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Cardiothoracic Surgeon Mark O. Hardin, M.D., Joins UAMS

April 2, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Mark O. Hardin, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon with a focus on adult cardiac surgery, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Hardin received his medical degree from UAMS in 2007 and has returned after spending several years as a general surgeon in the...

Kevin Raney, Ph.D. (center), is leading exciting new research of unique DNA structures called quadruplexes with his team (l-r): Yu Chen, research assistant, Jun Gao, Ph.D., instructor Kirk West, Ph.D., assistant professor, Farhana Nasrin, Ph.D., assistant staff scientist, and John Marecki, Ph.D., instructor.

NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment

March 31, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH...

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Overcoming a Disease Inspires College of Public Health Student to Address Population Health

March 26, 2025 | Brandyn Young is grateful for the opportunity to earn a dual degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). After surviving a life-altering health scare, Young vowed to help others attain, or maintain, good health. A student in the UAMS M.D./MPH Combined Degree Program — a collaboration between the Fay W. Boozman College...

Photo of three people seated at long table with calculations on a white board in back of them: from left to right, Yuri Chepurnyi, M.D., James Suen, M.D., and Mauricio Moreno, M.D.

UAMS Otolaryngology Team Trains Ukrainian Surgeon in Complex Facial Reconstruction Surgery

March 25, 2025 | A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery recently hosted a Ukrainian surgeon and taught him how to do a complex facial reconstruction surgery. Yuri Chepurnyi, M.D., a maxillofacial surgeon of nearly 20 years who is a professor at the National Medical University in Kiev, Ukraine,...

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Hip, Knee Specialist Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., Returns to UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

March 25, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint-related conditions, has returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) after a year in an endowed professorship in orthopaedics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mears specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery and taking...

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College of Pharmacy to Begin Phasing In New Curriculum

March 25, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has completed a redesign of its curriculum, which it will begin phasing in during the fall semester later this year. It is the first full redesign of the college’s curriculum since the 1994-1995 academic year. The new curriculum is a response to the rapidly...

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