Sept. 13, 2017 | Sept. 13, 2017 | It was just a chance encounter on a Friday evening, but that fateful meeting has had quite an impact on tobacco cessation research and work in Arkansas. Seven years ago, Claudia Barone, D.N.P., Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a professor in the UAMS College of Nursing and a certified tobacco treatment specialist, was at...
Sept. 12, 2017 | Sept. 12, 2017 | Four members of the UAMS family were recognized Sept. 6 for their contributions to promoting diversity on campus and in the community at the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs’ annual State of Diversity and Inclusion ceremony. Santiago Gonzales, a medical student in the UAMS College of Medicine; Brittney Roy, program coordinator...
Sept. 6, 2017 | Sept. 6, 2017 | UAMS scientists believe they have identified an enzyme that could be manipulated to help stave off transplant rejection in patients following surgery. The findings of Lyle Burdine, M.D., Ph.D., transplant surgeon and assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Division of Surgical Research and his research team — including postdoctoral fellow...
Sept. 5, 2017 | Sept. 5, 2017 | A nationally funded research center that was created to help the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grow its research enterprise has helped UAMS researchers successfully compete for grants totaling more than $100 million in just 13 years. UAMS is reaping the rewards of its first Center of Biomedical Research Excellence...
Aug. 31, 2017 | Aug. 31, 2017 | Amid all the handshakes, hugs, smiles and laughter, UAMS alumni reminisced and caught up on their divergent paths, delighted to be together again – some who hadn’t seen each other since graduation, decades ago. The 2017 Alumni Weekend held Aug. 18-20 welcomed back more than 200 graduates from all colleges with...
Aug. 29, 2017 | Aug. 29, 2017 | Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have announced a statement of strategic intent, which reflects the two health care organizations’ commitment to offer a wider range of educational opportunities and deliver clinical care more efficiently. The alliance will strengthen the two institutions’ collective ability to improve population...
Aug. 28, 2017 | Aug. 28, 2017 | Members of the Hat Club of Little Rock presented a $15,500 check to the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on Aug. 15, earning a symbolic tip of the cap from doctors, nurses and staff. Blue and white from the Hat Club’s distinctive baseball caps intermingled with strings of more than...
Aug. 24, 2017 | Aug. 24, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been reaccredited for another 10 years by the Higher Learning Commission. The Higher Learning Commission is the regional accrediting body for higher education institutions. Accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission is important to UAMS for many reasons. It enables students to transfer...
Aug. 23, 2017 | Aug. 23, 2017 | C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., has made a distinguished career as an orthopaedic surgeon with the support of a kindly mentor and a dedicated nurse. Now, he’s paying it forward: spreading $75,000 across two scholarships, each honoring their contributions. Barnes donated $37,500, matched by UAMS for a total of $75,000, towards the...
Aug. 22, 2017 | Aug. 22, 2017 | On a recent trip, Grazyna Nowak, Ph.D., was reluctant to switch rooms when the hotel management asked if she would, she said Aug. 18 at the White Coat Ceremony for the UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2021. A professor in the college’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a recipient of...