UAMS News


December 12, 2014

UAMS Helps Clear College Student’s Head

Spencer Watson

Dec. 12, 2014 | To say that Nicholas Hardin’s problems were all in his head is true, albeit slightly misleading. It wasn’t psychology that was regularly giving the 19-year-old college sophomore debilitating headaches. But, not knowing what it was, he was at a loss for a time and helpless to stop them.


December 11, 2014

UAMS Sets SeniorNet January 2015 Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Computer classes — Introduction to Computers – Windows 7, Introduction to Computers – Windows 8, Fundamentals for Beginners – Windows 8 and Word Processing 2010 — will be taught in January for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


December 10, 2014

UAMS Myeloma Institute’s Barlogie Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award by Israel Cancer Research Fund

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute’s Bart Barlogie, M.D., Ph.D., recently was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Chapter of the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). Barlogie is a UAMS College of Medicine distinguished professor of medicine and pathology and distinguished clinical scholar. He holds the…


12th Street Center Provides Screenings on World AIDS Day

Ben Boulden

Dec. 10, 2014 | The UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center – Health on 12th for the Holidays event Dec. 1 marked World AIDS Day by making 18 patients more aware of their own health status with free HIV screenings.


December 8, 2014

Annual HollyDay Concert, Tree Lighting Put UAMS in Holiday Spirit

Holland Doran

The annual HollyDay concert started and ended in much the same way — with the the overflow crowd of UAMS employees joining in to sing along with popular holiday songs.


Community Groups Honored as Research Partners

Spencer Watson

Dec. 8, 2014 | Twenty-four groups from across Arkansas were honored Dec. 4 at the 2nd Annual Community Partners Celebration for their work in support of research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


Medical Complexity Leads to Unmet Needs, Study Finds

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Special needs children with medical complexity, who see multiple specialists for more than one chronic condition, are more likely to have a health care need go unmet, according to a paper by Dennis Kuo, M.D., an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute, published this month in the prestigious, peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs.


December 5, 2014

UAMS Honors Community Groups for Partnership With Researchers

Holland Doran

Twenty-three groups from across Arkansas were honored Thursday at the 2nd Annual Community Partners Celebration for their work in support of research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS Hematology/Oncology Division Receives National Certification

Holland Doran

LITTLE ROCK – The Hematology/Oncology Division at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a national certification for its high standard of care.


Townsend Honored as Arkansan of the Year

Holland Doran

Roxane A. Townsend, M.D., vice chancellor for Clinical Programs and chief executive officer of UAMS Medical Center, was one of eight Arkansans of the Year recently named by Arkansas Life magazine, a publication of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, for “moving this great state forward – and who inspire us all to be better.”



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