July 30, 2019 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having the best hospital in the state, and its ear, nose and throat (ENT) department was ranked among the top 50 nationwide. “The world now knows what we know — wonderful things are happening here at UAMS...
July 30, 2019 | Cindy Stowe, Pharm. D., has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy effective July 29. Stowe was on the UAMS faculty for nearly 20 years, from 1995-2014. Since 2014, she has been dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky....
July 29, 2019 | There is no lack of learning during the summer, or so goes the thinking at the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, which hosted a continuum of programs during the out-of-school months for students from kindergarten to high school, all intended to spark an interest in health sciences. Two programs in particular, the Junior STEM Academy...
July 29, 2019 | July 29, 2019 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute has awarded five early-career UAMS researchers with KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Scholar Awards. The program provides two years of instruction and mentored research training. Scholars receive 75% salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research, tuition, travel expenses and education materials. The KL2 Scholars were chosen...
July 26, 2019 | Twelve undergraduate students from across the United States worked in real labs, doing real research this summer at UAMS — many of them for the first time. The Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research is hosted annually by the UAMS Graduate School and Center for Diversity Affairs and is funded by the...
July 25, 2019 | Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., UAMS vice chancellor for research, outlined some of what UAMS needs to do to grow and support research at all levels and areas in preparation of an attempt for National Cancer Institute Designation during the July 23 Research Staff Meeting.
July 23, 2019 | LITTLE ROCK — Guido J.K. Tricot, M.D., Ph.D., has rejoined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and will see patients at its Myeloma Center. While at UAMS previously, Tricot developed one of the most effective first-line therapies for multiple myeloma, now used around the world. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Tricot rejoin...
July 22, 2019 | Melodee Harris, Ph.D., RN, APRN, the co-director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, has been selected as a Fellow by the American Academy of Nursing. Harris was one of 231 highly distinguished nurse leaders selected by the academy for its 2019 class and...
July 19, 2019 | Arkansas and Georgia both face challenges and opportunities when it comes to reaching underserved health populations in the rural South, said Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine. Rice said both Morehouse and UAMS have vital roles to play in addressing health equity as a means of improving health care...
July 18, 2019 | July 18, 2019 | Forty years of working to educate family residents to fill gaps in care created by the shortage of physicians in rural Arkansas filled the atrium of the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus building on July 16 with applauding, appreciative well-wishers. The more than 100 former residents, local officials and staff were there...