April 21, 2017 | April 21, 2017 | James M. Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested April 20 as the inaugural recipient of the M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Raczynski, professor and founding dean of the...
April 20, 2017 | April 20, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become the only medical center in Arkansas to be certified nationally as an adult Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. To achieve the certification, hospitals go through a rigorous review process and must demonstrate they can provide the...
April 19, 2017 | April 19, 2017 | The Great 100 Nurses Foundation has released its list of the top nurses in Arkansas and half of the caregivers honored are University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) nurses. The UAMS nurses recognized encompass numerous backgrounds and specialties in research, administration and practice. To see the UAMS nurses honored, visit...
April 18, 2017 | April 18, 2017 | The importance of partnerships and networking to reduce health disparities was emphasized April 7 at the Community Campus Partnership Conference to address health disparities held at the Four Points by Sheraton in Little Rock. The conference, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), brought together over 200 faith...
April 18, 2017 | April 18, 2017 | Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc., chair and professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, recently was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Being named a Fellow recognizes NAI members who have, according to the academy, “demonstrated...
April 17, 2017 | April 17, 2017 |For the first time in the history of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) student awards competition, students of the UAMS College of Pharmacy took home all four national awards for patient care and education. They garnered the historic win March 27 in San Francisco during the APhA annual meeting. About 300 students...
April 17, 2017 | April 17, 2017 | The threat of rain kept few away from the home of Maysel and Stanley Teeter, M.D., who hosted the inaugural meeting of Friends of UAMS – Russellville on April 11. Stanley Teeter, a 1960 UAMS graduate, has served as the team physician for Arkansas Tech University athletic teams and unpaid consultant...
April 14, 2017 | April 14, 2017 | In the classroom, lab and clinic, UAMS students learn to “walk the walk,” and with the annual Student Research Day held April 12, they also learn to “talk the talk.” Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, said such events give students the all-important experience of communicating...
April 14, 2017 | April 14, 2017 | The UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health celebrated National Public Health Week April 3-9 by hosting events to promote healthy behaviors. The national theme this year, “Healthiest Nation 2030,” calls on individuals to ensure conditions — such as access to safe, healthy food — in which everyone has the...
April 13, 2017 | April 13, 2017 | UAMS hosted otology fellows and faculty from all over the world April 7-9 as part of the second annual International Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear and Skull Base Surgery. Twenty-four fellows from 14 countries and 14 faculty from four countries participated in the event, which was held in...