UAMS News


June 25, 2012

Rate of Severe Reactions Higher Than Expected in Children with Food Allergies, Report UAMS-ACHRI Researchers

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Young children with allergies to milk, eggs or peanuts experienced allergic reactions more often and with more severity than researchers expected, reported the group that included scientists from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI).</span>


Bradley County Medical Center Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Sally Graham

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


June 22, 2012

Eye for the Art of Living

Sally Graham

June 22, 2012 | E-V-O-T-Z-2, said 14-year-old Ryan Longood, reading from an eye chart, during a post-operation check-up with John David Pemberton, D.O., an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


Aaron Ricca Wins UAMS Marvin Award for Microscopic Anatomy

Sally Graham

June 22, 2012 | Aaron Ricca, son of Greg Ricca, M.D., and Dallie Ricca, M.D., of Jonesboro, has won the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for achieving the highest numerical score in his freshman medical microscopic anatomy course at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


June 21, 2012

Educators Invited to UAMS Teaching With Technology Seminar

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Educators from across the state are invited to attend the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Teaching with Technology Symposium on July 19-20. Educators in higher education, K-12, corporate training, and faith-based learning should find the programs helpful for their educational programs.</span>


College of Pharmacy Hosts 37 Students at Summer Camp

Sally Graham

June 21, 2012 | Cindy Hunt meticulously added drops of the fragrance Victoria Secret’s Pink to her glycerin soap.


June 20, 2012

UAMS Receives $640,118 for Mental Health Study

David Robinson

June 20, 2012 | The Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $640,118 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the mental health needs of rural African-Americans.


UAMS to Receive $640,118 to Study Mental Health Needs of Rural African-Americans

Sally Graham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $640,118 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the mental health needs of rural African-Americans.</span>


UAMS College of Pharmacy Initiates Campuswide Effort to Open Community Health and Wellness Center

Nate Hinkel

June 20, 2012 – With the donation last fall of a building near 12th and Cedar streets four blocks south of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the College of Pharmacy is working with all units at UAMS to establish a community-based, student-provided, interprofessional health and wellness center.


June 19, 2012

UAMS’ Schmieding Center Receives $3.5 Million Made Possible by Affordable Care Act

Sally Graham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education, a Springdale-based program of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $3.5 million federal award to expand its home caregiver training in Hawaii, Texas, California and Arkansas.</span>



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