UAMS News


July 23, 2014

Leading Clinician-Scientist Joins UAMS Myeloma Institute

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named internationally recognized clinician and researcher Faith Davies, M.D., a professor of medicine and the director of the Phase I Clinical Trials Program for both the Myeloma Institute and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.


UAMS Breast Center First in Central Arkansas To Offer 3-D Mammograms

Holland Doran

LITTLE ROCK – Women in central Arkansas have new tool in the fight against breast cancer.


July 22, 2014

‘Perfect Storm’ Saves Life of UAMS Faculty Member

Spencer Watson

July 22, 2014 | The first person to see Paul Thaxton slumped in a chair in the lobby of the Administration West building initially thought he was asleep.


July 18, 2014

Patient, 88, Perseveres to Earn Graduate Degree

Ben Boulden

July 18, 2014 | Shirley Pence, 88, has learned the open secret about aging: To be able to keep doing things, you need to keep doing things.


July 17, 2014

Bank of America $22,000 Goes for Diversity Outreach

Liz Caldwell

A $22,000 donation received this month from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will support outreach programs at UAMS to help recruit and retain minority students to health care fields


Jansen Chosen for Leadership Role at UAMS Center for Healthcare Enhancement and Development

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Longtime family medicine physician Mark Jansen, M.D., has been selected as primary care medical director for the Center for Healthcare Enhancement and Development at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


July 15, 2014

First Drug Discovery Colloquium Draws Researchers

Ben Boulden

July 15, 2014 | The UAMS College of Pharmacy’s first Drug Discovery and Development Colloquium already has discovered success.


UAMS to Host Breastfeeding Symposium Aug. 8

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites physicians, nurses, dieticians and other health care providers who support and promote breastfeeding to attend the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition Symposium on Aug. 8, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus.


July 14, 2014

Two UAMS Medical Students Committed to Primary Care Receive $20,000 Scholarships

Holland Doran

Two senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded $20,000 scholarships earmarked for future physicians who are committed to improving access to primary care for Arkansans.


Two UAMS Medical Students Committed to Primary Care Receive $20,000 Scholarships

Holland Doran

Two senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded $20,000 scholarships earmarked for future physicians who are committed to improving access to primary care for Arkansans.



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