April 18, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — A cardiologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first physician in Arkansas to use a new device to remove infectious vegetation from a woman’s heart valve in a 45-minute minimally invasive procedure.
April 14, 2022 | A virus test developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to help prevent a common cat cancer won the top $25,000 prize at the Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition on March 31. Shana Owens, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, invented...
April 13, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion partnered with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and My T by Design to honor Women’s History Month with a virtual art workshop, titled “UAMS Women: Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”
April 13, 2022 | U.S. News & World Report recognized the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Medicine, College of Nursing and the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health on its latest Best Graduate Schools lists. UAMS ranked 36th in primary care on U.S. News’ 2023 list of Best Medical Schools. UAMS moved up three...
April 12, 2022 | Pharmacies nationwide are in the midst of a transformation, balancing their duties dispensing medicine while increasing the services they provide for patients. However, even as the profession has evolved significantly, there are still many additional opportunities for pharmacists to impact the health and well-being of their communities. It’s transformation that Megan Smith, Pharm.D., an assistant...
April 7, 2022 | Mobility has come to the motion capture technology that the UAMS Department of Physical Therapy uses for teaching graduate students and for research. Plans call for its use to be extended to patient care in the near future.
April 7, 2022 | A UAMS team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy recently received the 2022 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT). The study, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,” became the most downloaded paper in 2021 from ASCPT’s journal Clinical and Translational Science. The study was conducted by...
April 7, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $100,000 gift from Rosanne Murphy of Hot Springs to establish an endowed scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. Murphy’s late husband, Marvin L. Murphy, M.D., was a cardiologist at UAMS for 33 years, from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. He was a professor...
April 6, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has hired former Arkansas Rep. Andy Davis as its new vice chancellor of institutional relations. He will start on or around May 1.
April 5, 2022 | A free art therapy workshop for patients with Parkinson’s disease will be offered April 19 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church at 12415 Cantrell Road in Little Rock. The Art for Parkinson’s workshop is being offered by the University at Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Movement Disorders Clinic, in partnership with Arts Integration Services of Little...