UAMS News
August 16, 2006
Raczynski, Prajapati, McCarthy, Governor Huckabee, Representative Bradford Inducted Into Delta Omega
LITTLE ROCK – James M. Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, was among those recently inducted into Delta Omega, the national honorary society for public health.
August 15, 2006
UAMS Researchers Receive National Cancer Institute Grants Totaling More Than $540,000
LITTLE ROCK — Two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received research grants for pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.
August 11, 2006
UAMS to Hold Free Seminar on Colorectal Cancer Sept. 16
UAMS to Hold Free Seminar on Colorectal Cancer Sept. 16
August 10, 2006
UAMS Names Claudia Barone to Lead College of Nursing
Linda Hodges Retiring After 17 years as Dean
UAMS Names Claudia Barone to Lead College of Nursing
UAMS Brings High-Risk Pregnancy Program to White County
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).
August 7, 2006
UAMS Names Pediatrics Chair Fiser as College of Medicine Dean
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
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
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
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
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.
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