UAMS News
March 11, 2015
Nancy Gray, Ph.D., Named UAMS BioVentures Director
LITTLE ROCK — Nancy M. Gray, Ph.D., has been named director of UAMS BioVentures, the technology licensing office and business incubator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
UAMS Gains Approval for Dental Residency Program
March 11, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gained accreditation recently to begin a general practice dental residency program, with the first two resident dentists to begin one-year residencies this summer.
Michael Jackson Cover Band to Headline UAMS Cancer Institute’s RockStar Lounge April 17
LITTLE ROCK – Grab your sequined glove, brush up on your moon walk and join us April 17 when Who’s Bad, The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band headlines RockStar Lounge.
March 10, 2015
Ground Broken For Psychiatric Healing Garden
March 10, 2015 | Gardens and healing seem to go hand in hand. The color green was sacred in ancient Egypt, a representation of new vegetation and life that comes each spring. The Greeks built a temple for Aesclepius, their god of healing, in some of the earliest healing gardens. Medieval monks relied on the power of plants to heal the sick in their monasteries’ cloistered gardens.
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Host ‘March Man-ness’ at Saint Mark Baptist March 28
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th St. Health & Wellness Center invites the public to participate in free health care services at its ”March Man-ness Men’s Health Event” March 28 at Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock.
UAMS Welcomes Students for Inaugural Diversity Day
March 10, 2015 | UAMS welcomed about 100 college students to campus Feb. 27 for its first Diversity Day.
March 9, 2015
March 24 Science Café — ‘Radiation and Other Space Perils’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Radiation and Other Space Perils, on March 24. Panelists will discuss the various kinds/levels of radiation in outer space, as well as the effects of radiation on living systems.
Researchers Use Scent-Trained Dogs to Detect Thyroid Cancer
March 9, 2015 | Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented findings at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2015 conference March 6 in San Diego showing nearly 90 percent accuracy using scent-trained dogs to detect thyroid cancer
UAMS Researchers Use Scent-Trained Dogs to Detect Thyroid Cancer
LITTLE ROCK – Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented findings at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2015 conference March 6 in San Diego showing nearly 90 percent accuracy using scent-trained dogs to detect thyroid cancer.
Rare Disease Discoveries Showcased at UAMS
March 9, 2015 | The fruitions of medical research were touted at a recent reception at UAMS focusing on rare diseases, including ALS and a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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