UAMS News
July 15, 2005
Construction Starts on $14 Million UAMS Residence Hall
LITTLE ROCK – Work has started at the site of the new $14 million residence hall at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
July 13, 2005
UAMS Teams with Philander Smith College to Increase Research, Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC), and College of Public Health and Philander Smith College have joined to research cancer health disparities and provide outreach in Arkansas.
July 7, 2005
UAMS Admissions Director Receives National Recognition
LITTLE ROCK – Holly Hiryak, director of hospital admissions/access services for UAMS Medical Center, received the Marian Blankenship Distinguished Service Award recently for her work from the National Association of Healthcare Access Management.
July 5, 2005
UAMS Addresses Issue of Tobacco and Kids
LITTLE ROCK – As many as 8,300 Arkansas children each year start smoking, falling prey to one of the strongest addictions known. This issue and many others will be discussed in the Partners in Behavioral Health Sciences (PIBHS) course for teachers July 6 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Terrorism Preparedness Conference to Bring Together State Medical, Emergency Responders
LITTLE ROCK – The second annual Arkansas Terrorism Conference will be held Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8, at the Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock.
June 30, 2005
UAMS Expert on Geriatric Nutrition and Exercise Testifies Before Congressional Special Committee on Aging
LITTLE ROCK – It’s never too late to change a person’s lifestyle to lower costs and improve health, William J. Evans, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition, Metabolism and Exercise Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) told a congressional committee today.
UAMS Cardiologist Appointed to International Committee
LITTLE ROCK – Jay L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., director of the division of cardiovascular medicine and professor of internal medicine, physiology and biophysics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, has been appointed to the International Committee of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
June 28, 2005
UAMS Expert on Geriatric Nutrition and Exercise To Testify Before Congressional Special Committee on Aging
LITTLE ROCK – William J. Evans, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition, Metabolism and Exercise Laboratory in the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will testify before the Congressional Special Committee on Aging at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 30, in the Senate Hart Building, Room 216, in Washington D.C.
June 24, 2005
Two UAMS Faculty Members Receive Geriatric Nursing Awards
LITTLE ROCK – Two faculty members at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received awards from the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies, through the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) scholar awards program.
June 23, 2005
UAMS Head Start Program Gets SBC Foundation Grant
LITTLE ROCK – As many as 20 Head Start locations will benefit from a $35,000 SBC Foundation grant for high-speed Internet access and new computers, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today.
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