Feb. 12, 2015 | Feb. 12, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest regional campus in Fayetteville today unveiled a name for a new teaching lab critical to its coming physical therapy program - the Schmieding Neurological Skills Lab.
Feb. 12, 2015 | Feb. 12, 2015 | As the health care industry changes in real time, UAMS is aimed at strategies to deliver better care, better patient experience and lower costs, said UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., during his annual State of the University presentation Feb. 10.
Feb. 9, 2015 | Feb. 9, 2015 |The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) today announced grants totaling $1.3 million from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and its Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas. The grants endow a chair in primary care and expand dental and interprofessional education programs at UAMS.
Feb. 5, 2015 | Feb. 5, 2015 | Three newly awarded grants will assist scientists at UAMS in their search for novel cancer treatments.
Feb. 4, 2015 | Feb. 4, 2015 | Claudio Bisogniero, Italy's ambassador to the United States, and Italian Consul General to Houston Elena Sgarbi visited the main campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to meet with administrators, researchers and clinicians as part of a four-state tour to promote business, cultural and scientific ties with Italy.
Jan. 30, 2015 | January 30, 2015 | In its commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., UAMS looked to the performing talents of high school students and the words and remembrances of several employees to help honor and celebrate the civil rights leader.
Jan. 29, 2015 | January 29, 2015 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures startup company, InterveXion Therapeutics LLC, has received two federal grants totaling $14.5 million for development of drug therapies that can help methamphetamine drug abusers break their addiction.
Jan. 26, 2015 | Jan. 26, 2015 | Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently were awarded a three-year $538,781 grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to investigate the opioid prescribing and dispensing decision making processes of primary care providers and pharmacists.
Jan. 23, 2015 | Jan. 23, 2015 | Patricia Brady, B.S.N., recently received the 2014 Bonny Hope Wallace Award for her outstanding work with research participants at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Jan. 9, 2015 | Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will retire effective June 30. She will be succeeded immediately as provost by Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., dean of the College of Pharmacy and associate provost for society and health.