April 21, 2023 | There are roughly 750 species of butterfly in the United States. That fact may come as a surprise to most people, but probably not to the young patients on the Child Diagnostic Unit in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. The young children on the inpatient unit recently spent four weeks learning a great deal about...
April 20, 2023 | More than 100 UAMS College of Pharmacy students received scholarships in a ceremony held April 10. The annual tradition marked an opportunity for students to be recognized and for some, to meet the donors supporting their education. The college also announced the creation of three new scholarships, each representing a graduating class. “Each year, through...
April 20, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — To mark the 35th anniversary of the Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program, a summer enrichment camp that allows high school students to learn about health career opportunities, Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation pledged a gift of $500,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Campuses, creating the...
April 19, 2023 | A professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health wrote an editorial examining the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) goal of making the United States the healthiest nation by 2030. Namvar Zohoori, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, a professor in the college’s Department of Epidemiology, wrote a paper...
April 19, 2023 | FAYETTEVILLE — A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been approved for a five-year, $15 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the best mechanisms for postpartum follow up with new mothers to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Maternal mortality rates in the United...
April 17, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, has been elected to a second term on the national Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Board of Directors. She joins 13 other directors at large from National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program institutions across...
April 17, 2023 | The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute awarded $850,000 in grants to 15 cancer researchers through Seeds of Science, the Institute’s intramural funding program. The long-standing program provides support for promising cancer research in its early stages, as well as studies that unite teams of researchers to tackle the most pressing issues related to cancer...
April 17, 2023 | Seventy UAMS College of Pharmacy students got to mingle and meet with more than a dozen employers across the state at the 2023 Career Fair, held April 5 at the Rachel Rutherford Gymnasium at Pulaski Academy. The event, geared toward pharmacy students in their fourth and final year, was an opportunity to meet other members...
April 14, 2023 | In 1973, the UAMS College of Pharmacy created the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center — a free, statewide resource to supply rapid, sophisticated and up-to-date poison and drug information. Fifty years later, that mission still resonates just as strongly. “A centralized poison center for the state of Arkansas began as an idea over 50...
April 12, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has a group of alums making an impact at the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH). Jessica Besancon, Courtney Del Donno, Rebecca Lovan, Michael Ruckle and Jessica Stone all earned a Master in Public Health (MPH) degree from the college....