UAMS News
February 22, 2007
UAMS Announces $4 Million Gift from Doyle and Raye Rogers Family
LITTLE ROCK —The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today announced a gift of $4 million from Doyle and Josephine Raye Rogers of Batesville; their daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Paul Hoover; and their son and daughter-in-law, Doyle “Rog” and Carolyn Rogers, all of Little Rock.
February 21, 2007
UAMS Seeks Public Comments on Accreditation
LITTLE ROCK – Written public comments about the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are being invited as part of the institution’s effort to become re-accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
February 20, 2007
UAMS Breast Cancer Awareness Program Receives Grant from Avon Foundation
LITTLE ROCK — The Witness Project, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to increase awareness of breast cancer, has been awarded a $30,000 one-year grant from the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund. It is the sixth year that the program has received Avon Foundation funding.
February 12, 2007
UAMS-sponsored Midsouth Summit Black Expo Celebrates Black History Month with Health Screenings and More
LITTLE ROCK — The Third Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) Cancer Control Outreach Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will celebrate Black History Month with health screenings, entertainment and more from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center
UAMS BioVentures, Researcher Ink Deal With Rx Company
LITTLE ROCK – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher, working through UAMS BioVentures, has licensed the rights to a bacterial strain that may lead to a vaccine for certain antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.
February 9, 2007
AAMC Journal Features UAMS Program as Model to Promote Student Health
LITTLE ROCK – A program teaming the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and schools across the state was recently featured in the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) as an effective method for reaching thousands of teachers and students about behavioral health issues.
February 7, 2007
UAMS’ Ryan Voted President-Elect of Medical Library Association
LITTLE ROCK – Mary L. Ryan, director of the library at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been chosen president-elect of the national Medical Library Association (MLA).
February 6, 2007
UAMS Pharmaceutical Sciences Program Ranked Fifth in Nation for Faculty Research
LITTLE ROCK – The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was ranked fifth in the nation recently for the amount of published and cited research by its faculty, according to rankings published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
February 1, 2007
Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered Feb. 28, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available Feb. 28 to Phillips 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. Women who want to receive the screenings should call (800) 275-1183 to see…
January 31, 2007
UAMS’ Baker Named to National Ultrasound Exam Task Force
LITTLE ROCK – Anthony Baker, an instructor in the diagnostic medical sonography program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been selected by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) to assist with the development of national certification examinations for sonographers.
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