UAMS News


December 27, 2011

2011 Finds UAMS Mission Focused

David Robinson

Dec. 27, 2011 | Achievements in patient care, scientific research and health care education made 2011 a good year for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


December 22, 2011

Left Lung Removal Doesn’t Slow Cancer Survivor

David Robinson

Dec. 22, 2011 | Brad Welch, 57, doesn’t look or act like a lung cancer survivor who had his entire left lung removed just six months ago.


UAMS Northwest Dedicates Garden in Memory of Pharmacy Student

Nate Hinkel

Dec. 22, 2011 | A once sparse and bland outdoor space on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus has been transformed into a vibrant and welcoming oasis in memory of a former student.


December 21, 2011

Diana Smithson Named Volunteer of the Year

Nate Hinkel

Dec. 21, 2011 | The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary recently honored one of their own when Diana Smithson was named 2011 Volunteer of the Year.


UAMS College of Nursing Receives $162,000 to Link With Delta Nursing Homes for Education, Patient Care

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Using a $162,002 federal grant, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will soon put telecommunications to work in the Arkansas Delta improving the education levels of nursing home caregivers and enabling UAMS’ geriatrics specialists to see patients in long-term care facilities in the Delta.


Tucker Heads Development at UAMS Psychiatric Institute

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Betty Allen Tucker has been named development director for the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she will be responsible for raising funds and developing donor relationships for the state’s only academic mental-health facility.</span>


December 20, 2011

UAMS’ Beverly Awarded International Nursing Honor

Nate Hinkel

Dec. 20, 2011 | Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing and director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, was given an international award for leadership by the nursing profession’s honor society.


December 16, 2011

UAMS Sets January Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes on Fundamentals for Beginners, Introduction to Computers, Exploring Windows 7 and Intro to the Internet will be taught in January for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


UAMS Professors Lend Expertise to Haiti

David Robinson

Dec. 16, 2011 | Two UAMS professors are helping rebuild Haiti’s clinical laboratory services, a key part of the country’s earthquake-devastated health care system.


December 14, 2011

Two-Time Cancer Survivor Fights Back

David Robinson

Dec. 14, 2011 | Fifteen years after undergoing a mastectomy to remove a cancerous tumor from her right breast, Sherry Tuminello thought her fight was over. Unfortunately, she was wrong.



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