UAMS News
March 19, 2007
UAMS Researchers Find New Tool For Identifying High-Risk Myeloma Patients
LITTLE ROCK – A genetic analysis model developed by researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has outperformed all current clinical tests for identifying patients with aggressive multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.
March 16, 2007
UAMS Surgeon Develops Procedure to Prevent Arm Swelling in Breast Cancer Patients
LITTLE ROCK – A surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has developed a new procedure to prevent one of the most common side effects associated with breast cancer treatment – lymphedema or swelling of the arms due to faulty drainage of the lymph nodes.
UAMS College of Pharmacy Summer Camp for High School Students
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy will hold Summer Camp 2007 for high school students June 17-22. Participants will be introduced to career opportunities in pharmacy and pharmacy education at UAMS.
March 15, 2007
UAMS Establishes State’s First Liver Disease Referral Center
LITTLE ROCK – Liver transplant and internal medicine specialists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today announced creation of Arkansas’ first Liver Disease Referral Center to provide comprehensive care for the most serious liver conditions.
March 14, 2007
Irby Named UAMS Assistant Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing
LITTLE ROCK – Tim Irby has been named assistant vice chancellor of marketing and advertising at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Laura Hutchins, M.D., Receives UAMS Endowed Chair Named for Virginia Clinton Kelley
LITTLE ROCK – Laura Hutchins, M.D., today became the inaugural recipient of the Virginia Clinton Kelley Endowed Chair in Clinical Breast Cancer Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
March 8, 2007
UAMS BioVentures Gets $25,000 From Fifty for the Future
LITTLE ROCK – Fifty for the Future, a group of central Arkansas business leaders, has donated $25,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures program.
March 7, 2007
UAMS Co-sponsors Monthly Science Café at Little Rock Coffeehouse
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, a monthly forum to exchange intellectual ideas, will be held at Sufficient Grounds Coffeehouse starting March 20 in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), Southwestern Energy, Little Rock Zoo, and the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.
UAMS Physician Named Finalist for Humanism in Medicine Award
LITTLE ROCK — Purushottam B. Thapa, M.D., a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected as a distinguished finalist for the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Humanism in Medicine Award.
March 5, 2007
UAMS Study Finds Arkansas Autism Rate Among Highest
LITTLE ROCK – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study has found that 1 in 145 Arkansas children has autism, the fourth highest rate among 14 states participating in a national study.
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