UAMS News
October 16, 2007
UAMS Earns 10-Year Reaccreditation, Praise from Evaluators
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently learned that it has been reaccredited another 10 years by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
October 11, 2007
October Science Café – ‘Breast Cancer: Are We Really Making Progress?’
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, ‘Breast Cancer: Are We Really Making Progress?’ on Oct. 23.
October 10, 2007
Shaughnessy Group Myeloma Research Gets Scientific Boost
It often takes years for scientific findings to advance from the lab to the patient’s bedside, often because of the need for independent verification of those findings.
UAMS Performs Record 7,000th Stem-Cell Transplant
LITTLE ROCK – The internationally known treatment program for multiple myeloma at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reached another milestone today as Jeffrey Zwerin of California received the 7,000th stem-cell transplant procedure performed at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy.
October 9, 2007
Richard Morrison, Ph.D., Receives UAMS Endowed Chair in Sciences Basic to Medicine
LITTLE ROCK – Richard P. Morrison, Ph.D., today became the inaugural recipient of the Chair in Sciences Basic to Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Morrison was named professor and chairman of the UAMS Department of Microbiology and Immunology Sept. 1.
October 8, 2007
Spit for the Cure Offers Unique Opportunity for Women To Participate in Breast Cancer Research
LITTLE ROCK – A research study at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is designed to establish one of the largest and most rapidly assembled groups of women to aid in the study of breast cancer occurrence.
Shoppers Receive 20 Percent Discount at More Than 200 Arkansas Shops with UAMS’ Partners Card
LITTLE ROCK — More than 140 stores in central Arkansas and more than 60 stores in Northwest Arkansas will offer discounts on their merchandise Oct. 27 through Nov. 4 as part of the Partners Card, with proceeds benefiting cancer patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
October 4, 2007
UAMS Hosts Former Surgeon General for Lecture on Bone Health
LITTLE ROCK – Former United States Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D., will give a free public lecture on bone health and the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
October 1, 2007
Tiny Hands Monster Bash Oct. 27 to Benefit UAMS Family Home, Neonatal Nursery
LITTLE ROCK – Celebrate Halloween early by attending the Tiny Hands Monster Bash, a fundraiser benefiting the UAMS Family Home and UAMS Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at Pavilion in the Park, 8201 Cantrell, in Little Rock.
September 28, 2007
UAMS Renames Cancer Center for Winthrop P. Rockefeller
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) honored the late Winthrop P. Rockefeller, former Arkansas lieutenant governor, today by renaming its Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) for him while celebrating the groundbreaking for a major expansion to the facility.
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