June 20, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | More than one significant connection was made between the dozens of UAMS physicians, researchers and invited guests gathered June 12 for a wine-and-cheese reception held to highlight bone research at UAMS and foster more opportunities for research scientists.
June 18, 2013 | June 18, 2013 | Even before the games began, baseball fans in North Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas got to see the final results of victory as stroke survivors moved into action and threw several ceremonial first pitches.
June 17, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | Members of the UAMS Translational Research Institute Community Advisory Board recently told UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., that improving health-related communication between UAMS and the communities it serves could go a long way toward improving health care.
June 14, 2013 | Presley was one of 35 juniors and seniors who participated in the 7th annual UAMS College of Pharmacy summer Pharmacy Camp, where they were immersed in their first complex laboratory experience.
June 12, 2013 | June 12, 2013 | In a ceremony signifying the transition toward becoming a health care professional, the first 26 students in the physician assistant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received their student white coats June 7.
June 10, 2013 | June 10, 2013 | Researchers have documented, explained and provided promising solutions for the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities, but that hasn’t resulted in the urgency or the political will needed to advance public policy measures needed to achieve health equity, said Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D., the founding director of the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity, during his keynote address at the UAMS Developing Health Equity Leaders Conference.
June 7, 2013 | June 7, 2013 | Thunderstorms and flash flood warnings dominated the landscape outdoors, but warm hearts and joyful reunions weren’t dampened indoors at the second annual UAMS Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) reunion.
June 4, 2013 | Supporters of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute joined forces May 31 to “KISS Cancer Goodbye” at the institute’s annual RockStar Lounge.
May 31, 2013 | May 31, 2013 | Abhishek Deshmukh, M.D., a UAMS cardiology fellow, has been recognized for his research in atrial fibrillation ablation, a treatment that treats a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation.
May 29, 2013 | Near the end of a 4-hour meeting, about 30 researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children's Hospital were so engrossed in their small-group sessions that it took the meeting’s facilitator, Myron Rogers, a few attempts to regain their attention.