UAMS News


April 13, 2006

UAMS to Co-Sponsor Seminar for Health Care Providers on Effects of Trauma

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LITTLE ROCK — Health care providers are invited to participate in a two-day seminar on understanding and treating persons affected by trauma to be held May 4-5 at the Holiday Inn Select, 201 S. Shackleford Road.

“A Call to Service: Minimizing the Effects of Trauma” is sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, the Arkansas Psychological Association and the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.


April 12, 2006

Free Crisis Support Services Available for Katrina Survivors

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Free Crisis Support Services Available for Katrina Survivors


April 11, 2006

UAMS Exhibit to Feature Work of New York Times Photographer

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UAMS Exhibit to Feature Work of New York Times Photographer Chester Higgins Jr. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging ReCenter


UAMS to Offer Free Oral Cancer Screenings

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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free oral cancer screenings from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 21 on the sixth floor of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC). Screenings will be conducted by the UAMS Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.


UAMS Dedicates Atrium in Research Building to Adams

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LITTLE ROCK – A bright and airy atrium in the Biomedical Research Building I on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus is now named for Helen Guinn Adams, who left a more than $8.7 million bequest to UAMS in 2005 asking that the money be dedicated to research.


April 10, 2006

Myeloma Researcher On Team Analyzing Disease’s Genetic Fingerprints

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<span style=”font-size: 13px;”>Researchers at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT) are part of a team that has identified that </span><a href=”http://myeloma.uams.edu/”><span style=”font-size: 13px;”>multiple myeloma</span></a><span style=”font-size: 13px;”>, a cancer of the blood, could actually be several different diseases at the molecular level with a potential for genetically targeted treatments that could extend to other forms of cancer.</span>


UAMS Myeloma Researchers on Team Analyzing Disease’s Genetic Fingerprints
Cancer Cell Publishes Work That Could Lead to New Treatments

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UAMS Myeloma Researchers on Team Analyzing Disease’s Genetic Fingerprints <br>Cancer Cell Publishes Work That Could Lead to New Treatments


Broyles, UAMS, Beverly and Wal-Mart Team up for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
Playbook created to help Alzheimer’s caregivers in Arkansas

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Broyles, UAMS, Beverly and Wal-Mart Team up for Alzheimer’s Caregivers <br><I> Playbook created to help Alzheimer’s caregivers in Arkansas


April 7, 2006

Legislature Allows Funding for New Cancer Research Center

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LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Legislature has put construction of a new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Cancer Research Center a step closer to reality.

With Gov. Mike Huckabee’s signature today on House Bill 1021, UAMS now has authority to borrow up to $40 million, using bonds to support construction of the research, clinical and teaching facility. Steve Faris Daryl Pace I. Dodd Wilson Arkansas Cancer Research Center University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences UAMS


April 6, 2006

UAMS’ Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., First Recipient of Murphy Chair

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LITTLE ROCK – Claudia J. Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., today became the inaugural recipient of the Murphy Chair in Rural Aging Leadership and Policy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).



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