Sept. 15, 2016 | Sept. 15, 2016 | Two medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 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. Evan Branscum, a senior who grew up in Marshall, and Julie Sherrill,...
Sept. 12, 2016 | LITTLE ROCK – The public is invited to help fight breast cancer by voting online for a video featuring the dancing talents of doctors, nurses and others at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and members of the Little Rock Trojans. The video to “Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon was...
Sept. 9, 2016 | Peter Kohler, M.D., is retiring as vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ northwest Arkansas campus, effective Dec. 31.
Sept. 9, 2016 | The following article was originally featured on the UAMS Intranet as “Student Center, Boulevard Bread Opening Soon”. You can find the original article here. Something new has come to the UAMS campus. The building that previously housed the UAMS Bookstore has been transformed into a new Student Center, complete with a Boulevard Bread restaurant that is...
Sept. 8, 2016 | Sept. 8, 2016 | UAMS biomedical informatics researcher David Ussery, Ph.D., and UAMS cancer treatment researcher Hong-yu Li, Ph.D., were named Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholars at a news conference today at the State Capitol. Ussery and Li each were presented with a certificate by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, ARA Board of Trustees Chair Sonja Hubbard...
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...