Feb. 29, 2016 | Feb. 29, 2016 | UAMS celebrated diversity in February with two events in honor of Black History Month. Historian and longtime College of Pharmacy faculty member Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D., traced connections in his family to the Underground Railroad and the Battle of Helena in Arkansas during the Civil War while speaking Feb. 18 at the...
Feb. 26, 2016 | Feb. 26, 2016 | Pointing to measurements of academic, clinical and research productivity, UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., voiced optimism and pride at the work UAMS is doing in its health and health improvement mission for Arkansas during his annual State of the University report on Feb. 23. However, the university is also facing several...
Feb. 25, 2016 | Feb. 25, 2016 | Students from the UAMS Graduate School presented their research Feb. 19 during the Graduate Student Association (GSA) Symposium, which was held in the BioMed buildings. Eighteen students competed in the poster presentation portion of the symposium while eight students were selected, based on their abstracts, to present oral presentations about their research...
Feb. 23, 2016 | Feb. 23, 2016 | Twelve projects were on display Feb. 10 at the latest Showcase of Medical Discoveries wine-and-cheese event hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine. The series was created to foster communication and collaboration among UAMS researchers. The research featured at the reception in the 10th floor lobby of the UAMS Winthrop P....
Feb. 22, 2016 | LITTLE ROCK — V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., a breast surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected treasurer of the Southern Surgical Association. Klimberg is director of the Division of Breast and Surgical Oncology and professor of surgery and pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine. She holds the Muriel...
Feb. 19, 2016 | Feb. 19, 2016 | It’s about connections. Diagnosing rare diseases requires matching patient symptoms to descriptions of similar cases. Treating them often requires connecting with physicians in other states and countries. That’s where disease registries —special databases that contain information about people diagnosed with specific diseases — become crucial. For Sarah Mulkey, M.D., Ph. D.,...
Feb. 18, 2016 | Feb. 18, 2016 | Joseph Su, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., have a big job ahead of them. As co-directors of the Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences (CPPS) program in UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, they are working to solve the problem of cancer disparity in Arkansas. According to the Centers for...
Feb. 11, 2016 | Feb. 11, 2016 | Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., awarded 13 grants to UAMS programs at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception Feb. 5. Rahn said the 13 grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 for a grand total of $305,000, were the most ever distributed by the Chancellor’s Circle. Members of the Chancellor’s...
Feb. 9, 2016 | Feb. 9, 2016 | Mike Stephens is working for UAMS to improve health and wellness in the Marshallese and Hispanic communities in northwest Arkansas while also serving as a first sergeant in the Arkansas Air National Guard. Juggling the responsibilities of his full-time job at the UAMS Northwest Campus with his Guard duty requires supportive...
Feb. 5, 2016 | Feb. 5, 2016 | It’s not uncommon to find College of Pharmacy’s Antiño R. Allen, Ph.D., working at his laboratory into the night or through the weekend. The truth is he savors it, which led him to be named an emerging scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. “When you’re talking about a scientist or...