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Harold Dean Named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year
LITTLE ROCK — Harold Dean, MSW, social work program manager for the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year. Dean received the award during the Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference June 19-21 in New Orleans….
August 8, 2023
Steven Barger, Ph.D., Receives $1.9 Million Grant to Study Role of Glucose Transport in Alzheimer’s Progression
LITTLE ROCK — Steven Barger, Ph.D., professor of geriatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, has received a five-year federal grant to support his research on the role of glucose transport in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The project will receive $382,500 in funding for the current grant year…
Artist-in-Residence Program Starts Up at UAMS Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
Hanging out in a surgical waiting room can be a tense or a monotonous experience, depending on why and how long you’re there. But an artist-in-residence program at The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gives patients and their loved ones something to focus on besides their anxiety,…
August 7, 2023
UAMS’ Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., Named Medical Director of National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
LITTLE ROCK — Robert H. Hopkins Jr., M.D., a professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the UAMS Division of General Internal Medicine, has been appointed medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). “Dr. Hopkins is well-known and respected within the…
August MVP — Lisa Jensen
Meet Lisa Jensen, the MVP for August. Lisa serves UAMS as an executive assistant in the UAMS Division of Finance & Administration.
August 4, 2023
Winston Uses Career to Promote Public Health and Public Health Education
Amanda Winston, MPH, is adamant about promoting the value of public health and a public health education, to the students she mentors. Winston, who graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health in the spring of 2020, is the education coordinator for the UAMS HBCU Med…
Father and Son Follow Different Paths to Ophthalmology, Team Up at Jones Eye Institute
Father-son bonding can take many forms, like playing catch or going fishing together. For Joseph Chacko, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Tony Chacko, M.D., a UAMS ophthalmology resident, it began with seeing patients.
UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Contributes to Major Ovarian Cancer Discovery; Findings Published in Cell
The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way the disease is treated around the world. The discovery, which identifies a 64-protein-gene signature that can predict primary treatment resistance in patients with high grade…
Johnelle Hunt Gives UAMS $250,000 To Support Northwest Regional Campus
LITTLE ROCK — Johnelle Hunt, co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., pledged $250,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Hunt Family Fund for Excellence.
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