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Marshallese Patients Receive “Gift of Sight” Thanks to Jones Eye Institute

April 22, 2022 | The morning of Saturday, April 9 was sunny, and Barmej Tibies had to wear special dark sunglasses to shield her healing eyes. But she felt like a movie star. Tibies and five other Marshallese patients from Northwest Arkansas received cataract surgeries April 8 as part of the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute’s second...

McKenzie Koch

College of Pharmacy Students Receive Scholarships at Awards Ceremony

April 21, 2022 | Students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Pharmacy collectively received more than 80 scholarships at the college’s Student Awards Ceremony, held April 6. “All students honored here today have worked exceptionally hard to meet the criteria established to earn these awards and scholarships,” said Brendan Frett, Ph.D., assistant professor and chair...

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UAMS Alumnus Honors Father with $1 Million College of Medicine Scholarship

April 21, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1,050,000 gift commitment from Primepares “Prime” G. Pal, M.D., to create a College of Medicine scholarship in honor of his late father. The Dr. Agaton P. Pal Scholarship is designed to support medical students with an academic background in the social sciences, or medical...

John Helmcamp, left, shows his artwork to Suzanne Dhall.

Art for Parkinson’s Workshops Provide Fun, Education, Social Interaction

April 20, 2022 | |As the music began, about 15 people sitting around large round tables picked up watercolor pencils and let the symphonic sounds guide their hands as they applied colorful streaks and patterns across plain white poster board. Some made bold, jagged marks while others sculpted gentle curves. Some used dark colors; others, pastels or brights. They...

The Showcase of Medical Discoveries included a range of obesity-related research, including a study about high intensity interval training (HIIT) in children.

UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries Highlights Obesity Research

April 19, 2022 | Nine obesity-focused research projects grabbed the spotlight April 6 at the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries. Hosted by Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., the showcase series dates to 2012, facilitating a space for UAMS researchers to share and discuss their most exciting projects. The event was the 31st of the series,...

Marshallese family gathering

UAMS Study Finds Marshallese in U.S. Mobilized to Address Pandemic Hardships

April 19, 2022 | FAYETTEVILLE — Faced with material hardships that were intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshallese communities in the United States mobilized to address the issues and help one another. According to a study by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers in the Office of Community Health & Research, socially vulnerable groups in the U.S....

Geoffrey Curran with Cindy Stowe and Cam Patterson

UAMS Invests Geoffrey M. Curran, Ph.D., in Inaugural Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation

April 18, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invested Geoffrey M. Curran, Ph.D., in the inaugural Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation on April 14. “Implementation science helps pharmacists work at the top of their license and deliver more evidence-based practices and life-saving treatments to more people,” said Curran. “This chair will be extremely helpful...

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