UAMS Ensures Bright Smiles at Boo at the Zoo

Nov. 9, 2018 | Some of Central Arkansas’ witches, ghosts and goblins are smiling bright thanks to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

UAMS Medical Center Named ‘Most Wired’ Hospital for 2018

Nov. 7, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center recently won the Most Wired Award for the fourth year in a row from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

Life Sciences Summit: Health Care Needs Innovation and Flexibility

Nov. 6, 2018 | Business and economic disruption is coming to health care, Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe, M.D., said Oct. 25 at the Arkansas Life Sciences Summit in Conway “Uber and AirBNB were successful in going around the transportation and hotel industries, and that is what is beginning to happen in health care,” Bledsoe said. “It’s going to...

UAMS Researcher Awarded $350,000 Fellowship for Behavioral Health Telemedicine Pilot Study

Nov. 6, 2018 | UAMS researcher Nickolas Zaller, Ph.D., recently was awarded a three-year, $350,000 research fellowship for a new telehealth counseling pilot study in the West Memphis area for individuals on probation or parole who have behavioral health disorders.

Passing of Our Dear Friend – Mr. Terry J. DuBose

Nov. 1, 2018 | It is with a heavy heart that we let you know of the passing of the college’s dear friend and colleague, Mr. Terry J. DuBose.  Terry passed away at his home in Austin, Texas, on Monday afternoon after a lengthy illness. Terry served as the director of the Division of Diagnostic Medical Sonography in the...

Graduate School Career Day Celebrates Multitude of Career Paths

Nov. 1, 2018 | The UAMS Graduate School Career Day for Biomedical Sciences is an annual way to celebrate the variety and excitement of a career path made available by a doctoral degree in biomedical sciences. About 160 undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from UAMS, Arkansas and surrounding states attended the Oct. 18 event, which featured six speakers,...

Culinary Medicine Expert Visits UAMS, Sees Recipe for Success

Nov. 1, 2018 | UAMS possesses all the ingredients for an interdisciplinary approach to culinary medicine, including a wellspring of enthusiasm on the subject, said the founder of a leading center in the area where medicine, cooking, education and healthy living overlap.

UAMS Recognized for Interprofessional Education Program

Oct. 31, 2018 | On the strength of its interprofessional education curriculum, UAMS recently was identified as a Program of Merit by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).

Klimberg Lectureship Brings Breast Cancer Luminaries Back to UAMS

Oct. 31, 2018 | Breast cancer treatments have improved dramatically over the last 20 years, with UAMS surgical pioneers such as V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Isabel T. Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., helping lead the way. Rubio, of Madrid, Spain, spent time at UAMS starting in 1996 as a Virginia Clinton Breast Oncology Fellow. She recently shared some of...

UAMS Myeloma Center Team Rides for Research

Oct. 30, 2018 | Oct. 30, 2018 | For the second year in a row, a team of cyclists organized by the UAMS Myeloma Center, including patients, relatives, friends, supporters and at least 24 UAMS employees, rode in the second annual event Ride for Research on Sept. 29 to raise awareness of and more than $30,000 for research of...