UAMS News
March 27, 2013
UAMS Researcher Creates Asthma App for Teens
March 27, 2013 | Asthma rates among certain populations of children in Arkansas are nearly three times the national rate, which has led UAMS’ Tamara Perry, M.D., to test novel methods for addressing the condition.
Faculty Member Establishes UAMS College of Pharmacy Scholarship
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Jan Hastings, Pharm.D., longtime University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy faculty member and her husband, Terry, of Benton, have made an initial leadership gift to establish an endowed scholarship.</span>
March 21, 2013
Free Seminar to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network
<span 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 April 10 at National Park Community College in Hot Springs.</span>
UAMS Receives Funding to Continue Health Program at Mexican Consulate
LITTLE ROCK – Health education and screening programs provided by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health to the more than 30,000 annual visitors to the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock got a $35,000 boost today from the Mexican government.
UAMS College of Public Health Receives Funding to Continue Health Initiatives at the Mexican Consulate
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Health education and screening programs provided by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health to the more than 30,000 annual visitors to the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock got a $35,000 boost today from the Mexican government. </p>
Myeloma Patients Enjoy Games, Each Other

March 21, 2013 | “I’m not sure about this because I’ve never played this game before, but I think I’ve got a bingo,” said Raymonna Jean of Haiti.
March 20, 2013
UAMS’ Sarah Beth Harrington, M.D., Named Fellow of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Sarah Beth Harrington, M.D., medical director of the Palliative Care Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), earned the designation Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). She sees patients in the Palliative Care Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>
UAMS, Columbia ALS Study To Focus on Adult Stem Cells
March 20, 2013 | A Columbia University professor March 19 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) explained his research into adult stem cells as part of the search for a treatment or cure for ALS — unofficially inaugurating the beginning of a research collaboration between the two universities.
March 19, 2013
Event Celebrates Phenomenal UAMS Women
March 19, 2013 | Twenty-three women working at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were honored today as phenomenal for their dedication and accomplishments.
Verizon Foundation Awards $20,000 to PA Program
March 19, 2013 | The Physician Assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions recently received $20,000 from the Verizon Foundation to equip students in the new program with skills to recognize and care for victims of domestic violence.
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