Dec. 11, 2015 | Dec. 11, 2015 | The Arkansas Research Alliance named UAMS’ Michael Owens, Ph.D., an ARA Fellow during a news conference Dec. 10 at the state Capitol. Owens, who has spent more than 30 years researching the development of medicines to treat drug abuse, particularly methamphetamine, was one of five Fellows presented by Gov. Asa Hutchinson....
Dec. 9, 2015 | Dec. 9, 2015 | Ellyn E. Matthews, Ph.D., R.N., was invested Dec. 7 in the Elizabeth Stanley Cooper Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Matthews is an associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing. She came to UAMS in July from the University of Colorado where...
Dec. 8, 2015 | Dec. 8, 2015 | The UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center’s made the global local on Dec. 1, observing World AIDS Day by providing 36 patients with free HIV screenings. Most of those 36 people also sought a variety of other free health screenings, including screenings for blood pressure, glucose levels and blood pressure....
Dec. 7, 2015 | Dec. 7, 2015 | When the American Heart Association (AHA) released its updated guidelines on resuscitation in October, Arkansas’ own Steve Schexnayder, M.D., helped lead the way. Schexnayder, a professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences who also practices at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, was heavily involved in writing...
Dec. 4, 2015 | Dec. 4, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become home to The Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with the transfer to UAMS of more than 40 terabytes of data from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St. Louis. “Through the archive, UAMS has important linkages...
Dec. 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions recently honored three faculty members for excellence, with its annual Faculty Excellence Awards. Tiffany Lepard-Tassin, M.S., a board-certified genetic counselor and assistant professor in the Department of Genetic Counseling, received the award for Excellence in Service. Her research interest in arterial tortuosity syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive genetic, connective tissue...
Dec. 4, 2015 | December 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions awarded more than $52,000 in scholarships for 2015-2016, a record amount for the college. The college celebrated its scholars, its growing number of scholarships and scholarship donors at its annual scholarship reception on Nov. 5. Thirty-nine students representing many of the college’s academic programs received 46...
Dec. 4, 2015 | Dec. 4, 2015 | There was much to be thankful for at the Soles4Souls event Nov. 19 at River City Ministry in North Little Rock. For the homeless and others in need, there was medical care for their feet, new socks and sturdy boots — just in time for winter. For the UAMS doctors and...
Dec. 3, 2015 | Dec. 3, 2015 | When Mary Cantrell and the simulation education team at UAMS were offered the opportunity to train the staff at Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia, they jumped at the chance. But there was one problem. The UAMS team included men, and Princess Nora is the largest all-women university in...
Dec. 2, 2015 | Dec. 2, 2015 | Torrential rains couldn’t keep a steady stream of visitors from turning out to tour the new UAMS Neighborhood Clinic on Nov. 17. Although the weather outside was definitely frightful, dozens of members of the Maumelle community, including Mayor Mike Watson, stopped by the open house to chat with the staff and...