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February 28, 2017
Black History Panel Discusses Higher Education
Feb. 28, 2017 | A group of Arkansas educators and students convened at UAMS on Feb. 23 to discuss issues facing black students throughout the education system. More than 50 UAMS faculty, staff and students attended the event, hosted by the Chancellor’s Committee for Diversity and the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs as part of…
February 27, 2017
Teacher Symposium Gives Educators Practical Tools
Feb. 27, 2017 | Learning environments are something we take for granted when they are right, but we certainly notice when they are wrong. And they are made up of a lot more than just bricks and mortar. “A better question might be: What isn’t part of the learning environment?” said Larry Gruppen, Ph.D., a…
February 23, 2017
Researcher’s Findings Likely to Change How Doctors Treat Underactive Thyroid in Pregnant Women
Feb. 23, 2017 | In the first national study on the topic, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher found evidence to suggest that fewer pregnant women with a mildly underactive thyroid should be treated than previously recommended. UAMS’ Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., published the findings recently in The BMJ, an international peer-reviewed medical journal…
February 16, 2017
Scholarship, Donations Fund Assistant Professor’s Medical Missions
Feb. 17, 2017 | Lindsay Gilbert, M.Ed., MLS, has wanted to go on a medical mission trip for years, but financially, it was never feasible. So when the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) offered a scholarship for such trips, she jumped at the opportunity.
February 14, 2017
UAMS Scientists Create Promising Mouse Model for Reaching Cure for ALS
Feb. 14, 2017 | Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have found a new way to replicate Lou Gehrig’s disease in mice, in what they hope will bring scientists one big step closer to a cure. Mahmoud Kiaei, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the…
February 10, 2017
Business of Medicine Course Preps Med Students for Real World
Feb. 10, 2017 | Most new doctors leave medical school with a dollar-sign-shaped gap in their knowledge. Particularly in the first year after medical school, graduates are faced with financial decisions that have a major impact on both their careers and private lives. It’s time to set up their practice, start paying student loan debt,…
February 8, 2017
Researcher Reveals Clues to Immunity as a Cause of High Blood Pressure
Feb. 8, 2017 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher has shed light on the role of immune cells inside the kidneys in the development of salt-sensitive high blood pressure, publishing his findings in Nature Communications. Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UAMS College…
January 26, 2017
Hansen Leaves Mark on Ophthalmic Medical Technology Program
For 16 years, the Ophthalmic Medical Technology program in the College of Health Professions has been teaching students the skills they need to be indispensable to an ophthalmologist. And for most of those years, Suzanne Hansen, M.Ed., COMT, has been right there. Hansen was a member of the program’s second class of students. After graduation,…
January 5, 2017
Research Opens New Possibilities for Treatment for Osteoporosis and Other Bone Diseases
Jan. 5, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers have made key advances in the understanding of how bone is maintained, opening new avenues for the development of treatments for osteoporosis, arthritis and bone metastasis of certain types of cancer. Haibo Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and physiology…
December 8, 2016
Professors Publish Project with 3-D Microscope in Nature Photonics
Dec. 8, 2016 | A project to develop a new type of microscope with unprecedented speed and resolution has revealed previously unseen parts of human cells, as highlighted in a Nature Photonics article co-authored by two researchers in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Brian Storrie, Ph.D., and Vladimir Lupashin, Ph.D.,…
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