Sept. 4, 2013 | Sept. 4, 2013 | The UAMS College of Medicine presented its 2013 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award to retired U.S. Army Col. John Holcomb, M.D., a 1985 graduate who earned wide acclaim during his 23-year career in the military for substantially advancing trauma care for those wounded in battle.
Aug. 30, 2013 | Aug. 30, 2013 | A pair of UAMS College of Medicine researchers recently received a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop super-resolution holography methods to study the Golgi apparatus and defects that have been associated with conditions such as glaucoma, chlamydia infection, neurodegenerative disease, viral entry and aging.
Aug. 23, 2013 | Aug. 23, 2013 | Living human lungs donated to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are helping a multi-center team of researchers begin testing potential breakthrough asthma treatments as part of a 5-year, $11.9 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Aug. 21, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME) Office, the only nationally accredited provider in Arkansas, received a six-year Accreditation with Commendation, the highest level awarded by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Education (ACCME).
Aug. 16, 2013 | Aug. 16, 2013 | Igor Koturbash, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has been invited to be part of a newly formed international initiative that will investigate the role of commonly encountered chemicals in cancer causation as well as explore new cancer-fighting therapies.
Aug. 13, 2013 | Bank of America continued its long history of support for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with a $22,000 corporate foundation gift given to the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs (CDA) at an Aug. 6 presentation.
Aug. 12, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., provost and Stephanie F. Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., associate provost as part of a leadership restructure to better serve the state.
Aug. 7, 2013 | Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received national recognition for a study that determined the impact of two evidence-based interventions for older adults – a lifestyle weight management program and a cognition training program – both delivered by lay health educators.
Aug. 6, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Aug. 2 celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Hot Springs, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
Aug. 2, 2013 | The second annual Central Arkansas Research Symposium on July 24 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center provided a rare opportunity to highlight research done during the summer by more than 70 undergraduate students at UAMS and other institutions throughout central Arkansas.