UAMS News
August 11, 2011
Stebbins Family Gives $738,000 Toward Second UAMS Cardiovascular Chair
Aug. 11, 2011 | A gift of more than $738,000 from the estate of the late Howard and Elsie Stebbins was given Aug. 9 to help fund their longtime vision of a cardiovascular research chair at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
UAMS Sets September Computer Classes for People 50 and Up
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – File Management, Basic Spreadsheet/Excel, Fundamentals for Beginners and Word Processing will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.</span>
August 10, 2011
UAMS, ACHRI Start-Up Receives $1.6 Million to Develop Test for Acetaminophen Liver Injury
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A start-up company of UAMS BioVentures that is based at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute has been awarded a $1.69 million federal grant for research and testing in the development of a test to diagnose acetaminophen liver injury.</span>
Surgeon Modrall Joins UAMS Vascular Team
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – J. Gregory Modrall, M.D., a board-certified general and vascular surgeon, is now seeing patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). </span>
August 9, 2011
Public Health Data Website Now in Spanish
LITTLE ROCK – A Spanish version of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) website providing easy access to valuable public health statistics and research specific to all 75 Arkansas counties is now available.
August 8, 2011
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Celebrates 10th Year
Aug. 8, 2011 | Celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has changed the dynamics of keeping Arkansans healthy.
Cancer Forces Runner to Make Tough Decision
Aug. 8, 2011 | By the time Rhonda Ellis arrived at UAMS to see Richard Nicholas, M.D., she was worried. After more tests, Nicholas told her and her husband, John, it could be a low-grade cancer — possibly a clear-cell chondrosarcoma growing inside the femur, or hip bone.
August 6, 2011
Holding On
Solita Johnson-Davis was reeling as she got off the phone. The oncologist had bluntly informed the 27-year-old Little Rock realtor that she had cervical cancer. “I was in such a state I was dizzy. I went to my mom and said, ‘I need a second opinion.’ I wanted a doctor I could easily talk to.”…
August 5, 2011
Gala for Life Sept. 16 to Benefit UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The 16th annual Gala for Life, benefiting the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is scheduled for Sept. 16 at the Statehouse Convention Center.</span>
August 4, 2011
UAMS to Hold Support Sessions for Early-Stage Dementia
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A series of education and support sessions for those with early-stage dementia and their family members is being offered Sept. 12 – Oct. 10 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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