UAMS News
October 16, 2013
UAMS Sets SeniorNet November Computer Classes for People 50 and Up
LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes — Genealogy, Microsoft Word 10, Introduction to Computers – Windows 7, and Holiday Graphics — will be taught in November for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.
October 14, 2013
Nurse Honored for Prescription Drug Abuse Efforts
Every day in the United States, 2,500 youth abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time. This fact is all too familiar to Gary Speed, R.N., a cardiac nurse at UAMS, after his 17-year-old son, Albert, died from a prescription drug overdose in 2006.
October 11, 2013
Indian-American Physicians Honor Rahn
UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., was honored at an Oct. 5 ceremony by the state chapter of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) for his service to the health care needs of Arkansas.
UAMS College of Medicine Recognized as National Leader in Conflict-of-Interest Standards
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine today was recognized in a nationwide study as being among the top five medical schools in meeting national clinical conflict-of-interest (CCOI) standards.
October 9, 2013
Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., Joins UAMS Department of Epidemiology
LITTLE ROCK – Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., has been named associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Bacon Throwdown Raises Money for Patient Fund
The first Rock Town Bacon Throwdown at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock featured 10 local professional chefs all serving samples of dishes that included bacon as an ingredient. Proceeds from the event, hosted by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary’s Aux Crew of young professionals, will go to the UAMS Patient Support Fund.
Fibroids Procedure Doesn’t Slow Runner Down
An avid runner and Zumba teacher, Kanisha Caesar was the picture of perfect health. So when she began experiencing intense pain last spring, she knew something wasn’t right.
October 8, 2013
UAMS Opens, Celebrates Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado
Oct. 8, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
Oct. 22 Science Café: ‘Brain Learning — Just Do it’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Brain Learning — Just Do It, on Oct. 22. Panelists will discuss human learning, reasoning and memory as well as brain mechanisms and cognitive processing.
UAMS Awarded $8.7 Million Contract for Radiation Research
Oct. 8, 2013 | The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised two contract options worth approximately $8.7 million with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to proceed with advanced development of a promising treatment for use in radiological or nuclear emergency situations.
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