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Aging Research, Discoveries Showcased

June 22, 2015 | June 22, 2015 | Aging was the focus of the latest wine-and-cheese reception hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine, Showcase of Medical Discoveries: A Focus on Aging, a series created to foster communication and collaboration among UAMS researchers.

Cross-Country Cyclists Visit the UAMS Cancer Institute

June 16, 2015 | June 16, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed about 30 University of Texas students June 15 as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world.

UAMS Receives $40,000 from Mexican Consulate to Continue Community Health Partnership

June 12, 2015 | June 12, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health today received $40,000 from the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to continue a partnership begun in 2010 that provides health education, screenings and referrals to health care providers for those with needed services for more than...

UAMS Celebrates Physical Therapy Students, Power of Therapy

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...

Third Class of Physician Assistant Students Receive White Coats

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...

Conference Fosters Partnership to Improve Health Equity

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.

Nurses Named to List of Young Nursing Leaders

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.

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