May 27, 2011 | May 27, 2011 | A helicopter carrying UAMS stroke neurologist Salah Keyrouz, M.D., grabbed Arkansas Travelers fans’ attention by circling and landing just outside Dickey-Stephens Park.
May 25, 2011 | May 25, 2011 | Now in its 11th year, the Paul Dunn Golf Classic has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars in support of research at UAMS seeking better treatments and a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
May 23, 2011 | May 23, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees to 862 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its May 21 commencement ceremony at Barton Coliseum. Fred W. Smith, chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Board of Trustees, received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his longtime support of UAMS and better health for Arkansans.
May 20, 2011 | WEST MEMPHIS – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in West Memphis, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
May 19, 2011 | May 19, 2011 | Five days a week, Ashley Walsh of Mammoth Spring is happy to drive the hour to Mountain Home for classes in dental hygiene. Walsh is one of five students about to become the first group to graduate the UAMS dental hygiene program hosted at Arkansas State University Mountain Home (ASUMH).
May 17, 2011 | May 17, 2011 | A recent gathering of about 40 researchers hosted by the UAMS Center for Clinical and Translational Research may prove a spark for new collaborations to address community health issues.
May 16, 2011 | May 16, 2011 | Developers of the “World Wide Web of cancer research” came together May 9-10 in Little Rock to discuss advances in the network linking cancer researchers and physicians around the world.
May 12, 2011 | May 12, 2011 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers studying Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has identified new vessel growth by a compound that ultimately could lead to a better understanding of how AMD is formed and more effective wound care.
May 10, 2011 | May 10, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has earned a national telemedicine award for its use of broadband technology to provide health care to rural Arkansans.
May 9, 2011 | May 9, 2011 | Kristoffer Nissinen, a fourth-year medical student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, was awarded the Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology at a presentation May 6.