UAMS News
October 17, 2012
Westbrook Named Cancer Institute Volunteer of the Year
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
<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
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
<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
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
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
<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
<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
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’
<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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