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Book cover to "My Teacher Wears a Mask"

‘My Teacher Wears a Mask’ Book Helps Toddlers, Pre-K Children Understand Masks

Aug. 26, 2020 | It’s hard enough for adults to keep up with the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic – imagine how confusing something like a mask could be to a toddler or preschooler. “My Teacher Wears a Mask” is a free online book and activity set intended to help with just that problem. It was developed...

Alan Tackett, PhD

$10.6 Million Federal Grant to Expand National Proteomics Resource at UAMS

Aug. 26, 2020 | A $10.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to greatly expand its proteomics resource. This grant will establish the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics as the first NIH National Resource in Arkansas, which will serve biomedical researchers across the entire nation.

Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., UAMS vice chancellor for Research and Innovation, said new research approaches have helped spur funding growth.

UAMS Researchers See 43% Funding Increase in FY2020

Aug. 24, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliate research institutions saw research funding grow by 43% this past year, with $158.1 million in grants by the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The bulk of the funding is from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal...

Dr. Mustain with residents

General Surgery Residents get Hands-On Training with Newest Robotic Surgery System

Aug. 21, 2020 | Robotic surgery is emerging as the future of general surgery, which means UAMS general surgery residents are eager to master those skills today. “Robotic surgeries are relatively new in the world of general surgery, but we can already see how important it is to patient outcomes and how it can be used for multiple applications,”...

Tonya Cook Respiratory Care

Respiratory Care Program in the News

Aug. 21, 2020 | Tonya Cook, director of clinical education and an associate professor in the college’s Cardio-Respiratory Care program, discusses the importance of ventilators in treating COVID-19.  Click the button below to watch the video!  

UAMS employees at a community drive-thru COVID-19 screening at Shorter College in North Little Rock on June 30. Multiple donors, from individuals to foundations and corporations, gave more than $285,000 in fiscal 2020 to UAMS to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

UAMS Tops $41.5 Million in Fundraising for 2020 Fiscal Year

Aug. 20, 2020 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) raised more than $41.5 million for fiscal 2020 ending June 30, more than double the fundraising total for last year. Angela Wimmer, vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement, made the announcement Aug. 18 at the quarterly meeting of the UAMS Board of Advisors. From July 1, 2019 to...

Lexi Jacobus just before she pole valuts while competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

Twins Prepare for 2021 Olympics, First-Year as College of Pharmacy Students

Aug. 19, 2020 | Twin sisters and pole vaulters Tori Hoggard and Lexi Jacobus are familiar with hurtling through mid-air, but they aren’t used to the feeling like they are suspended in it. Like so many people throughout the world with plans affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic, they had anticipated starting as first-year UAMS College of Pharmacy students...

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