Dec. 5, 2012 | Dec. 5, 2012 | About 75 people, most of them University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences research scientists and physicians, gathered Nov. 28 in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute rotunda to do something they often don’t get a chance to do — talk to each other.
Dec. 3, 2012 | LITTLE ROCK – Leslie Welch Taylor has been named vice chancellor for the Office of Communications & Marketing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) beginning Jan. 1.
Dec. 3, 2012 | Dec. 3, 2012 | The nation’s academic health centers like the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are positioned as primary assets for addressing the problem of health care disparities, said UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D.
Nov. 27, 2012 | Nov. 27, 2012 | Nalini Bora, Ph.D., director of research for the Pat & Willard Walker Eye Research Center, was awarded a three-year, $1.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to study an inflammatory disease of the eye that causes 20 percent of all blindness.
Nov. 26, 2012 | Nov. 26, 2012 | A determined group in south Arkansas’ Ashley County has become a powerhouse in the fight against breast cancer.
Nov. 16, 2012 | Nov. 16, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Rural Health today released the first comprehensive report on rural health in Arkansas, which identifies the health care needs, disparities and adversities in rural areas and recommends a proven action model for meeting those challenges.
Nov. 15, 2012 | Nov. 15, 2012 | Roxane A. Townsend, M.D., has been named chief executive officer of UAMS Medical Center and vice chancellor for clinical programs for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Nov. 13, 2012 | Nov. 13, 2012 | Dozens of female medical students and high school students got a first-hand look recently into the world of the orthopaedic surgeon as part of a national initiative to increase the number of women in the field.
Nov. 9, 2012 | Nov. 9, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will begin offering a doctorate of nursing practice (D.N.P.) degree in fall 2013 to help meet the state’s growing health care demand.
Nov. 5, 2012 | Nov. 5, 2012 | “J.R.” is a 34-year-old male who recently returned from his third active-duty deployment with the Arkansas National Guard.