UAMS News
April 26, 2005
Meth Labs Increase Child Abuse in Arkansas, UAMS Experts Say
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has one of the highest methamphetamine addiction rates in the country and, according to experts at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the abuse of meth can lead to a different kind of abuse – child abuse.
April 21, 2005
UAMS Holds Investiture for First Chancellor’s Chair Endowed at an Arkansas University
LITTLE ROCK – Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences today became the first recipient of the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair, the first chancellor’s chair endowed at an Arkansas university. University of Arkansas System President B. Alan Sugg presided over the historic ceremony in which Wilson was invested into the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair.
April 20, 2005
Arkansas CARES Receives $100,000 from Hardin Family
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas CARES (Center for Addictions Research, Education & Services) announced today that it has received $100,000 from Jane and Bill Hardin in honor of the Arkansas CARES staff.
U.S. News & World Report Lists UAMS Graduate Schools Among Best in Nation
LITTLE ROCK – Four University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) programs are featured in the latest U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” which hit newsstands in early April.
UAMS Offers Free Skin Cancer Screening
LITTLE ROCK – In observance of Melanoma Monday and National Skin Examination Day, a free skin cancer screening for the public will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 2, on the sixth floor of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
April 15, 2005
UAMS Cancer Control Department Receives Award
LITTLE ROCK –The Cancer Control Department of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded the 2005 Acknowledgements in Cancer Excellence (ACE) Award from the American Cancer Society’s Arkansas chapter.
April 14, 2005
UAMS Hosts ‘Just for Women’ seminar on Skin Care, Cosmetic Surgery and Building Wealth
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host “Just For Women,” a free seminar for professional women featuring experts in skin care, cosmetic surgery and personal finances on Friday, April 29, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
UAMS Certified to Perform State’s First Liver Transplant
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received all necessary approvals to begin the state’s first liver transplant program and will soon perform the state’s first liver transplant.
April 13, 2005
Blass Cancer Vaccine Core Laboratory Dedicated at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – A new laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will focus on developing vaccines to stimulate the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells.
April 12, 2005
UAMS College of Medicine Mini Medical School Presents Medicine in the Movies
LITTLE ROCK – Popular films shown in movie theatres will serve to spark discussions about genetics, vision, nutrition and psychiatry at the 12th annual Mini Medical School presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.
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