UAMS Extends Reach in 2012

Dec. 21, 2012 | Dec. 21, 2012 | Resources and programs for older Arkansans at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) expanded in 2012 with more space and a wider reach.

UAMS Head Start Singers Serenade Chancellor

Dec. 19, 2012 | Dec. 19, 2012 | The holiday spirit entered into the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today with the energetic voices of 18 UAMS Kennedy Head Start preschoolers singing classic Christmas songs.

First Human Tests of Meth Medication Completed

Dec. 19, 2012 | Dec. 19, 2012 | InterveXion Therapeutics LLC and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have successfully completed dosing in the first human safety study of a medication to help methamphetamine users fight their addictions.

Anatomy Teaching Complex Named for Longtime Educator

Dec. 14, 2012 | Dec. 14, 2012 | Colleagues and students from both ends of a 34-year teaching career remembered a gifted educator, anatomist and scientific author during a Dec. 7 dedication ceremony for the Patrick W. Tank Anatomy Teaching Complex at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

UAMS Family Home Donation Aids Neonatal Intensive Care

Dec. 13, 2012 | Dec. 13, 2012 | They may not know it, but Arkansas’ tiniest babies will soon benefit from new equipment and supplies thanks to the UAMS Family Home.

Future Brings Financial Challenges in Health Care

Dec. 12, 2012 | Dec. 12, 2012 | The state’s only academic health sciences center could lose more than $35 million in funding reductions that would affect its patient care services, research and educating tomorrow’s medical professionals, its chancellor said recently.

New High-Tech Tool Aids Hunt for Myeloma Cure

Dec. 12, 2012 | Dec. 12, 2012 | Understanding genetic processes in plasma cells may present a promising opportunity to develop new targeted treatments for multiple myeloma, and UAMS Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy researchers have a new tool that will enable, for the first time, detailed examination of these processes.

UAMS Dental Clinic Now Taking Appointments for January

Dec. 11, 2012 | Dec. 11, 2012 | The general dentistry clinic opening Jan. 7 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is now taking patient appointments.

UAMS Celebrates Opening of 12th Street Student-Led Community Health Center

Dec. 10, 2012 | Dec. 10, 2012 | Students and faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) cut the ribbon and dedicated the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center Dec. 7, which will provide free health screenings and information to the minority community where the clinic is located.

Grants Help Physician Assistant, NW Residency Programs

Dec. 7, 2012 | Dec. 7, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) planned internal medicine residency program in northwest Arkansas and new physician assistant program received grants totaling more than $200,000 from the Blue & You Foundation.