UAMS News


March 12, 2008

New Check-Off on 2007 State Income Tax Forms to Benefit Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative

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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas tax filers this year have the option to donate all or part of their income tax refunds to help build a statewide cord blood banking system that will be based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS College of Pharmacy to Host Summer Camp June 15-20

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LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy will hold its second summer camp for high school students June 15-20. The deadline for applications is March 21.


Walker Joins UAMS Obstetrics-Gynecology Faculty

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LITTLE ROCK – Christy Walker, M.D., has joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine as an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.


March 11, 2008

UAMS Sponsors Free Admission March 15 to Museum of Discovery for Brain Awareness Week

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LITTLE ROCK – Celebrate National Brain Awareness Week with free admission March 15 to the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School and the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.


March 6, 2008

March 25, Science Café – ‘NASA, Space Science & Arkansas’

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LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, “NASA, Space Science & Arkansas” on March 25. Arkansas space research from cutting-edge robotics and advanced material development to the BalloonSat (satellite) program will be presented.


February 27, 2008

Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered March 20, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project

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LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available March 20 to Lee County women 40 and older who qualify through The Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health.


February 22, 2008

UAMS Hosts Free Incontinence, Impotence Seminar March 13

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LITTLE ROCK – Following years of unsuccessful medical treatments and other options for incontinence and impotence, Missouri veterinarian Galen Bird turned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for surgery and is now “a new person.”


UAMS Names Smith Director of Continuing Medical Education

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LITTLE ROCK – Melissa Smith was named director of continuing medical education for the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


February 15, 2008

National Award Recognizes UAMS Dean for Turning Research Into Policy

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LITTLE ROCK – Jim Raczynski, Ph.D., founding dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has won a national award that recognizes his efforts for turning research into government policy.


UAMS of Offer Free Thyroid Seminar In Hot Springs Village March 13

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LITTLE ROCK – Physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Thyroid Center will conduct a free seminar on the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid conditions at 6 p.m. March 13 at the Coronado Community Center, 150 Ponderosa Lane, in Hot Springs Village.



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