UAMS News
December 10, 2007
State Telemedicine Programs Share $4.2 Million FCC Award Administered by UAMS
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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.
Tim Hudson Named UAMS Director of Development for Northwest Arkansas Region
LITTLE ROCK – Tim W. Hudson has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Development and Alumni Affairs as director of development for the northwest Arkansas region.
November 9, 2007
Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered Dec. 5, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available Dec. 5 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.
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