UAMS News


April 25, 2012

UAMS Hosts Tony Award-Winning Musical Drama “Next to Normal” May 15 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A performance of the Tony Award winning musical drama “Next to Normal” will be hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute on May 15 at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. </span>


April 23, 2012

Former Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services Visits UAMS

Nate Hinkel

April 23, 2012 | While great strides are being made to address the population’s health needs, the path to a more efficient health care system in America is “not merely a rifle shot, it’s much more comparable to a buckshot,” according to a former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


April 20, 2012

MammoVan Honored with Josetta Wilkins Award

Nate Hinkel

April 20, 2012 | For thousands of women in Arkansas, the act of getting a mammogram is as simple as visiting their local clinic. But for the remainder of women in the state, it’s not quite so simple.


UAMS Investigating Breach of Information

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has discovered a breach of patient information, which resulted when a document sent to an individual outside of UAMS for analysis of billing charges was not properly de-identified. </span>


Piggott Community Hospital Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK –Piggott Community Hospital has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.


UAMS Cancer Institute to Host Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings April 27

Susan Van Dusen

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK<b> </b>– The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host free oral, head and neck cancer screenings April 27. </p>


April 19, 2012

UAMS, CARTI Agree on Sale of Clinic Assets

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – CARTI and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have reached an agreement regarding the sale by CARTI to UAMS of all assets associated with the CARTI clinic located on the UAMS campus in Little Rock. </span>


U.S. News & World Report Names UAMS Geriatrics Program No. 7 in the Nation, Topping Yale and Others

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The geriatrics program in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) placed in the top 10 geriatrics programs in the nation in the latest U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”</span>


April 18, 2012

April 24, Science Café – ‘To Market, To Market: Local & Organic Produce’

Nate Hinkel

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<p><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, <i>To Market, To Market: Local & Organic Produce, </i>on April 24. Panelists will discuss organic farming, buying, preparing and storing fresh produce at home, and offering local produce in restaurants.</span></p>


April 17, 2012

UAMS Students Display Research Work

Jon Parham

April 17, 2012 | Nearly 100 graduate students displayed research posters and discussed their work with peers and UAMS faculty as part of the annual Student Research Day on April 10.



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