May 19, 2023 | Along with the 10th class of students to graduate from Project SEARCH on May 16, UAMS and Project SEARCH also reached a milestone – 10 years of working together for the benefit of those students.
May 19, 2023 | A recent University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS ) Fay W. Boozman College of Public of Health graduate led a project examining the use — and effectiveness — of dietary supplements, antimalarial medicines and vitamins during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corbin Norton, M.D., MPH, a urology resident at the University of...
May 19, 2023 | A celebration for the enduring legacy of Edith Irby Jones, M.D., and the scholarship that she inspired was held April 19. The event also provided an opportunity to acknowledge the growth of the Edith Irby Jones, M.D. Endowed Scholarship, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine students that have benefited...
May 18, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion at the Little Rock Zoo on Sunday, May 7.
May 18, 2023 | Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Thursday, May 18, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a new cancer clinic and infusion center on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock. UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Clinic-Little Rock, in Suite 500 of the Hickingbotham Outpatient Center,...
May 18, 2023 | May 18, 2023 | A cancer surgeon and researcher from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, whose work focuses on maximizing the surgical and medical treatment options for patients with melanoma, was the guest speaker May 5 at a lunchtime lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The talk by...
May 17, 2023 | The UAMS College of Pharmacy mourns the loss of retired longtime faculty member Charles K. Born, Ph.D., who died March 15 after an eight-year battle with multiple myeloma. “Charles had a tremendous impact on generations of pharmacists as a faculty member and mentor,” said Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D. “His legacy of educating, mentoring, and caring...
May 17, 2023 | May 17, 2023 | The Fred Smith Auditorium at UAMS was temporarily transformed into a symphony as about 50 people attending the recent Eighth Annual Parkinson’s Symposium shook tambourines, banged hand drums, rattled percussion sticks and chimed in with musical triangles at the direction of Patty Oeste, who teaches music classes for Parkinson’s patients. After...
May 16, 2023 | The first BioVentures Commercialization Retreat drew 65 attendees to a full-day of presentations packed with helpful information and inspirational stories. The presenters included keynote speaker Kevin Sexton, M.D., president of BioVentures LLC, and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, whose 2016 book, “Research to Revenue: A Practical Guide to University Start-Ups,” was available for free...
May 15, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — An American Cancer Society grant will support a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) influence on racial disparities in the use of a common, life-saving treatment for Arkansas breast cancer patients. The two-year, $222,000 grant is led by Chenghui Li, Ph.D., an associate professor...