UAMS News


May 7, 2013

UAMS Palliative Care Program Receives National Certification

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Palliative Care Program has received advanced certification, becoming the first in Arkansas and one of only 36 nationally to become accredited under a new national evaluation process. </span>


Free Seminar to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network May 16

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to learn what the Arkansas e-Link statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar May 16 at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City.</p>


Cranmer Receives Graduate School Faculty Member of the Year Award

Liz Caldwell

Morris Cranmer, Ph.D., professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, was named the Graduate School “Faculty Member of the Year” in an awards reception on April 4.


May 6, 2013

Medical Center of South Arkansas Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.  </p>


May 3, 2013

UAMS Names Bowes as Chief Financial Officer

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named veteran higher education and health care financial professional William R. Bowes as chief financial officer. </p>


May 2, 2013

Tariq Named Outstanding Woman Faculty Member

Holland Doran

Sara Tariq, M.D., assistant dean for undergraduate clinical education in the UAMS College of Medicine, received the 2013 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the college’s Women’s Faculty Development Caucus.


May 1, 2013

UAMS College of Public Health Names Tilford Health Policy and Management Chair

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – John “Mick” Tilford, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). <br />
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April 30, 2013

UAMS 12th Street Center ‘Springs Into Wellness’

Holland Doran

Bobby Wilson put his health and well-being on the backburner in the hard times since being out of work and living without health insurance.


April 29, 2013

More Than 1,000 Arkansans Join UAMS-Supported Research Volunteer Registry

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – More than 1,000 Arkansans have signed up to volunteer for research through an online registry that connects them with research opportunities at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and other institutions nationwide.


UAMS Medical Center Honors Volunteers

Nate Hinkel

April 29, 2013 | UAMS volunteers and employees shared laughs, lunch, door prizes and even a few tears as their service was recognized April 25 at the annual UAMS Medical Center Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.



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