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UAMS’ Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., Named Fellow of the American College of Radiology

June 11, 2024 | Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., director of the Breast Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has received the prestigious designation of Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR). ACR awards fellowships to only 15% of its 40,000 members for exceptional service to the organization and to the...

Marjan Boerma

INBRE Workshop Takes a Look at Cardiovascular Disease

June 7, 2024 | Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) hosted undergraduate students, postdoctorate fellows and staff May 22 for another in a continuing series of day-long workshops at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS physicians and researchers gave presentations and conducted group discussions with the attendees on cardiovascular disease cases and clinical issues...

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Pharmacy ASHP-SSHP Chapter Honored with Award for Professionalism

June 7, 2024 | The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently recognized the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) chapter with an Outstanding Professional Development Award for the 2023-2024 academic year. The UAMS chapter was one of only 20 chapters nationwide to receive the honor. “I am so proud of our SSHP chapter and...

Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., welcomes attendees to the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries.

Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

June 6, 2024 | The recent UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries featuring the UAMS Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses was a bad news/great news event for Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., who leads the center. Smeltzer’s Showcase poster, an overview of the center’s achievements since its 2012 inception, included an impressive list of grant awards by 20 individual...

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Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., Examines Microcystin Exposure in Lung Cancer Cases

June 5, 2024 | Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, is leading a study examining how genetic and epigenetic factors and socio-environmental factors contribute to non-small cell lung cancer development for people in the state’s under-resourced regions. Orloff’s project, “Identifying Distinct...

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UAMS Implements Statewide Initiative to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

June 5, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is implementing a statewide initiative to help decrease unintended or closely spaced pregnancies. The Arkansas Immediate Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive (LRAC) Initiative is a UAMS-led effort to provide training and support for administrators, clinical providers and billing personnel at delivering hospitals across Arkansas so they can begin...

Steven Webber, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine and UAMS executive vice chancellor, and Elizabeth Gath, M.D., listen to students present on a patient at the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center.

UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center Receives Gold Star Rating

June 4, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, a student-run, interprofessional free clinic that serves its neighbors while educating students, has again earned a Gold Star rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). The rating is the highest awarded by the NAFC, whose mission is...

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Stephen Jackson, Ph.D., Speaks about Climate Change Research in Second Sandor Lecture

June 4, 2024 | Stephen T. Jackson, Ph.D., scientist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and professor emeritus of botany at the University of Wyoming, discussed climate change research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) second annual Richard and Ellen Sandor Lecture Series on Medicine and Sustainability. The lecture, held May 16 in the Sam...

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