UAMS News


October 22, 2012

Anesthesiologists Raise $634,000 for Pablo Chair

Ben Boulden

Oct. 12, 2012 | If money equals speech, then the anesthesiologists of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have spoken loudly in praise of Carmelita S. Pablo, M.D., chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the UAMS College of Medicine.


October 19, 2012

TRI Improving Odds for Research Success

David Robinson

Oct. 19, 2012 | Last spring, anticipation was building for the first Triple Crown winner since 1978, but the promising colt never made it on the track.


October 18, 2012

Former Surgeon General Talks Health Disparities

Ben Boulden

Oct. 18, 2012 | Jocelyn Elders, M.D. and former U.S. surgeon general, exhorted physicians Oct. 10 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to “educate, educate, educate” and take a stronger leadership role to reduce health disparities nationwide.


October 17, 2012

UAMS Student Pharmacists Win National Business Plan Competition

Nate Hinkel

Oct. 17, 2012 | A team of five University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) student pharmacists won the prestigious National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Competition during the organization’s annual convention on Oct. 14 in San Diego.


Westbrook Named Cancer Institute Volunteer of the Year

Nate Hinkel

Oct. 17, 2012 | Jonnie Westbrook has touched the lives of thousands of cancer patients and their families. But she’s not a doctor or a nurse. She’s not even paid for her hours of tireless work.


Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., Named UAMS Internal Medicine Division Director

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — Robert Hopkins, M.D., has been named director of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</p>


October 16, 2012

UAMS Audiologist Receives Second Cochlear Implant

Jon Parham

Oct. 16, 2012 | Audiologist Samuel R. Atcherson, Ph.D., has a more personal view of hearing loss than some in his profession since he began losing his own hearing at age 3.


UAMS Researcher Awarded $1.6 Million Grant to Train Therapists to Treat Young Trauma Victims

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Better care and more effective services for young children exposed to trauma will be available through a $1.6 million federal grant awarded Oct. 1 to a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher.</p>


October 15, 2012

Medical Students Plant Trees to Honor Ultimate Donation

Jon Parham

Oct. 15, 2012 | The first time second-year medical student Teri Moak encountered a cadaver in a gross anatomy class, her reaction was like many students — it was a strongly emotional experience.


October 12, 2012

TRI, Clinton School Aiding 12th Street Effort

David Robinson

Oct. 12, 2012 | A UAMS College of Pharmacy effort to offer health care and wellness services for residents of Little Rock’s 12th Street community is getting some additional help from a partnership that involves the Translational Research Institute and the William J. Clinton School of Public Service.



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