UAMS News


May 8, 2014

Student Leadership Academy Provides UAMS Students with Essential Skills

Liz Caldwell

UAMS students from its five different colleges and graduate school had the opportunity to look at leadership differently through the Student Leadership Academy held on campus in April.


May 7, 2014

May 27 Science Café — ‘Glowing in the Dark: Radiation & You’

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Glowing in the Dark: Radiation & You, on May 27. Panelists will discuss radiation generation, effects and cutting-edge research on treatments for radiation exposure.


William Brooks Gentry, M.D., Appointed Chair of the UAMS Department of Anesthesiology

Liz Caldwell

Williams Brooks Gentry, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


William Brooks Gentry, M.D., Appointed Chair of the UAMS Department of Anesthesiology

Liz Caldwell

Williams Brooks Gentry, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


May 6, 2014

UAMS Educates on Behavior in Autism and Down Syndrome

Holland Doran

UAMS and the Arkansas Down Syndrome Association hosted its eighth conference for health care professionals, educators and caregivers at the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on April 26-27.


May 5, 2014

Interprofessional Student Teams Vie to Treat Simulated Patients

Ben Boulden

May 5, 2014 | “Sim Wars: The Manikin Strikes Back” competition opened to an enthusiastic audience of about 200 UAMS students and faculty with almost the same flair as “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” did in 1980.


Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 13

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 13 “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with AR SAVES, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program.


May 2, 2014

Researcher’s Surprise Discovery Lands $1.8 Million Grant

Liz Caldwell

A surprise discovery that could lead to new treatments for herpes viruses that infect more than 90 percent of the world’s adult population has led to a $1.8 million grant to UAMS from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


Discovery Helps UAMS Researcher Land $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Herpes Virus and Cancer Research

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A surprise discovery that could lead to new treatments for herpes viruses that infect more than 90 percent of the world’s adult population has led to a $1.8 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


May 1, 2014

Free Skin Cancer Screening Offered at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute May 17

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – People concerned about spots on their skin are invited to participate in a free skin cancer screening from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 17 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The screenings will take place on the sixth floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.



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