UAMS Welcomes Students for Inaugural Diversity Day

March 10, 2015 | March 10, 2015 | UAMS welcomed about 100 college students to campus Feb. 27 for its first Diversity Day.

Researchers Use Scent-Trained Dogs to Detect Thyroid Cancer

March 9, 2015 | March 9, 2015 | Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented findings at the Endocrine Society's ENDO 2015 conference March 6 in San Diego showing nearly 90 percent accuracy using scent-trained dogs to detect thyroid cancer

Rare Disease Discoveries Showcased at UAMS

March 9, 2015 | March 9, 2015 | The fruitions of medical research were touted at a recent reception at UAMS focusing on rare diseases, including ALS and a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Center for Distance Health Founder, Director Honored

March 3, 2015 | March 3, 2015 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., and Tina Benton, B.S.N., R.N., today at the South Central Telehealth Forum in Jackson, Mississippi were recognized for their work in telemedicine with the first Champion Awards from the South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC).

Celgene Gives $10 Million to Myeloma Institute

March 2, 2015 | March 2, 2015 | The Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a generous gift from Celgene Corporation to benefit patients with multiple myeloma through the creation of The Bart Barlogie Center for Molecular Diagnostics and the establishment of the Celgene Distinguished Endowed Chair in Molecular Therapeutics.

CDC Awards $3.75 million to UAMS for Arkansas Prevention Research Center

Feb. 27, 2015 | Feb. 27, 2015 | The Arkansas Prevention Research Center (ARPRC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has been awarded an additional $3.75 million grant to continue the ARPRC's activities for a new five-year period by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Menopause Expert Commentary in JAMA

Feb. 25, 2015 | Feb. 25, 2015 | Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., director of reproductive endocrinology at UAMS and an international expert on fertility and menopause, has co-authored commentary on a study on  physical symptoms in menopause published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - Internal Medicine.

Alzheimer’s Disease Panel Draws Capacity Crowd

Feb. 25, 2015 | Feb. 25, 2015 | About 150 people filled the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to capacity Feb. 10 to hear presentations and take part in a question-and-answer discussion of Alzheimer's disease.

Boop Family Gives $50,000 to Train Neurosurgeons

Feb. 20, 2015 | Feb. 20, 2015 | To support the education of UAMS neurosurgery residents, alumnus Frederick Boop, M.D., and former UAMS neurosurgery faculty member Warren Boop, M.D., have given $50,000 to create the Boop Family Endowment.

Pope Moseley, M.D., Named Dean of UAMS College of Medicine

Feb. 19, 2015 | Feb. 19, 2015 | Pope L. Moseley, M.D., has been named dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective July 15.