UAMS News


December 12, 2011

UAMS Simulation Instructors Draw a Crowd in India

David Robinson

Dec. 12, 2011 | When UAMS staff arrived in Hyderabad, India, to teach nursing students and faculty how to train with manikins that simulate patient responses, they expected more than 100 to attend.


December 9, 2011

Young Women Explore Orthopaedics Careers

David Robinson

Dec. 9, 2011 | Saws buzzed and drills whirred on a recent Saturday as 28 young women with goggles and scrubs inserted rods into leg bones and repaired knee ligaments in a lab at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


December 8, 2011

UAMS Head Start Carolers Charm Chancellor, Dean

David Robinson

Dec. 8, 2011 | Wearing sleigh bell wristbands, Santa hats, and other red and white attire, a group of UAMS Head Start preschoolers brought enthusiastic performances of traditional holiday favorites to UAMS administrators and staff this week.


Stanford, UAMS Study Offers First Look at Restaurants’ Response to Prohibiting Toys With Unhealthy Meals

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Some restaurants recently prohibited from using toys to promote unhealthy children’s meals in California responded by promoting healthier menu items with toys, but no restaurants added healthier menu items, according to a study that involved a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher.


Fifteen Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards

Jon Parham

Dec. 8, 2011 | UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., hailed 15 faculty members Nov. 29 for excellence and innovation in preparing future health care professionals as he presented them teaching awards.


December 7, 2011

Grassroots Group Raises Funds for Breast Cancer Research, Programs

David Robinson

Dec. 7, 2011 | Something special happens every Tuesday in south Arkansas’ Ashley County: Everyone wears pink.


UAMS Fort Smith Family Medical Center Expands, to Add Residents

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center – Fort Smith, has added a 4,378-square-foot clinic building and is planning to increase its number of family medicine residents to 30.


UAMS Myeloma Institute Names Ammon to Lead Advisory Board

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Carol A. Ammon, of Wilmington, Del., founder and retired chief executive officer and chairman of Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., has been named chairman of the advisory board for the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). <br />
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December 5, 2011

Gift Endows McGehee Lectureship in Graduate School

Jon Parham

Dec. 5, 2011 | A $150,000 gift honoring UAMS Graduate School Dean Robert McGehee, Ph.D., will establish the first distinguished lectureship in the school.


Award Caps Year of Honors for UAMS Batesville-Mt. Home Educator

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – UAMS’ Thomas Jones of Batesville recently received the 2011 Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care Educator of the Year award for his leadership of respiratory care educational programs in north central Arkansas.



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