UAMS News


May 20, 2015

Nickleson to Lead New UAMS Office of Research Information Systems

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Rebecca Nickleson has been named director of the new Office of Research Information Systems at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


May 19, 2015

Survivors Throw Strikes Against Stroke

Ben Boulden

Survivors Throw Strikes Against Stroke

May 19, 2015 | FAST-acting medical attention culminated in some fast balls thrown from the pitcher’s mound by stroke survivors at Strike Out Stroke Night events in Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock and Arvest Park in Springdale.


May 18, 2015

UAMS Graduates 931 New Health Care Professionals

Spencer Watson

May 18, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


UAMS Graduates 931 New Health Care Professionals

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


May 14, 2015

Symposium Highlights Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology

Ben Boulden

May 14, 2015 | A UAMS doctoral training program barely two years old is already  reaching milestones like hosting its second annual symposium gathering students, faculty and keynote speakers to share findings and research in systems pharmacology and toxicology.


May 26 Science Café — ‘Bye, Bye, Fossil Fuels; Hello, Clean Energy’

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Bye, Bye, Fossil Fuels; Hello, Clean Energy, on May 26. This event is rescheduled from February when it was snowed out. Panelists will discuss various forms of clean energy, as well as pluses and potential drawbacks.


May 12, 2015

UAMS Cancer Researchers Featured on VoiceAmerica

Spencer Watson

May 12, 2015 | Two UAMS researchers who are examining dog’s ability to sniff out thyroid cancer were the featured radio guests of the online broadcast Frankly Speaking About Cancer radio show, hosted by Kim Thiboldeaux, president and CEO of the Cancer Support Community, an online global network for cancer patients and their families.


May 11, 2015

Hand Telemedicine Program, UAMS Physician Save Batesville Man’s Hand

Ben Boulden

May 11, 2015 | A split-second connection between a table saw blade and a wedding ring almost took Tommy Watts’ hand.


Susan Hutchinson, Greer Grace Join UAMS Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board

ChaseYavondaC

May 11, 2015 | Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson and Greer Grace, both of Little Rock, have joined the community advisory board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS Sets SeniorNet June Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

ChaseYavondaC

LITTLE ROCK — Computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners and Introduction to Computers ­— and workshops — Tips and Tricks for the iPhone and iPad and Using Overdrive to Download Library Books on the iPad — will be taught in June for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.



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