UAMS News


October 18, 2011

Information Week Ranks UAMS for Technology Use

Jon Parham

Oct. 18, 2011 | Development of a new Web-based clinical trial management system garnered recognition for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as one of the nation’s most innovative users of technology, according to the annual ranking by business technology magazine Information Week.


October 14, 2011

UAMS Hosts Oct. 28 Lead-Safe Practices Workshop for Contractors to Become Certified Under EPA Rule

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Contractors can register now for a daylong workshop on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint in older homes to be held starting at 8 a.m. on Oct. 28 in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.</span>


Oct. 25, Science Café – Pain: Fact & Fiction

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Pain: Fact & Fiction on Oct. 25. Panelists will discuss how the body interprets pain from different stimuli, as well as innovative ways to assess and treat it. </span>


October 13, 2011

UAMS Sets November Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes on Genealogy – Legacy 7, Quicken 2010, Word 2007, and Introduction to Computers will be taught in November for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


Frazier Takes Reins as Dean of the UAMS College of Nursing

Nate Hinkel

Oct. 13, 2011 | Lorraine Frazier, Ph.D., R.N., this week has officially started as dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, a post that already has her on the move.


October 12, 2011

UAMS Dedicates Larger KIDS FIRST in Morrilton

Jon Parham

Oct. 12, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) KIDS FIRST program opened a new, larger home for its Morrilton clinic on Oct. 11, dedicating it to the memory of longtime champion and Morrilton native, Robert H. Fiser Jr., M.D.


Neurosurgeon Cifarelli Joins UAMS

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Christopher P. Cifarelli, M.D., Ph.D., a neurosurgeon, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and is seeing patients at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.


October 11, 2011

UAMS’ McComber Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Human Resources

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Kathleen McComber, senior director of human resources for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been awarded the Jim Wilkes Lifetime Achievement award by the Society for Human Resource Management, Arkansas Council.


UAMS Dedicates New, Larger KIDS FIRST Facility in Morrilton

Jon Parham

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) KIDS FIRST program today opened a new, larger home for its Morrilton clinic, dedicating it to the memory of longtime champion and Morrilton native, Robert H. Fiser Jr., M.D.


Grad Students Don Lab Coats in Research Induction

Jon Parham

Oct. 11, 2011 | Following two years of classroom work, 34 graduate students donned while lab coats in a recent ceremony that signified the next step toward earning their doctorate.



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