Sept. 5, 2014 | Sept. 5, 2014 | UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt, Ph.D., received a cold reception along with warm applause and laughter Friday as they were drenched with a mix of ice and water while taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Sept. 4, 2014 | After experiencing the inadequacy of the health care system in their home of Lagos, Nigeria, Dolapo and Bukola Odeniyi, identical twin sisters, are studying at the University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences to fulfill their dream of becoming doctors.
Aug. 27, 2014 | Aug. 27, 2014 | Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholar at a news conference today at the State Capitol.
Aug. 20, 2014 | Claudia Barone, Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has become the first nurse appointed to the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Aug. 15, 2014 | Aug. 15, 2014 | Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.
Aug. 15, 2014 | Aug. 15, 2014 | Chronic pain had diminished the lives of both Steve Moore and Tony Yocom. Protégé, a new neurostimulation system implanted during surgery at UAMS, has given some of that life back.
Aug. 13, 2014 | Aug. 13, 2014 | Gov. Mike Beebe joined officials from UAMS and the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs today at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville to announce a plan to provide residents in the Arkansas State Veterans Home on the regional campus improved care.
Aug. 12, 2014 | Aug. 12, 2014 | A new device developed by a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a researcher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) could soon be available to treat stroke more effectively.
Aug. 11, 2014 | Aug. 11, 2014 | Presentations at the 56th annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) included a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) scientist’s findings related to his graduate study in the University of Toledo.
Aug. 4, 2014 | For many college students, summer means taking a break from academic work. But for some undergraduate students in central Arkansas, summer means they get a chance to further their academic work and learn about careers in science through hands-on research.