June 11, 2015 | June 11, 2015 | UAMS welcomed the first 24 students to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program on its northwest Arkansas campus during a June 9 event that also reunited a longtime program supporter with the therapist who helped him overcome polio-induced paralysis as a teenager. Students in the program, based on the Fayetteville campus, will...
June 11, 2015 | Thirty-four students in the third class of the physician assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions received their white coats in a May 22 ceremony with guidance to see it as a symbol of joining the profession, becoming a servant of the sick and the need to find a good dry cleaner. Two...
June 8, 2015 | June 8, 2015 | Recognizing the hidden role that mentors and others play in fostering a diverse work force can help reduce health care disparity, participants learned May 29 at the Community Campus Partnership Conference to Address Health Disparities at UAMS.
May 28, 2015 | May 28, 2015 | Despite the joy often associated with graduation, saying goodbye sometimes isn't easy.
May 22, 2015 | May 22, 2015 | Twenty patient support programs have been awarded grants by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary.
May 21, 2015 | May 21, 2015 | Seven UAMS nurses - and several more UAMS nursing graduate students were named recently to the Arkansas Action Coalition's inaugural "40 Under 40" list honoring emerging nurse leaders in the state under the age of 40.
May 19, 2015 | May 19, 2015 | FAST-acting medical attention culminated in some fast balls thrown from the pitcher's mound by stroke survivors at Strike Out Stroke Night events in Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock and Arvest Park in Springdale.
May 18, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
May 14, 2015 | May 14, 2015 | A UAMS doctoral training program barely two years old is already reaching milestones like hosting its second annual symposium gathering students, faculty and keynote speakers to share findings and research in systems pharmacology and toxicology.
May 12, 2015 | May 12, 2015 | Two UAMS researchers who are examining dog's ability to sniff out thyroid cancer were the featured radio guests of the online broadcast Frankly Speaking About Cancer radio show, hosted by Kim Thiboldeaux, president and CEO of the Cancer Support Community, an online global network for cancer patients and their families.