Sept. 7, 2016 | Sept. 7, 2016 | The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation presented a $150,000 check Aug. 31 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to support dental care and encourage dental education and residency at UAMS. The 12th Street Center’s dental service has seen more than 400 patients since...
Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2016 | The family of the late William E. “Bill” Clark has given $300,000 to establish a distinguished endowed chair in honor of J. Thomas May in which world-renowned radiation effects expert Martin Hauer-Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., was invested Aug. 29 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Hauer-Jensen, a professor of...
Aug. 31, 2016 | Aug. 31, 2016 | By the time the UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2020 graduates, medical knowledge will be doubling every 73 days, keynote speaker Jonell Hudson, Pharm. D., said Aug. 26 at the college’s White Coat Ceremony. “There is no way we can teach everything you need to know about pharmacy and the...
Aug. 26, 2016 | Aug. 26, 2016 | Although he’d traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Little Rock for the weekend, Tim Coalwell, M.D., felt a little guilty about winning a prize for the longest drive. “That’s because I didn’t drive,” quipped Coalwell, a 1991 UAMS College of Medicine graduate. Held Aug. 19-21 at the University of Arkansas for Medical...
Aug. 25, 2016 | Aug. 25, 2016 — The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) got a boost in the fight against breast cancer with funds generated by QVC Presents “FFANY Shoes on Sale,” held in October 2015. Supporting breast cancer research and education institutions nationwide, the Fashion Footwear Association of...
Aug. 24, 2016 | Aug. 24, 2016 | Amanda Compadre, a third-year medical student at UAMS, is grateful to have been named a 2016 AMA Foundation Minority Scholarship Award recipient by the American Medical Association, but more importantly, she hopes this inspires more people from minority backgrounds to pursue a career in medicine. “It’s a national, prestigious award that...
Aug. 23, 2016 | Aug. 23, 2016 | Bank of America continued its stalwart support for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with a $24,500 corporate foundation gift given to the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs at an August 23 presentation. The check was presented by Donnie Cook, Arkansas state president and Little Rock market president for Bank...
Aug. 19, 2016 | Aug. 19, 2016 | Underserved and underrepresented students will continue to have expanded opportunities to explore the sciences, as the UAMS Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research has been funded for an additional five years. Originally funded 2011-2016 with a $250,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung...
Aug. 18, 2016 | Editor’s Note: McKinley Middle Magnet School thanks UAMS and Little Rock for sending supplies after the floods. Aug. 18, 2016 | The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is collecting school supplies and toiletries for students at the McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School for Visual and Performing Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At least 12 people have died...
Aug. 16, 2016 | Aug. 16, 2016 | So many great things are happening with autism research, outreach and community engagement that it’s hard to fit it all into one event. “We would need twice, thrice the size of this room if we included everything that we are doing in autism research,” said Maya Lopez, M.D., UAMS associate professor...