UAMS News


August 11, 2006

UAMS to Hold Free Seminar on Colorectal Cancer Sept. 16

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UAMS to Hold Free Seminar on Colorectal Cancer Sept. 16


August 10, 2006

UAMS Brings High-Risk Pregnancy Program to White County

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LITTLE ROCK — Women in White County no longer have to drive to Little Rock for high-risk pregnancy ultrasounds thanks to the expansion of the ANGELS program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS Names Claudia Barone to Lead College of Nursing
Linda Hodges Retiring After 17 years as Dean

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UAMS Names Claudia Barone to Lead College of Nursing


August 7, 2006

UAMS Names Pediatrics Chair Fiser as College of Medicine Dean

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LITTLE ROCK – Debra H. Fiser, M.D., has been named dean of the UAMS College of Medicine. The announcement was made today by UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.


Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered Aug. 23, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project

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LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available Aug. 23 to Monroe 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.


August 2, 2006

UAMS’ Mick Tilford, Ph.D., Receives National Heroes Award

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LITTLE ROCK – John “Mick” Tilford, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), received a 2006 National Heroes Award from the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (EMSC).


August 1, 2006

UAMS Researcher Kern Earns Prestigious NIH Funding

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LITTLE ROCK – Philip Kern, M.D., a nationally known obesity researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a highly selective MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), funding his research into the chemical mechanisms of fat cells with up to $2.79 million over 10 years.


July 28, 2006

Use of Tobacco Quitline Far Exceeds Expectations

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LITTLE ROCK – The tobacco Quitline, a treatment program offered at no cost to the public by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, has enjoyed tremendous success in its first year with monthly calls rising from 169 calls in July 2005 to nearly 500 in June.


July 27, 2006

Terrorism Preparedness Conference to Bring Together Medical, Emergency Responders

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Terrorism Preparedness Conference to Bring Together Medical, Emergency Responders


July 25, 2006

UAMS Names Nicholas Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery

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LITTLE ROCK – Richard W. Nicholas Jr., M.D., a nationally known expert in orthopaedic tumors, has been named chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).



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