Sept. 28, 2017 | Sept. 28, 2017 | To be accepting of one another and work to unify the country, individuals must better understand their privileges and identify ways to help others, said Sara Tariq, M.D., assistant dean for undergraduate clinical education in the UAMS College of Medicine. The interactive, lunchtime talk Sept. 20 was the third in a...
Sept. 27, 2017 | Sept. 27, 2017 | Faculty, friends and family watched proudly at the eighth annual Research Induction Ceremony as 34 students in the UAMS Graduate School donned laboratory coats to mark their readiness to begin doctoral research. “It really is a milestone, and it’s one that every Ph.D. has to go through,” said Robert McGehee Jr.,...
Sept. 26, 2017 | Sept. 26, 2017 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientist has been awarded a $409,750 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to lead a study investigating ways the brain develops resilience to mental illnesses like addiction. Andrew James, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of...
Sept. 25, 2017 | Sept. 25, 2017 | At the start of the Caregiver Action Network workshop, Mark Gibbons handed out cards asking the 60 caregivers attending how they felt when they fully realized they were the caregiver for a loved one. The responses most commonly expressed were fear and feelings of being at a loss for answers. As...
Sept. 22, 2017 | Sept. 22, 2017 | Sasha Ray, a third-year College of Medicine student from Little Rock, has been elected director for Region III of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), the nation’s oldest and largest, independent, student-run organization focused on the needs and concerns of medical students of color. Ray was elected to the SNMA Board...
Sept. 21, 2017 | Sept. 21, 2017 | Three UAMS medical students have each been awarded a $20,000 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Primary Care Scholarship, which encourages aspiring physicians to pursue primary care practices in rural Arkansas. This year’s recipients are Steven James, a senior from Conway; Julie Sherrill, a senior from Dumas; and Allison Jackson, a...
Sept. 20, 2017 | Sept. 20, 2017 – A grant of more than $55,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will assist health care providers across the state to identify and treat families with an inherited risk for cancer. The one-year grant totaling $55,554 was presented to Kristin Zorn, M.D., director of the Division of Gynecologic...
Sept. 19, 2017 | Sept. 19, 2017 | Tolerance has aided the rise of the world’s great empires and intolerance has abetted their fall, said Erick Messias, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., associate dean for faculty affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine. Messias’ Sept. 13 lunchtime lecture, which followed Day of Empire, a book by Yale Law School Professor Amy...
Sept. 19, 2017 | Sept. 19, 2017 | The Simulation Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recognized as a program of quality in anesthesiology simulation and approved by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) to offer educational courses for anesthesiologists to hone their skills and maintain their professional certifications. The UAMS Simulation Center is...
Sept. 18, 2017 | Sept. 18, 2017 | UAMS Myeloma Institute patients, caregivers and health professionals gathered Sept. 9 at UAMS for Patient Power, a free event offering information about myeloma and other blood-related diseases and the significance of genetic profiling, imaging and getting involved with developing research. “Living Well with Myeloma” drew a crowd of nearly 100, with...