Feb. 27, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been recognized by the publisher of Clinical and Translational Science for having its top-cited article in 2022 and the most downloaded paper since its publication in 2021. The article, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,”...
Feb. 23, 2023 | It was a sea of pink at Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) on Feb. 10 for the Tigers first pink out to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. All of the school’s basketball players wore bright pink T-shirts with the school logo over their jerseys and pink socks. Cheerleaders carried ruffled pink...
Feb. 23, 2023 | The UAMS Chapter of Lambda Nu inducted 35 students into its membership during a virtual ceremony on Feb. 10. Lambda Nu is a national honor society for the radiologic and imaging sciences. Students and faculty who participated in the ceremony are in programs in the College of Health Professions Department of Radiation & Imaging Sciences...
Feb. 22, 2023 | Sri Obulareddy, M.D., has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. She is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. In addition to treating breast cancer patients, she also serves as associate professor...
Feb. 22, 2023 | Katy Allison, Ph.D., MPH, with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is committed to mental health advocacy and suicide prevention, both professionally and as a community volunteer. “I love collaborative, community-based mental health research,” she said. “I’m passionate about the mental health of my fellow Arkansans....
Feb. 21, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — A new software tool developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will help researchers quickly create consent documents in plain language for their prospective study volunteers. Called the Informed Consent Navigator, the web-based tool breaks new ground with its ability to guide researchers through the creation of plain-language informed...
Feb. 17, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute welcomed proteomics directors and staff from across the country Feb. 8 and 9 for a continuing education symposium. Sponsored by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics located within the Cancer Institute, the symposium facilitated two days of collaboration and best practice...
Feb. 16, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — Jim Wallis, former president and CEO of ExOK Inc., pledged $102,948 towards the Joseph H. Bates III, M.D., M.S., Chair in Academic Public Health Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Wallis’ gift helped elevate the professorship to a fully endowed chair. UAMS created the professorship in 2017 to...
Feb. 14, 2023 | About 120 people and two dogs gathered Feb. 9 in the Fred Smith Auditorium to participate in a live-streamed celebration of the life of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., who was the executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine.
Feb. 13, 2023 | FAYETTEVILLE — Physical Therapy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus are offering Walk With Ease classes at no cost to participants starting Feb. 15. The classes are all virtual via weekly Zoom meetings with certified group leaders. Walk With Ease, which was developed by the Arthritis Foundation, is...