University News

First Radiologist Assistant Licensed by State Medical Board

Nov. 5, 2009 | Nov. 5, 2009 | Recent UAMS graduate Joanne Huck became the first radiologist assistant licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board – illustrating the increase in stature of the profession, said the UAMS program’s director.

Dan Rahn Becomes Fourth UAMS Chancellor

Nov. 1, 2009 | Nov. 1, 2009 | Dan Rahn, M.D., an experienced health system administrator and nationally recognized researcher and clinician, today became the fourth chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Barlogie, UAMS Multiple Myeloma Program Receive $19.5 Million Grant

Oct. 28, 2009 | Oct. 28, 2009 | The internationally known multiple myeloma program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $19.5 million over five years to continue work that has already developed new treatments for this cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell present in the bone marrow.

McCarthy Named President of Scoliosis Research Society

Oct. 19, 2009 | Oct. 20, 2009 | Richard McCarthy, M.D., a spine deformity specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named president of the international Scoliosis Research Society.

Bickel Awarded Faculty Lectureship Honor

Oct. 16, 2009 | Oct. 16, 2009 | Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D., whose research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) focuses on the complex decision-making process of human beings, has received the 2008-2009 Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award.

UAMS Allied Health College Celebrates New Home

Oct. 9, 2009 | Oct. 9, 2009 | The College of Health Related Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) found that 38 years of patience can pay off when most of the college’s 17 programs recently moved into a common home.

UAMS Doctoral Candidates Receive White Coats

Oct. 7, 2009 | Oct. 7, 2009 | White coats were distributed to 32 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) graduate students marking “the defining moment” of their young careers as a full house of mentors, faculty and family members watched.

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