March 30, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.8 million grant to Fang Zheng, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), to continue research that could lead to new treatments for epilepsy and other neurological diseases. The NIH’s National Institute of...
March 29, 2023 | Camille Hart, MPH, a research program director for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is passionate about service to the community. Hart’s commitment to service was on full display as organizer of the 2023 Mardi Bras: A Party with a Purpose. The event combined fun fellowship...
March 28, 2023 | UAMS College of Pharmacy third-year students in Little Rock and Fayetteville received pins at a joint ceremony this month marking an important milestone — their transition to patient care. A total of 78 students, with 59 in Little Rock and 19 in Fayetteville, participated in the March 10 ceremony, held at both the UAMS Little...
March 27, 2023 | Graduate and professional students, postdoctoral researchers, medical staff and fellows presented their research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Student Research Day, a university-wide event hosted by the Division of Research and Innovation, Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, the Northwest Regional Campus and Academic Senate. This year’s event was the first in...
March 27, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — Two national grants are helping researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) toward their goal of providing rapid, life-saving genomic information to doctors treating the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections. The study began with a $50,000 pilot award from the UAMS Translational Research Institute, which was used to gather data...
March 24, 2023 | Staff and faculty members from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) joined SUPER Project participants at a conference in New Orleans that offered the students an opportunity to present their research on health disparities. The Serving Underrepresented Populations through Engagement and Research (SUPER) Project, part of...
March 23, 2023 | Bill Humble considers himself a decisive person. Whether it is business or personal, he doesn’t ruminate too long over an issue, particularly where he sees an opportunity or need. It was Humble’s decisiveness that brought the Tennessee native to Arkansas, helped create many of his businesses and eventually fostered his philanthropic spirit for the University...
March 22, 2023 | Freshmen at Start of Pandemic, Class of 2023 Attended Majority of Classes Virtually About 150 senior medical students and their guests gathered on the morning of March 17 on two UAMS campuses to find out where they will be continuing their training after receiving their medical degrees in May. Dubbed the “March Madness of Medicine”...
March 21, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurology recently added Aditya Vikram Boddu, M.D., and Hisham Elkhider, M.D., as assistant professors. Boddu, a fellowship trained neurologist specializing in movement disorders who is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, is seeing patients in the Movement Disorders Clinic...
March 21, 2023 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health partnered with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s (UAPB) Biology Club to host a special recruitment event. More than 40 members of the club attended the program, which took place in a UAPB auditorium. “Most students are not aware...