UAMS News


October 17, 2012

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.


UAMS Sets SeniorNet November Computer Classes

Ben Boulden

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes on <i>Fundamentals for Beginners, Introduction to Computers, The Internet and Genealogy-Legacy 7 </i>will be taught in late October to late November for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The extended schedule is to allow for the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no classes the holiday week.<br />
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October 11, 2012

UAMS Awarded $5.5 Million from NIH to Study Health Disparities

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a five-year grant extension from the National Institutes of Health worth more than $5.5 million. </p>


October 10, 2012

Renowned Breast Cancer Researcher Presents Blass Lecture

John

The late philanthropist Elizabeth Weitzenhoffer “Betsy” Blass believed in the power of knowledge and research. She also was passionate about her volunteer involvement at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


October 23 Science Cafe ‘Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – Oh, My’

Ben Boulden

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression – Oh, My! on Oct. 23. Panelists will discuss cutting-edge research as well as the causes and treatments involved in behavioral problems.</span>



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