College of Medicine
April 19, 2021
Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., Named Executive Associate Dean for Research at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., has been named executive associate dean for research in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Rusch will continue to lead the college’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, where she has served as a professor and chairperson since 2005. “Dr. Rusch will…
April 13, 2021
UAMS’ Erika Petersen, M.D., Publishes Study Results on Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in JAMA
Results of a randomized clinical trial led by Erika Petersen, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on use of a spinal cord stimulation system for patients with refractory painful diabetic neuropathy were published April 5 in JAMA Neurology. Petersen, a neurosurgeon and professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the College…
April 12, 2021
Cancer DNA Blood Tests Validated By International Research Team
LITTLE ROCK — An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumor DNA sequencing – a fast, cheap and less invasive method to diagnose and monitor cancer.
April 8, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination of Surgical Patients Should be Priority, Study Involving UAMS Finds
Providing COVID-19 vaccines for patients awaiting elective surgery could save 58,687 lives worldwide over the next year, according to results of an international study in which the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) participated. The study findings, based on data gathered in 2020 by COVIDSurg Collaborative, an international network of surgeons, suggests that patients…
April 6, 2021
UAMS Researchers Named Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar, Fellow
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced today that two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be joining their ranks.
March 29, 2021
UAMS Medical Student Accepted for Prestigious NIH Fellowship
LITTLE ROCK — Mason Belue, a second-year medical student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is one of 50 students from across the country chosen to participate in a yearlong residential immersion program at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. It is only the second time in a decade…
March 23, 2021
Virtual Match Day Celebration Doesn’t Dampen COM Seniors’ Enthusiasm
Senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gathered virtually Friday – some by themselves, some holding babies, some surrounded by family, friends and even their dogs – to announce where they would be continuing their medical training. Just before the virtual ceremony began, the students at UAMS and other medical…
March 11, 2021
Leigh Ann Wilson and Collin V. Montgomery, APRN, receive 2020 Chris Hackler Award
Two employees who work with the Adult Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received the 2020 Chris Hackler Award for Excellence in Medical Ethics. Social worker Leigh Ann Wilson and Collin V. Montgomery, APRN, assist UAMS’ sickle cell patients. Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease…
March 8, 2021
Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., Named Dean of the UAMS College of Medicine
LITTLE ROCK — Susan S. Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., has been named executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective June 1.
March 3, 2021
UAMS Cancer Institute Expands Research with Addition of 10 Faculty
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently added 10 research faculty, significantly expanding the institute’s cancer research programs.
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