UAMS News


April 12, 2017

Proteomics Workshop Facilitates Sharing Resources Across Nation

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Scientists in discussion at a table

April 12, 2017 | Technology? Check. Expertise? Check. Leadership? Double check. The UAMS Proteomics Core Facility has been diligently amassing the technology needed to make it a leader in its field, which is studying the many functions of proteins. And now it’s taking that leadership role a step further by facilitating the exchange of ideas…


NFL Players Pay Surprise Visit to UAMS Cancer Patients

Susan Van Dusen

APRIL 12, 2017 | Giving back to his home state is a goal Clinton McDonald takes seriously. For the fifth straight year, the Jacksonville native and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle returned to Arkansas for a week of activities aimed at lifting up the community that gave him his start.


April 11, 2017

Med Student from Russellville Looks Forward to Psychiatry

Katrina Dupins

April 11, 2017 | For most of her career as a medical student, Meghan Kerin thought she would practice internal medicine. She had a change of heart during her psychiatry rotation. “Dr. Tariq would tell us in medical school to pick the field we feel we can do the most good. I believe for me,…


Rahn, Hopkins, Only Arkansans and Two of Only 53 Physicians Worldwide Honored by American College of Physicians

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April 11, 2017 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and Robert Hopkins Jr., M.D., professor in the UAMS College of Medicine have joined an elite group of physicians awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. Rahn and Hopkins, director of the Division of…


April 10, 2017

Program Marks 25 Years for Training PreK-12 Teachers in Health Science

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April 10, 2017 | The Partners in Health Sciences (PIHS) program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating 25 years of promoting science education for PreK-12 teachers/school nurses statewide. E. Robert Burns, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences since 1968, started the program…


April 6, 2017

UAMS Program for Training PreK-12 Teachers/School Nurses in Health Science Marks 25 Years

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April 6, 2017 | The Partners in Health Sciences (PIHS) program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating 25 years of promoting science education for PreK-12 teachers/school nurses statewide. E. Robert Burns, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences since 1968, started the program after…


April 5, 2017

Neurologist Mitesh Lotia Joins UAMS as Tourette’s Specialist

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April 5, 2017 | Mitesh P. Lotia, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a movement disorder neurologist with a special interest in Tourette syndrome and will see patients in the Movement Disorder Clinic. Lotia is also an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology in the UAMS College of Medicine….


April 4, 2017

UAMS to Offer Free Estate Planning Assistance for Cancer Patients April 20

Susan Van Dusen

LITTLE ROCK — Cancer patients and survivors are invited to receive free legal assistance on important personal documents April 20 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The estate planning clinic will be held at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a free service by local attorneys. It is open to…


March 30, 2017

UAMS Cancer Researcher Awarded $1.7 Million NIH Grant to Study Prevention of Radiation-Induced Cancer

Susan Van Dusen

Daohong Zhou, M.D.

A $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher to study a potential new therapy to reduce the risk of blood cancer caused by ionizing radiation.


March 24, 2017

Dental Hygiene

Tim Taylor

These programs were first broadcast the week of March 27, 2017.



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