Graduate School Welcomes New Students

Aug. 26, 2021 | As the fall semester began, Robert McGehee, Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, and other campus leaders recently welcomed new graduate students with an orientation on the first floor of the I. Dodd Wilson building. It was the first such in-person orientation the Graduate School has held since 2019. Nearly 30 of this year’s...

William J. Steinbach, M.D., Joins UAMS as Chair of Department of Pediatrics

Aug. 26, 2021 | William J. Steinbach, M.D., will join the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and associate dean for Child Health in the UAMS College of Medicine, as well as pediatrician-in-chief of Arkansas Children’s, effective Jan. 15, 2022. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Steinbach join UAMS as we...

Alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., Returns to College of Pharmacy as Associate Professor

Aug. 26, 2021 | College of Pharmacy alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, has joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice as an associate professor. Murphy returns to UAMS after most recently serving as an associate professor at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy since 2012. “I’m very excited. Coming back to UAMS and coming back home was always the...

NIH Awards UAMS’ Nakagawa $3.6 Million to Expand HPV Cancer Vaccine Study

Aug. 25, 2021 | Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete phase 2 clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to treat cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

New Pharmacy Students Mask Up For First In-Person Orientation in Two Years

Aug. 24, 2021 | Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., of the UAMS College of Pharmacy let out a sigh of relief before she officially greeted the Class of 2025 at the college’s first in-person orientation in two years. Her sigh represented the long-anticipated return of face-to-face classes and events. “This is amazing. My jaw is dropped if you can’t see...

American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Recognizes UAMS’ Johnathan Goree, M.D., Erika Petersen, M.D.

Aug. 23, 2021 | The American Society for Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting July 22-25 in Miami Beach, Florida. Goree, director of UAMS’ Chronic Pain Division and program director of the Chronic Pain...

UAMS Researchers Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Create Phone App to Prevent Opioid Use Relapse

Aug. 23, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A team of UAMS research scientists has been awarded a five-year grant worth $2.5 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to determine if a cell phone application can reduce the relapse rate in people with opioid use disorder.

UAMS Researcher Leading $3.1 Million Preschool Intervention to Reduce Obesity and Cancer in Arkansas, Louisiana

Aug. 19, 2021 | UAMS is leading a major new effort to reduce cancer by addressing eating habits in early childcare and education settings. The project, led by UAMS’ Taren Swindle, Ph.D., will reach about 5,000 children and 500 teachers across Arkansas and Louisiana.

UAMS to Host Aug. 25 Virtual Presentation on ‘Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy’

Aug. 18, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Two physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will speak Aug. 25 on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy.

UAMS Researcher Establishes Scholarship for Sexual Health and Gender Equity

Aug. 18, 2021 | Alexandra Marshall, Ph.D., has gifted $50,000 to UAMS to establish the Marshall Scholarship for Sexual Health and Gender Equity in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.