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.

UAMS Faculty Member Receives National Award

Jan. 23, 2009 | Kathy Rye, Ed.D., a faculty member in the respiratory care program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was recently chosen from among peers for the Specialty Practitioner of the Year Award from the Education Section of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).

UAMS Osteoporosis Drug Research in New England Journal of Medicine

Jan. 16, 2009 | Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have found that a common drug treatment for osteoporosis raises new questions about how the drug affects certain bone cells.

UAMS Honored for MASH Program

Jan. 16, 2009 | Jan. 16, 2009| The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recognized by the Arkansas Medical Mentor Partnership for its innovative approach to recruiting high school students into health care careers.

Turnage Named UAMS Surgery Department Chairman

Jan. 6, 2009 | Richard H. Turnage, M.D., who has led surgery programs in Texas and Louisiana, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chairman of the Department of Surgery.