Gwen Childs Named 2009 UAMS Outstanding Woman Faculty
March 17, 2009 | Gwen V. Childs, Ph.D., received the 2009 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award on March 12 at the annual Women’s Faculty Development Caucus dinner.
University News
Allied Health College Prepares to Move into New Home
March 10, 2009 | The UAMS College of Health Related Professions (CHRP) is moving into its new home in renovated buildings formerly owned by the Arkansas State Hospital.
UAMS Hosts Former Surgeon General Elders
Feb. 26, 2009 | The United States has to be prepared for an enormous increase in demand for health care services as baby boomers age, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, M.D., said recently.
African Drummer Delights Patients and Families
Feb. 23, 2009 | Dr. Thomas, Associate Dean of Diversity Affairs at UAMS, and the Arkansas Museum of Discovery, arranged a visit by Zinsie of Ghana, a storyteller and muscian for a recent performance.
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife’s Career with Nursing Scholarship
Feb. 17, 2009 | Dr. Nicholas Lang establishes a scholarship in honor of his wife, Helen Lang, R.N.
Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says
Feb. 11, 2009 | It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities to achieve true social justice, the president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation said at an event Feb. 5 to commemorate Black History Month and the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10
Feb. 6, 2009 | A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008.
Weight Loss Helps Reduce Urinary Incontinence, Study Finds
Feb. 2, 2009 | Losing weight helps women reduce urinary incontinence, according to a clinical trial co-authored by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) researcher and published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest Names Medical Director, Clinical Manager
Jan. 27, 2009 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest has added two members to the staff of the soon-to-open facility.
UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest Names Medical Director, Clinical Manager
Jan. 27, 2009 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest has added two members to the staff of the soon-to-open facility.