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Five UAMS scientists each received $15,000 in seed funding for new research. Top row: Youssef Aachoui, Ph.D., Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., Alicia Byrd, Ph.D. Bottom row: Behjatolah "BJ" Karbassi, Ph.D., and Rupak Pathak, Ph.D.

Five UAMS Researchers Receive Seed Funding for New Projects

Nov. 2, 2020 | Five UAMS scientists were awarded $15,000 each to fund research projects in the coming year, thanks to an endowment created by generous donors nearly four decades ago. The Medical Research Endowment Fund was one of the first major fundraising campaigns of the UAMS Board of Advisors. Established in 1982 to stimulate and support research programs...

Kirby Bland, MD

Klimberg Lectureship Offers Insight from Leading Breast Cancer Researcher

Oct. 30, 2020 | As a young physician-scientist, V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., Ph.D., found a lifelong mentor and friend in renowned breast cancer researcher Kirby Bland, M.D. “Without him, I would not be where I am today,” said Klimberg, former division director of the UAMS College of Medicine Division of Breast Surgical Oncology. That mutual respect and admiration led...

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, holds the $25,000 check with Amy Wenger, M.H.S.A., vice chancellor for Regional Campuses and Robert "Rob" Robinson, community president for Simmons Bank El Dorado. To their right is Freddie Black, chief business development officer for Simmons Bank.

Simmons Bank Donates $25,000 to El Dorado UAMS Regional Campus

Oct. 28, 2020 | On Oct. 28 Simmons Bank presented $25,000 to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) representatives to help fund the coming UAMS regional campus in El Dorado. The campus represents a joint effort by the Medical Center of South Arkansas (MCSA) and UAMS to increase medical access throughout south Arkansas by training primary care physicians...

Heather Williams, M.D.

Fellowship-trained Gynecologic Oncologist Heather Williams, M.D., Joins UAMS

Oct. 28, 2020 | Gynecologic oncologist Heather Williams, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. She is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Translational research requires collaboration among teams of experts from relevant fields and involves the community, said Laura James, M.D., (upper right), director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute.

UAMS Translational Researchers Are Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19, ARA Audience Hears

Oct. 26, 2020 | COVID-19 has been in the United States less than a year, but UAMS translational researchers have moved quickly to play key roles in statewide and national efforts to combat it. During a presentation Oct. 21 sponsored by the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA), Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, and her colleagues...

Josh Kennedy, M.D.

Early UAMS Study Results Show 3.5% of Arkansans Infected by Coronavirus

Oct. 23, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK – Early results from a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led COVID-19 antibody study show that 3.5% of Arkansans have been infected with the novel coronavirus. UAMS researcher Joshua Kennedy, M.D., revealed the initial findings of the Arkansas Coronavirus Antibodies Seroprevalence Survey during a presentation Oct. 21 with Laura James, M.D., director...

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