May 19, 2015 | May 19, 2015 | FAST-acting medical attention culminated in some fast balls thrown from the pitcher's mound by stroke survivors at Strike Out Stroke Night events in Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock and Arvest Park in Springdale.
May 18, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 931 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
May 14, 2015 | May 14, 2015 | A UAMS doctoral training program barely two years old is already reaching milestones like hosting its second annual symposium gathering students, faculty and keynote speakers to share findings and research in systems pharmacology and toxicology.
May 12, 2015 | May 12, 2015 | Two UAMS researchers who are examining dog's ability to sniff out thyroid cancer were the featured radio guests of the online broadcast Frankly Speaking About Cancer radio show, hosted by Kim Thiboldeaux, president and CEO of the Cancer Support Community, an online global network for cancer patients and their families.
May 11, 2015 | May 11, 2015 | Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson and Greer Grace, both of Little Rock, have joined the community advisory board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 8, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | A $1 million gift by James C. and Mary Kay East to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Chair in Surgical Oncology. The chair will provide resources to ensure patients have the opportunity to understand their disease and participate in decisions based on scientific evidence, treatment availability and their own wishes.
May 6, 2015 | May 6, 2015 | Internal medicine specialist Thomas K. Schulz, M.D., has been named director of the internal medicine residency program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and under development at the northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
May 5, 2015 | May 5, 2015 | Golfers took to the links April 25 vying for various prizes while supporting the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center.
May 1, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | Claudia P. Barone, Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, has been invested as the inaugural holder of the Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Professorship in the UAMS College of Nursing.
April 29, 2015 | April 29, 2015 | The UAMS Graduate School welcomed Maureen Smith, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, April 15 as the fourth annual presenter of the Robert E. McGehee, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Sciences.