UAMS News


June 12, 2014

Donated Fountain Built in Memory of Dolores Bruce

Liz Caldwell

Dolores Bruce worked for more than a decade to advance UAMS, its colleges, faculty, staff and students, and she did it all as a volunteer by her husband’s side.


Report by UAMS Students, Faculty Shows Newly Insured Have Positive View of Affordable Care Act

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Despite challenges faced during the enrollment process for obtaining health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, nearly every newly insured person interviewed for a report released Thursday said having health insurance has been a positive development in their lives.


June 11, 2014

UAMS Osteoporosis Findings Published in Nature Communications

Ben Boulden

June 11, 2014 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has found that reducing the levels of reactive oxygen chemicals in certain cells can increase bone mass and eventually may lead to new treatments for osteoporosis.


UAMS Osteoporosis Research Findings Published in Nature Communications

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has found that reducing the levels of reactive oxygen chemicals in certain cells can increase bone mass and eventually may lead to new treatments for osteoporosis.


Chasse Conque Appointed Senior Director of Development for UAMS Medical Center

Liz Caldwell

Chasse Conque has been appointed senior director of development for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.


June 6, 2014

UAMS Sets SeniorNet July Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Liz Caldwell

Computer classes, Introduction to Computers — Win 8 and Microsoft Word — 2010, will be taught in July for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


June 5, 2014

UAMS Researchers Receive $4.4 Million Grant for Space Radiation Health Research

Ben Boulden

June 5, 2014 | 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.


UAMS, UAF Offering Grants to Spur Telehealth Research, Collaboration

Holland Doran

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

Holland Doran

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

Liz Caldwell

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.



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