Aug. 25, 2015 | Aug. 25, 2015 | In another act of philanthropy to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) before ceasing operations, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given a $7.9 million grant to the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program. The $7.9 million grant will support operations for five years at the Schmieding program’s seven training...
Aug. 21, 2015 | Aug. 21, 2015 | Faculty members in the College of Health Professions gathered Aug. 6 for the college’s first Faculty Showcase, an event designed to spark more collegiality and collaboration. A keynote speaker touting leadership and seizing opportunity complemented two poster sessions featuring research by faculty members. Twenty-four posters featured work from faculty investigators across...
Aug. 18, 2015 | Aug. 18, 2015 | Nupur Lala, the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, is a second-year medical student at UAMS.
Aug. 17, 2015 | UAMS welcomed in July its first two resident dentists, who will provide dental care to patients as part of a yearlong postgraduate dental residency program. Ashley McMillan, D.D.S., a Little Rock native, and Michael Dienberg, D.D.S., of Racine, Wisconsin, were selected for the residency program hosted by the Center for Dental Education in the UAMS College...
Aug. 17, 2015 | Aug. 17, 2015 | The best way to reach people’s minds might just be with a brain — a 18-by-14-by-12-foot, inflatable Mega Brain.
Aug. 12, 2015 | UAMS researchers, led by Martin Hauer-Jensen, M.D., have secured a $10.5 million grant to establish a center to study side effects of cancer therapy.
Aug. 11, 2015 | Aug. 11, 2015 | A UAMS obstetrician highlighted how technology has improved health care in Arkansas, and the increased part it will play moving forward in his address at a TEDx event in Little Rock on July 24.
Aug. 6, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced creation Aug. 3 of the Center for Pacific Islander Health, to be based on the UAMS’ northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, and to be the first such center to focus solely on Pacific Islanders. The center’s work will include health disparities research, disease prevention and management...
Aug. 5, 2015 | Aug. 4, 2015 | Cliff Atkinson took an audience of 185 educators “Beyon d Bullet Points” in his keynote presentation at the ninth annual Teaching with Technology Symposium (TWT) on July 23rd at UAMS. The 136 symposium registrants were joined by about 50 additional UAMS faculty and staff for this presentation. The two-day symposium focused on software...
Aug. 4, 2015 | Aug. 4, 2015 | Kristin Mitchell of North Little Rock has been awarded the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.