Aug. 1, 2013 | For low-income families and minorities in Arkansas’ Delta region, asthma goes untreated among a majority of children. A group of Arkansas Commitment Scholars is spending the summer looking for a solution alongside Tamara Perry, M.D., and other UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital researchers.
July 30, 2013 | July 30, 2013 | As the countdown clocks at UAMS reach single digits in the number of days before more than 30 primary care and women’s health clinics launch new electronic health record software from Epic, dedicated employees are going above and beyond to ensure a smooth take off.
July 25, 2013 | July 25, 2013 | UAMS research scientists are working to unlock the secrets of the network of cells in bone, work that may prove central to the more effective treatment of osteoporosis.
July 24, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | UAMS cardiologist Christian Assad, M.D., wants to start a revolution in medicine, and he wants to do it with something right in front of his eyes — Google Glass.
July 23, 2013 | July 23, 2013 | The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UAMS College of Medicine recently learned that it will receive $665,000 over the next five years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support research training for predoctoral fellows.
July 17, 2013 | July 16, 2013 | The Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas (CBBA) celebrated more than the usual group of dedicated supporters at its annual sold-out luncheon July 16 at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, as the UAMS-housed organization honored its leader with an inaugural chair.
July 8, 2013 | July 8, 2013 | For nearly three years, physicians, nurses and staff at the Fort Smith Family Medical Center at UAMS West have worked hard to move the primary care clinic toward the new patient-centered medical home model. Recently, their efforts were rewarded.
July 2, 2013 | A world-renowned laser and nanomedicine researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the inaugural recipient of the Josephine T. McGill Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Research.
June 26, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | Armed with an intense desire to support young people diagnosed with cancer, 106 bicyclists embarked June 2 on the journey of a lifetime.
June 21, 2013 | June 21, 2013 | Now that the Arkansas e-Link high-speed broadband network is connecting all 75 counties of the state, project leaders have started teaching the public how to use it.