UAMS News


May 12, 2011

Research Gives Insight into Macular Degeneration

Nate Hinkel

May 12, 2011 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers studying Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has identified new vessel growth by a compound that ultimately could lead to a better understanding of how AMD is formed and more effective wound care.


May 11, 2011

UAMS Names Development Head for College of Medicine

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Rachelle Sanders has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the executive director of development for the College of Medicine.</span>


UAMS Wins National Telemedicine Award

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has earned a national telemedicine award for its use of broadband technology to provide health care to rural Arkansans.</span>


May 10, 2011

Research Gives Insight into Macular Degeneration

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers studying Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has identified new vessel growth by a compound that ultimately could lead to a better understanding of how AMD is formed and more effective wound care.</span>


UAMS Wins National Telemedicine Award

David Robinson

May 10, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has earned a national telemedicine award for its use of broadband technology to provide health care to rural Arkansans.


May 9, 2011

Fourth-Year Medical Student Awarded Neurology Prize

Nate Hinkel

May 9, 2011 | Kristoffer Nissinen, a fourth-year medical student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, was awarded the Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology at a presentation May 6.


UAMS to Offer Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screening May 13

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free oral, head and neck cancer screenings from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 13 on the sixth floor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. </span>


May 6, 2011

Jones Honored as Outstanding Woman Faculty Member

Jon Parham

May 6, 2011 | Pediatrics professor Stacie M. Jones, M.D., a respected teacher as well as an internationally recognized leader in pediatric allergy research, was honored as the 2011 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award recipient at the recent dinner of the UAMS College of Medicine’s Women’s Faculty Development Caucus.


Clinical Trial Drugs Thwart Patient’s Thyroid Cancer

David Robinson

May 6, 2011| Before she enrolled in a UAMS clinical trial, Minnie Storment, 68, of Plainview, thought she had received every possible treatment for her thyroid cancer.


UAMS Recognized as a Top Producer of Family Medicine Doctors

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received national recognition as one of the top 10 producers of family medicine physicians. </span>



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