UAMS News
June 5, 2014
UAMS, UAF Offering Grants to Spur Telehealth Research, Collaboration
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UAF) are offering pilot grants to study the state’s nationally leading telehealth programs, a relatively new practice that allows doctors to reach patients in distant locations.
June 4, 2014
Berryman Receives Chancellor’s Teaching Award
College of Nursing faculty member Sandra New Berryman joked she was trembling so much when she was announced during UAMS Commencement May 17 as recipient of the 2013-14 Chancellor’s Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence in Society and Health that UAMS Provost Jeanne Heard advised her to be careful and not drop the glass award on the stage.
June 3, 2014
Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Displayed
Doctoral students pursuing dissertation research projects in pharmacology and toxicology got a chance to display their work May 12 at the first Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology Symposium hosted by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UAMS College of Medicine.
UAMS Researchers Awarded $4.4 Million Grant for Space Radiation Health Research
LITTLE ROCK – A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently was awarded a three-year $4.4 million grant by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) to investigate the degenerative or long-term health effects of space radiation on cardiovascular health, as part of the newly formed Center for Space Radiation Research.
June 2, 2014
First Interns Graduate UAMS Project SEARCH Ready to Join Workforce
Each of the young adults in the first group to complete the UAMS Project SEARCH internship program took a moment after receiving their certificate at the May 30 graduation ceremony to offer thanks and celebrate what they had learned in the past nine months.
Joseph Bates Honored by Arkansas Medical Society
Joseph Bates,M.D., professor of epidemiology and associate dean for public health practice in the UAMS College of Public Health, was recently awarded the Asklepion Award by the Arkansas Medical Society for his contributions to health care in Arkansas.
May 30, 2014
First Group of Interns Graduates UAMS Project SEARCH Program Ready to Join Workforce
The first group of interns in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Project SEARCH program for young adults with disabilities today completed the yearlong internship with all 11 ready to move on to employment.
UAMS Graduate MacDonald Shares Experiences
May 30, 2014 | When Laura MacDonald, Ph.D., started the UAMS Graduate Student Teachers of Central Arkansas (GSTCA) in 2012 as a graduate student, she did not imagine coming back three years later as a guest speaker.
May 29, 2014
Researchers Receive $1.45 Million Grant to Study Link Between Trauma and Drug Addiction in Women
A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers has received a grant worth $1.45 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the effects of trauma on adolescent girls in hopes of establishing a direct connection to substance abuse in adult women.
May 28, 2014
Research Links Abuse and Pregnancy Problems
Veronica Raney, M.D., a third-year medical resident with the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine, has always been fascinated by the ability of the human body to overcome adversity. In recent years, medical research has focused on vulnerability to illness, but Raney has taken a novel direction by trying to better understand the factors associated with resilience.
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