Department of Genetic Counseling
March 27, 2018
College of Health Professions Forges Ties with Indian University
March 27, 2018 | Two departments in the College of Health Professions (CHP) — Audiology and Speech Pathology and Genetic Counseling — are forging ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education, formerly Manipal University.
March 15, 2018
Two Programs Forge Ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Two departments in the College of Health Professions (CHP) — Audiology and Speech Pathology and Genetic Counseling — are forging ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education, formerly Manipal University. Both departments have sent faculty to Manipal to present workshops, and Genetic Counseling has sent one student to complete a clinical rotation there. UAMS…
August 17, 2017
College Honors 83 Graduates at Hooding Ceremony
The College of Health Professions (CHP) recognized its 83 graduates earning master’s and doctoral degrees at a May 19 hooding ceremony. Faculty members from various programs invested the graduates with the academic hoods they would wear around their shoulders at UAMS graduation on May 20. CHP Dean Douglas L. Murphy explained the origins of the…
May 22, 2017
UAMS Graduates 942 New Health Care Professionals
May 22, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees May 20 to 942 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Degrees were presented to 163 in the College of Medicine; 265 in the College of Nursing; 123…
December 4, 2015
College Honors Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service
The College of Health Professions recently honored three faculty members for excellence, with its annual Faculty Excellence Awards. Tiffany Lepard-Tassin, M.S., a board-certified genetic counselor and assistant professor in the Department of Genetic Counseling, received the award for Excellence in Service. Her research interest in arterial tortuosity syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive genetic, connective tissue…
April 18, 2014
UAMS Genetic Medicine Marks More Than 40 Years
April 18, 2014 | Decades of work at UAMS unlocking the secrets of human genetic legacy have resulted in a legacy of accomplishment in genetic medicine.
August 27, 2008
UAMS Names Schaefer to Lead New Division of Genetics
LITTLE ROCK – Nationally known, board-certified genetics expert G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D., has been appointed the inaugural director of the Division of Genetics in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
July 29, 2008
New UAMS Genetics Division Looks to Future of Customized Medical Treatments
LITTLE ROCK – A new Division of Genetics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) focuses education, patient care and research resources to realize the potential of genetic information for customized treatments and early detection of disease.
October 17, 2005
UAMS Genetic Counseling Degree Program to Start in January
LITTLE ROCK – Classes will start in January 2006 in the new Genetic Counseling degree program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The program recently received provisional accreditation from the American Board of Genetic Counseling.
February 17, 2004
Sen. Lincoln, UAMS Spearhead Mid-America Genetic Counseling Consortium
LITTLE ROCK – Universities in Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma will share resources to use the exploding knowledge of genetic medical conditions in health care, thanks to an appropriation championed by U.S. Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln for a consortium spearheaded by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The Congress appropriated $1.3 million for…
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