UAMS News


April 12, 2012

UAMS Receives Komen Funding for Mobile Mammography Unit

Nate Hinkel

April 12, 2012 | More Arkansas woman will have access to breast cancer screening thanks to a grant supporting the mobile mammography program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


April 11, 2012

Nicolás Bianchi, M.D., Named Medical Director of UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – <span style=”background: white; color: black;”>Nicolás Bianchi</span>, M.D., has been appointed medical director of AR SAVES (Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support), a stroke care program led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). </p>


April 10, 2012

Five Bentonville Stroke Patients Receive Clot Buster

David Robinson

April 10, 2012 | Rhonda Smith’s stroke was about as severe as they come. Her chance for survival was slim without immediate access to a stroke neurologist who could correctly diagnose her type of stroke so she could receive a powerful clot-dissolving drug.


UAMS Sets May Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes on Fundamentals for Beginners, Print Artist Graphics, Genealogy and Introduction to Computers will be taught in May for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Genealogy is taught only once a year. <br />
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April 9, 2012

New Cancer Research Labs Designed to Encourage Collaboration

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>April 9, 2012 | Cancer research in Arkansas took a huge step forward today with the unveiling of new research labs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</span>


Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 12 home opening game “Strike Out Stroke Night,” an event developed in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES.


Kentucky Derby Watch Party May 5 to Benefit UAMS Programs

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans are invited to central Arkansas’ premier Kentucky Derby watch party and silent auction May 5 when the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosts the ninth annual Julep Cup Jaunt.</span>


Gaddy Receives Outstanding Woman Faculty Award

Jon Parham

April 9, 2012 | Hailed as an excellent role model, educator, researcher and mentor, Dana Gaddy, Ph.D., has received the 2012 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the UAMS College of Medicine Women’s Faculty Development Caucus.


April 4, 2012

Johnson Named Epidemiology Chair at UAMS College of Public Health

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Eric Johnson, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. </p>


April 3, 2012

UAMS to Hold Support Sessions for Mild Dementia

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A series of education and support sessions for those with mild dementia and their family members is being offered May 7 – June 11 by the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Alzheimer’s Arkansas. </span>



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