UAMS News


March 4, 2015

UAMS’ Harrington Named Inspirational Leader Under 40 by American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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LITTLE ROCK – Sarah Beth Harrington, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been named a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Inspirational Leader Under 40 by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).


March 3, 2015

Center for Distance Health Founder, Director Honored

Ben Boulden

March 3, 2015 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., and Tina Benton, B.S.N., R.N., today at the South Central Telehealth Forum in Jackson, Mississippi were recognized for their work in telemedicine with the first Champion Awards from the South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC).


March 2, 2015

UAMS Center for Distance Health Founder, Director Honored with First Telehealth Forum Awards

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., and Tina Benton, B.S.N., R.N., today at the South Central Telehealth Forum in Jackson, Mississippi, were recognized for their work in telemedicine with the first Champion Awards from the South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC).


Celgene Gives $10 Million to Myeloma Institute

Ben Boulden

March 2, 2015 | The Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a generous gift from Celgene Corporation to benefit patients with multiple myeloma through the creation of The Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics and the establishment of the Celgene Distinguished Endowed Chair in Molecular Therapeutics.


Celgene Gift to UAMS Myeloma Institute for Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics Advances the Course of Human Health for Patients with Multiple Myeloma

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK –The Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a generous gift from Celgene Corporation to benefit patients with multiple myeloma through the creation of The Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics and the establishment of the Celgene Distinguished Endowed Chair in Molecular Therapeutics.


February 27, 2015

CDC Awards $3.75 million to UAMS for Arkansas Prevention Research Center

Spencer Watson

Feb. 27, 2015 | The Arkansas Prevention Research Center (ARPRC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has been awarded an additional $3.75 million grant to continue the ARPRC’s activities for a new five-year period by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


February 26, 2015

UAMS Northwest Receives $194,200 Grant from Walmart Foundation to Aid Marshallese Diabetes Program

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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest in Fayetteville today announced a $194,200 grant from the Walmart Foundation to support its ongoing effort to treat diabetes in the region’s Marshallese community.


Hermitage Woman Grateful for MammoVan

Katrina Dupins

Feb. 26, 2015 | For Mary Vines, the glass is always half full. And worry is one feeling she tries to avoid. Having been diagnosed with cancer in both her breasts, Vines chooses to be grateful the disease was caught in early stages thanks to the UAMS MammoVan.


CDC Awards UAMS $3.75 million for Arkansas Prevention Research Center

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Prevention Research Center (ARPRC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has been awarded an additional $3.75 million grant to continue the ARPRC’s activities for a new five-year period by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


February 25, 2015

Menopause Expert Commentary in JAMA

Spencer Watson

Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D.

Feb. 25, 2015 | Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., director of reproductive endocrinology at UAMS and an international expert on fertility and menopause, has co-authored commentary on a study on  physical symptoms in menopause published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – Internal Medicine.



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