July 22, 2009 | July 22, 2009 | The Mountain Home Professional Fire Fighters Association donated more than $2,500 for ALS Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in honor of the wife of a local fire fighter who is battling the disease.
July 14, 2009 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded nearly $20 million – its largest ever research grant – by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join an exclusive group of medical institutions nationwide.
July 10, 2009 | The Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 60 of Little Rock donated $2,500 to the division in a check presentation ceremony June 18. The majority of the funds was raised through an annual sock hop dance at the Eagles chapter headquarters, called the Little Rock Aerie.
July 7, 2009 | Crediting his scientific publications and his work in the clinical lab at UAMS, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) recently announced UAMS faculty member Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., as recipient of its 2009 Clinical Chemistry Young Investigator Award.
July 2, 2009 | July 2, 2009 | The premier international publication for rural health research is now being overseen by an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.
June 26, 2009 | Preparations for medical and pharmacy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) satellite campus in Fayetteville received a boost today with a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation.
June 23, 2009 | While about 300 physician researchers recently submitted their work for recognition to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), it was a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) doctor who rose to the top.
June 18, 2009 | The celebration was twofold for family, friends and colleagues as the UAMS Jones Eye Institute awarded two chairs to a pair of its most highly respected ophthalmologists at a June 4 double investiture ceremony.
June 9, 2009 | Bringing "vision of a primary care physician to the latest science in genetics," Kent McKelvey, M.D., on May 14 became the inaugural recipient of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Chair in Clinical Genetics.
June 4, 2009 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today received $33.4 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the second-largest gift ever awarded to UAMS.