsh understands what cancer can do to a family. The Fort Smith, Arkansas, native lost her mother, Whitney Marsh, to pancreatic cancer when Madison was just 17 years old.
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