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Parking Deck 1, Top Level, Resurfacing Work Slated to Finish Dec. 17
Resurfacing of the top level of the parking deck is scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 27, and is slated to be finished by Dec. 17, weather permitting.
September 23, 2021
UAMS Receives Additional $4.75 Million to Train Primary Care Physicians, Improve Rural Health Care
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an additional $4.75 million in federal grant money to continue efforts to improve health care in rural Arkansas through training and retaining primary care physicians. The supplemental award from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…

UAMS Team Named National Emergency Medicine Interest Group of the Year
The Emergency Medicine Interest Group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received top honors nationally from the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA). The UAMS group was named the EMIG of the Year. EMRA is the largest and oldest independent resident organization in the world and has a membership of more than…

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September 22, 2021
SEED Grows Understanding, Empathy at UAMS
In a time of division in American society, the SEED program at UAMS cultivates understanding and empathy among the university community’s students, faculty and staff to erase those dividing lines.

UAMS Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment
The Comprehensive Stroke Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association for the seventh consecutive year for excellence in treating stroke patients. The program received the AHA’s Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Quality Achievement Award in the Gold…

Be a Part of the Cure Telethon Raises $400,000
The 2nd annual Be a Part of the Cure Telethon to benefit the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s research and treatment programs raised nearly $400,000 despite a second year of pandemic challenges. “Cancer has affected us all, and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute continues to see patients, provide treatment and take care of…

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September 21, 2021
UAMS Board of Advisors Names Nine New Members
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named nine new members to its Board of Advisors. The UAMS Board of Advisors is comprised of business and community leaders and philanthropists who serve as ambassadors and raise public awareness of the unique, critical role that UAMS has in Arkansas. They also generate…
UAMS Opens Rejuvenation Room for Clinical Workers
You walk through a nondescript wooden door halfway down the fourth-floor hallway outside the Intensive Care Unit. Suddenly, you’re free from the glare of overhead lights and the cacophony of phones, loudspeakers and beeping machines. You are removed, albeit temporarily, from the all-encompassing, heartbreaking reality of patients you’ve come to know who are fighting to…

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September 20, 2021
National Telehealth Research Symposium SEARCH 2021 Nov. 8-10
Over 50 researchers will present their work and share innovative studies. SEARCH 2021 begins Nov. 8 and concludes on Nov. 10, 2021. SEARCH 2021, the National Telehealth Research Symposium is a virtual venue for sharing findings and fostering research partnerships.
Brain Imaging Research Center Installs New MRI Scanner
To maintain its cutting-edge research efforts, the Brain Imaging Research Center replaced its current Philips 3T Achieva magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner Monday, Sept. 13 with a new Siemens 3T Prisma MRI scanner, capable of imaging brain function and structure with improved spatial and temporal resolution.

September 16, 2021
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