UAMS News


December 13, 2007

UAMS Hosts Tribute for Myeloma Survivors

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Jeff Glanz, of Broken Arrow, Okla., was 35 years old with two young children when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.


December 12, 2007

UAMS Names Tyler Administrator for Psychiatric Research Institute

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LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently announced that Laura H. Tyler, Ph.D., has been named administrator for its Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), where she brings more than 17 years of administrative experience in the behavioral health field.


December 10, 2007

State Telemedicine Programs Share $4.2 Million FCC Award Administered by UAMS

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LITTLE ROCK – A $4.2 million federal award to an alliance of health care organizations including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will boost efforts to extend health care access to rural Arkansas.


December 4, 2007

Aubrey Hough, M.D., Named UAMS Endowed Chair in Oncologic Pathology

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LITTLE ROCK – Aubrey Hough Jr., M.D., today became recipient of the Drs. Mae and Anderson Nettleship Endowed Chair in Oncologic Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


November 29, 2007

UAMS College of Public Health Secures $20.4 Million in Grants

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LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has secured grants totaling more than $20 million.


November 26, 2007

UAMS Researchers Transfer Immune Response to Myeloma Patient

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LITTLE ROCK – Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have for the first time transferred an immune response in a healthy individual to a patient with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, showing promise for cancer vaccination.


November 21, 2007

UAMS Nursing Leader Recognized for Disaster Preparedness Education

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LITTLE ROCK – Cheryl Schmidt, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has been inducted as an inaugural fellow in the National League for Nursing’s recently established Academy of Nursing Education.


November 19, 2007

UAMS Receives $2 Million Gift from Sharpe Charitable Trust

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LITTLE ROCK – After his wife Edna died of cancer in 1969, family and friends say Buren Sharpe wanted to support cancer research somehow. That’s why he designated a $2 million gift to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from the Buren and Edna Sharpe Charitable Remainder Trust.


November 16, 2007

November Science Café Topic Is ‘Climate Change & 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, “Climate Change & Arkansas” on Nov. 27.


November 14, 2007

UAMS Hosts Free Thyroid Seminar on Nov. 29 in Springdale

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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. Nov. 29 in the chapel at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Ave., in Springdale.



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