UAMS News
June 3, 2014
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.
May 23, 2014
Survivors Hurl Strikes Against Stroke
If a Dustin Martinez baseball card existed, it would have two noteworthy statistics on the back — first ceremonial strike thrown at Strike Out Stroke Night at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock and 500th stroke patient to receive a blood-clot dissolving agent through the UAMS-led AR SAVES program.
May 22, 2014
UAMS Auxiliary Invites Public to June 13 Event to Fund Healing Art for Patients
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center Auxiliary invites the public to a June 13 fundraiser to support the installation of healing art throughout the hospital’s patient areas.
May 20, 2014
Full Circle: UAMS Doctor Finds Peace After a Two-Time Battle with Rare Form of Leukemia
Tired, worn down and fighting off the routine rigors of an intense meh2residency program, Samantha McKelvey, M.D., was too focused on the many tasks at hand to pay much mind to her own physical well-being.
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