UAMS News
November 2, 2006
UAMS to Offer Free Hepatitis C Screening Nov. 18
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer free screenings for hepatitis C from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the UAMS College of Public Health. Registration is not required, and screenings are limited to the first 500 participants.
November 1, 2006
International Myeloma Foundation Honors UAMS’ Shaughnessy
LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences myeloma researcher John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Ph.D., was honored recently by the International Myeloma Foundation as part of a team of scientists who established the first world repository for DNA collected from myeloma patients and family members.
Grant Allows UAMS Link With Lee County Schools, Homes
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $748,000 federal grant that links doctors at UAMS with two Lee County schools and the homes of as many as 20 diabetic and asthmatic children.
Helena-West Helena Reception to be Held Nov. 5 For UAMS Glass Memorial Program
LITTLE ROCK – The public is invited to a reception honoring donors to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Gerald Glass Memorial Continuing Education program for pharmacists at 3 p.m. on Nov. 5, at the Delta Area Health Education Center, 1393 Highway 242 South, Helena-West Helena.
October 31, 2006
UAMS’ Cornelia Beck Receives Endowed Chair
UAMS’ Cornelia Beck Receives Endowed Chair
October 30, 2006
UAMS to Help Teachers Expand Parenting Education
LITTLE ROCK – A team of early childhood experts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will soon equip preschool teachers to help new parents, particularly fathers, with issues ranging from discipline to nutrition.
October 27, 2006
UAMS to Share with Hope Pre-K Teachers Novel Ways to Teach Health Science
LITTLE ROCK – Hope-area pre-kindergarten teachers are invited to participate in a free workshop Nov. 1 about novel ways to teach students about the cardio-pulmonary system as part of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Partners in Health Sciences (PIHS) program.
Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered Nov. 29, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available Nov. 29 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.
October 25, 2006
Attorneys Thornton, Smith Join UAMS as Legal Counsel
LITTLE ROCK — Rhonda Thornton and Elizabeth Thomas Smith have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as legal counsel. Thornton and Smith are associate general counsels in the University of Arkansas System’s Office of General Counsel.
October 24, 2006
$348,000 Grant Funds UAMS Research of Multiple Sclerosis
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $348,487 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to study the cause and possible therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disease affecting multiple regions in the brain and spinal cord.
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