UAMS News
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.
October 16, 2006
UAMS to Offer Free Seminar on Infertility Treatments
LITTLE ROCK — Physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will conduct a free seminar on infertility from 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 4 in the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.
October 12, 2006
UAMS to Start Delta PROMISE for Treating Teen Substance Abuse
LITTLE ROCK – About 180 teenagers with substance abuse problems will be able to get help from a grant recently awarded to a team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI) for providing treatment in a part of the state where no such services exist.
October 11, 2006
Hodges Receives Distinguished Service Award
LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing Dean Linda Hodges, Ed.D., R.N., has received the Arkansas Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award.
Groundbreaking Marks Major Expansion to UAMS Medical Center
Groundbreaking Marks Major Expansion to UAMS Medical Center
October 9, 2006
UAMS Finds Statins Extend Life for Elderly at Risk of Dying
LITTLE ROCK – In the largest study of its kind, J.L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins increased the life expectancy of elderly patients by an average of two years compared to non-statin users.
October 4, 2006
UAMS Witness Project Director Named Purpose Prize Fellow
LITTLE ROCK — Charlie Stayton, director of the Witness Project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named an inaugural Purpose Prize Fellow by Civic Ventures, a national think tank and project incubator that uses the talents of older adults to promote social change.
October 3, 2006
UAMS Receives $820,000 Minority Nurse Recruitment Grant
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing has received an $820,418 federal grant to finance a minority nurse recruitment and retention program for three years.
October 2, 2006
Tiny Hands Monster Bash to Benefit UAMS Family Home, Neonatal Nursery
LITTLE ROCK – Celebrate Halloween early by attending the Tiny Hands Monster Bash, a fund-raiser benefiting the UAMS Family Home and neonatal intensive care unit. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Next Level Events in the Train Station at 1400 W. Markham St.
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