UAMS News


October 2, 2014

International Fest Includes Food, Displays and Entertainment

Liz Caldwell

UAMS hosted its popular International Fest, an annual gathering of UAMS employees and students celebrating their diverse cultures and backgrounds, on Sept. 26.


UAMS Wins First Place $10,000 for Cancer Charity in Medline’s National Pink Glove Dance Video Competition

Holland Doran

Thanks to the support of nearly 21,000 online votes, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today was named first-place winner in the national Medline Pink Glove Dance video competition.


October 1, 2014

Gala for Life Raises More than $915,000 for Cancer Research

Holland Doran

Arkansas Gov. Mike and first lady Ginger Beebe may have been the honorees for the 2014 UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Gala for Life, but it was 5-year-old Asher Ray who stole the show.


Chuck Smith Chosen to Lead UAMS Neighborhood Clinic at Rahling Road

Liz Caldwell

Chuck Smith, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as medical director of its Neighborhood Clinic at Rahling Road.


September 30, 2014

Rock Town Bacon Throwdown Benefits Patients and Their Families

Liz Caldwell

For the second year in a row, Little Rock chefs brought home the bacon for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) patients and their families using their best bacon dishes.


September 29, 2014

Three Promising New Researchers Receive KL2 Awards

Liz Caldwell

The Translational Research Institute (TRI) has selected Satish Kenchaiah, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., Ming Li, Ph.D., and Taren Swindle, Ph.D., as the KL2 Mentored Career Development Award recipients for 2014.


September 26, 2014

‘People Don’t Just Work Here’

Spencer Watson

Sept. 26, 2014 | What few details Jean Rugamba knows of the morning of July 20 he has learned mostly secondhand.


September 25, 2014

UAMS Receives Nearly $3 Million to Address Health Disparities

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a three-year, $2.99 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address health disparities in the Hispanic and Marshallese communities in Benton and Washington counties.


Showcase of Medical Discoveries Highlights Cancer Research

Ben Boulden

Sept. 25, 2014 | Collaboration and inspiration were readily available at a recent reception highlighting cancer research underway at UAMS.


September 23, 2014

Medical Student from Crawfordsville Receives Hamilton Scholarship

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Jesse Wray, a first-year medical student from Crawfordsville, has been awarded the Ralph B. Hamilton, M.D., Endowed Scholarship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.



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