UAMS News
February 17, 2009
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife’s Career with Nursing Scholarship
Dr. Nicholas Lang establishes a scholarship in honor of his wife, Helen Lang, R.N.
February 13, 2009
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife with Nursing Scholarship
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – The importance of patient care in the operating room isn’t lost on Nicholas Lang, M.D., chief medical officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.</FONT>
February 11, 2009
Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says
It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities to achieve true social justice, the president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation said at an event Feb. 5 to commemorate Black History Month and the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
February 9, 2009
UAMS-sponsored Midsouth Summit Black Expo Celebrates Black History Month
<font class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The Fifth Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Cancer Control Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will celebrate black history month with an event highlighting the importance of cancer screenings and education. </font><br>
February 6, 2009
UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10
A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008.
February 5, 2009
UAMS Family Medicine Researchers Receive $985,000 Grant to Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – A $985,000 grant will help more University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) resident physicians reach Arkansas patients about the importance of colon cancer screenings.</FONT>
Child Inspires Donation of Phototherapy Machine to UAMS
For 5-year-old Helen Woodyard and her family, the 320-mile trip from their Little Rock home to Dallas for her medical treatment became all too familiar.
February 4, 2009
Cory Leigh Taylor Named to Development Post At UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – Cory Leigh Taylor has been named director of development for cancer initiatives at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Her position will focus primarily on fundraising efforts for the Cancer Institute expansion currently under construction.</FONT>
February 3, 2009
UAMS Workshop March 13 to Offer Insight into Community-based Research Process
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – A free workshop at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will provide insight into the process of community-based participatory research (CPBR). CPBR is research that is conducted as an equal partnership between traditionally trained experts and members of a community. Continuing education credits will be offered.</FONT>
February 2, 2009
Weight Loss Helps Reduce Urinary Incontinence, Study Finds
Losing weight helps women reduce urinary incontinence, according to a clinical trial co-authored by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) researcher and published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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