UAMS News
February 5, 2015
Free Legal Assistance Event for Cancer Patients and Survivors Feb. 21
LITTLE ROCK – Anyone in cancer treatment or who has completed treatment is invited to receive free legal assistance on important personal documents at an upcoming event.
February 4, 2015
Italian Ambassador, Consul Visit UAMS Campus
Feb. 4, 2015 | Claudio Bisogniero, Italy’s ambassador to the United States, and Italian Consul General to Houston Elena Sgarbi visited the main campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to meet with administrators, researchers and clinicians as part of a four-state tour to promote business, cultural and scientific ties with Italy.
Kimbrough Named Fellow in American College of Surgeons
LITTLE ROCK — Mary Katherine (Whitlock) Kimbrough, M.D., assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery has been chosen as a fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
Emergency Medicine Physician Greg Bledsoe Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Greg Bledsoe, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will be treating patients in the UAMS Emergency Department.
January 30, 2015
UAMS Celebrates King’s Legacy
January 30, 2015 | In its commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., UAMS looked to the performing talents of high school students and the words and remembrances of several employees to help honor and celebrate the civil rights leader.
January 29, 2015
UAMS Startup Gets $14.5 Million to Develop Drug Therapies for Methamphetamine Users
January 29, 2015 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures startup company, InterveXion Therapeutics LLC, has received two federal grants totaling $14.5 million for development of drug therapies that can help methamphetamine drug abusers break their addiction.
Varicose Vein Treatment Gives Educator Extra Pep
Jan. 29, 2015 | When many people think of varicose veins, images of enlarged and bulging vessels visible through the skin come to mind. While that is often a telltale sign of the condition, varicose veins can sometimes exist deeper beneath the skin’s surface.
InterveXion Therapeutics, a UAMS Startup, Receives $14.5 Million to Develop Drug Therapies for Methamphetamine Users
LITTLE ROCK – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures startup company, InterveXion Therapeutics LLC, has received two federal grants totaling $14.5 million for development of drug therapies that can help methamphetamine drug abusers break their addiction.
January 26, 2015
Former Boxer Bounces Back After Vascular Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 | Today, Frederick Jackson can run, jump, even skip with ease. It’s a welcome change for the former boxer who, just one year ago, had trouble walking because of severe swelling and pain in his left leg.
UAMS Researchers Receive $538,781 Grant to Study Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing
Jan. 26, 2015 | Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently were awarded a three-year $538,781 grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to investigate the opioid prescribing and dispensing decision making processes of primary care providers and pharmacists.
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