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UAMS Offers Free Health Screenings, Concert in McGehee
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is hosting Party With a Purpose, a community event offering free health screenings and a concert, on Saturday, July 29 in McGehee. Hepatitis C, HIV and blood pressure screenings, as well as glucose testing and mental health assessments, will be available during a resource fair from 11…
July 13, 2023
College of Pharmacy Recognizes Outstanding Preceptors for 2022-23
The UAMS College of Pharmacy has recognized a number of outstanding preceptors for their efforts in teaching pharmacy students over the 2022-23 academic year. Preceptors were recognized by the college’s Office of Experiential Education through its advisory committee for showing the highest commitment to student education and engagement. The list includes 10 UAMS Health system…
American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study to Understand Treatment Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
Adam Wolfe, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has received a $583,200 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer, a lethal disease with the highest mortality rate of all cancers. The four-year ACS Clinician Science…
July 12, 2023
Study Shows Factors that Impact Cancer Survivors’ Likelihood to Maintain Employment
Jaimi Allen, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, led a study that examined factors that often impact a cancer survivor’s job status during and upon completion of treatment. A cancer survivor is someone who has been diagnosed with cancer, regardless of…
July 11, 2023
UAMS Receives $1 Million FCC Grant to Enroll Arkansans in Affordable Connectivity Program for Broadband Internet
LITTLE ROCK — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) $1 million to fund outreach for the commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps ensure that households across America have access to broadband internet. The FCC created the Affordable Connectivity Program to help households struggling to pay for internet…
UAMS, Arkansas Crime Laboratory Offer Forensic Pathology Fellowship
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has partnered with the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to offer a one-year fellowship in forensic pathology, starting July 1, 2024.
July 10, 2023
Little Rock Subaru Delivers Blankets, Activity Boxes to UAMS Myeloma Center
The Subaru Loves to Care initiative returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) this summer. In partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Subaru of Little Rock delivered 100 blankets and 30 arts and crafts kits to the Myeloma Center on June 21. The blankets are intended to provide comfort for myeloma…
July 7, 2023
Electronic Health Information Exchange
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July 6, 2023
July MVP — Janet Jackson
Meet Janet Jackson, the MVP for July. Janet serves as a lab support technician in the UAMS Laboratory & Pathology Service Line. She’s a member of Team UAMS who represents the university’s values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.
UAMS Welcomes First Cohort of Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars Program
Seven students from colleges across the state came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the inaugural Pre-Nursing Summer Scholars program, a three-day session intended to give them the tools they’ll need to gain acceptance to nursing school. The program, a partnership between the UAMS College of Nursing and the Division for…
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