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April 20, 2018
History Society Announces Creation of Second Research Award
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April 20, 2018 | The establishment of the Edwina Walls Mann History of the Health Sciences Advocacy Award was announced at the 37th annual meeting of the Society for the History of Medicine and Health Professions on April 12 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The award will be given to a…
April 17, 2018
UAMS Fights Opioid Epidemic on All Fronts
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April 17, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is attacking the nationwide opioid epidemic on multiple fronts that have produced new research and treatment options for patients and health care providers across Arkansas and beyond. “As the state’s only health sciences university, UAMS is uniquely positioned to address this issue head on…
April 3, 2018
James E. McDonald, M.D., Invested in Ernest J. Ferris, M.D. Chair in Diagnostic Radiology
![James McDonald, M.D. sits in the chair given to him as part of the investiture, shown here with (from left) Richard Turnage, M.D., UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., and Christopher Westfall, M.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DSC_1004e-150x150.jpg)
April 3, 2018 | James E. McDonald, M.D., F.A.C.R., chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested March 27 as the holder of the Ernest J. Ferris, M.D., Chair in Diagnostic Radiology. McDonald, who joined UAMS in 2010, was appointed department…
March 28, 2018
$300,000 Supplemental Award Aims to Take Bone Research to Pilot Drug
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March 28, 2018 | Maria Almeida, Ph.D., is the first researcher at UAMS to receive supplemental funding through the NIAMS STAR program and hopes it will not only take her work to the next level but show other investigators a roadmap for their careers. Almeida, an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology in…
March 27, 2018
College of Health Professions Forges Ties with Indian University
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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
Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., Invested in Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship
![Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor, associate dean for research and co-director of the Ph.D. program in the UAMS College of Nursing, shows off the medallion from her investiture in the Women's Cardiovascular Health Professorship to Jeannette M. Shorey II, M.D., associate dean for faculty affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine and associate provost for faculty.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_8373-150x150.jpg)
March 15, 2018 | Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate dean for research in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing and co-director of its Ph.D. program, was invested March 12 in the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease…
New Medical Laboratory Sciences Director Looks to Future, Celebrates Program’s Past
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Nathan Johnson, Ph.D., has big plans for the Medical Laboratory Sciences program. The new program director and associate professor, who started in November 2017, “hit the ground sprinting,” said College of Health Professions Interim Dean Susan Long, Ed.D. “He didn’t just hit the ground running — he took off in a full sprint.” Johnson came…
NIH Awards $11.3 Million to Establish Bone Research Center at UAMS
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March 15, 2018 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Professor Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., has been awarded $11.3 million in federal funds over 5 years to launch the Center For Musculoskeletal Disease Research. The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant comes from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences branch of the National Institutes…
March 8, 2018
UAMS Jones Eye Institute Opens Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center
![UAMS celebrated the opening of the Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center on March 7. Pictured left to right: John P. Shock, M.D., JEI founding director; interim UAMS Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm..D, Ed.D.; Mandy Macke, Walker Foundation associate director; Johnny Mike Walker, Walker Foundation trustee and son of Willard and Pat Walker; Nancy Shock; Terri Westfall; and Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., JEI director, interim UAMS College of Medicine dean, and director of its Department of Ophthalmology.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_6759-150x150.jpg)
March 8, 2018 | A portion of the ninth floor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has been transformed into an instructive, collaborative center where ophthalmology residents and UAMS students can learn surgical techniques and procedures outside the confines of an operating room, thanks to a…
February 21, 2018
Accelerate Pheno at UAMS Significantly Reduces Time for Identification of Pathogens, Treatment
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Feb. 21, 2018 | A new technology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reduces from days to hours the time it takes to identify pathogens associated with life-threatening blood-borne infections. The FDA-approved Accelerate Pheno(TM) system also quickly identifies which antibiotic would be most effective on a case-by-case basis. It is the latest addition…
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