UAMS News
March 15, 2006
Barlogie Named National Physician of the Year
LITTLE ROCK – Medical peers from across the nation selected Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), as a National Physician of the Year in the first awards given by the organization responsible for the annual America’s Top Doctors publication Barlogie Named National Physician of the Year MIRT Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy UAMS University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences National Physician of the Year America’s Top Doctors Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award
March 14, 2006
Foundation Picks UAMS in National Effort To End Racial Health Disparities
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health is one of 12 schools of public health and graduate programs selected nationally by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help end racial and ethnic health disparities. James M. Raczynski Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
March 10, 2006
New Ph.D. Program at UAMS Addresses Growing Need for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
LITTLE ROCK – The need for more speech pathologists and audiologists led to creation of a new doctoral program that will start classes in fall 2006 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).
March 9, 2006
UAMS to Screen Students for Suicide Risk
LITTLE ROCK – The Department of Psychiatry in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine will implement the program TeenScreen this spring in two Arkansas schools, beginning in March with Catholic High School in Little Rock. UAMS to Screen Students for Suicide Risk Warren High School Catholic High School for Boys Little Rock Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force Ann Brown and Ashley Hurst Ellon Cockrill Lynn Taylor
March 8, 2006
UAMS Physician Key in Creating First World Kidney Day March 9
UAMS Physician Key in Creating First World Kidney Day March 9 Kidney Transplant Program at UAMS Sets State Record Sudhir V. Shah Youmin Wu Gary Barone Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Research by UAMS Team on Myeloma Treatment Using Thalidomide
LITTLE ROCK – A long-term study on the effectiveness of the drug thalidomide as part of the treatment for multiple myeloma, one of the least curable cancers, showed improved remission rates in patients, reported a team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers led by internationally known myeloma researcher Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D., in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Thalidomide and Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma
March 7, 2006
Psychiatric Medications and Genetics to be Discussed During Lecture at UAMS
Psychiatric Medications and Genetics to be Discussed During Lecture at UAMS
February 28, 2006
Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered March 29, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms, breast examinations and Pap tests are available March 29 to St. Francis and 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.
February 23, 2006
Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered March 15 in St. Francis County, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms, breast examinations and Pap tests are available March 15 to St. Francis 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.
February 22, 2006
UAMS Program Educates, Hopes to Reduce Sickle Cell Births
LITTLE ROCK – About one thousand Arkansas families with children carrying the sickle cell anemia trait will receive education and screening as part of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) project.
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