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...
Feb. 3, 2016 | Feb. 3, 2016 | Terry Bradshaw is one satisfied customer. The Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback praised the excellent care he received at UAMS in December when Lowry Barnes, M.D., performed a total knee replacement on his right knee. Bradshaw told the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees during its...
Feb. 2, 2016 | Feb. 2, 2016 | UAMS orthopaedics professor Jack Vander Schilden, M.D., was recognized Jan. 30 for his 30 years of service with the Trojan athletic teams at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Vander Schilden, who is the head team physician for all Trojan athletic teams, including the basketball team, was honored at...
Feb. 1, 2016 | Feb. 1, 2016 | It was Christmas night and Yogesh Jethava, M.D., was worried. Working the holiday at UAMS Medical Center, he had just diagnosed a leukemia patient’s rare, life-threatening liver disease. The only known treatment was a drug awaiting U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval and not available at most medical centers. What he...
Jan. 29, 2016 | Jan. 29, 2016 | Three UAMS scientists recently received start-up grants to advance their cancer research. The three grants of $10,000 each were presented to investigators at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute by the Envoys, a volunteer advocacy group of the Cancer Institute Foundation, during their “Doctor is In” reception and research poster...
Jan. 26, 2016 | LITTLE ROCK — The College of Nursing Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has elected Benni Fambrough of Little Rock its new chairman and re-elected JoAnn Hennessy Smith of Searcy as vice chair and Mike Spades of Little Rock as secretary-treasurer. Each officer will serve a two-year term, which began...