• Reset
Found 8721 Results
Page 243 of 873

Alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., Returns to College of Pharmacy as Associate Professor


College of Pharmacy alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, has joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice as an associate professor. Murphy returns to UAMS after most recently serving as an associate professor at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy since 2012. “I’m very excited. Coming back to UAMS and coming back home was always the…

Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH.

August 26, 2021

NIH Awards UAMS’ Nakagawa $3.6 Million to Expand HPV Cancer Vaccine Study


Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete phase 2 clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to treat cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa - With an additional $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health, Mayumi Nakagawa's, M.D., Ph.D., ground-breaking HPV vaccine research tops $10 million.

Tags: , , ,

August 25, 2021

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute ‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Telethon Airs Statewide on ABC Sept. 8


Arkansans are invited to “Be a Part of the Cure” on Sept. 8 when the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) holds its second televised event to raise funds and awareness for its cancer research and treatment programs. The event is set for 11 a.m. – 6:30…

"Be A Part of The Cure" and text or call in your donation in support of our cancer research efforts.

Tags: , , ,

August 24, 2021

New Pharmacy Students Mask Up For First In-Person Orientation in Two Years


Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., of the UAMS College of Pharmacy let out a sigh of relief before she officially greeted the Class of 2025 at the college’s first in-person orientation in two years. Her sigh represented the long-anticipated return of face-to-face classes and events. “This is amazing. My jaw is dropped if you can’t see…

First-year students in the College of Pharmacy wait to begin their first day of orientation on Aug. 2, 2021.

Chancellor’s Town Hall COVID-19 Panel Answers Questions about Third Shots, Immunity


As soon as Sept. 20, UAMS may begin offering third vaccination shots to further protect its vaccinated students, employees, and members of the community against COVID-19.

Aug. 19 Town Hall

Tags:

August 23, 2021

American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Recognizes UAMS’ Johnathan Goree, M.D., Erika Petersen, M.D.


The American Society for Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting July 22-25 in Miami Beach, Florida. Goree, director of UAMS’ Chronic Pain Division and program director of the Chronic Pain…

The American Society for Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting July 22-25 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Tags: , , ,

UAMS Schmieding Program to Provide Free Respite Training for Volunteer Caregivers in El Dorado


LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on Aug. 30 in El Dorado. The all-day training session will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UAMS South Arkansas Center on Aging, 106 West Main…

UAMS Researchers Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Create Phone App to Prevent Opioid Use Relapse


LITTLE ROCK — A team of UAMS research scientists has been awarded a five-year grant worth $2.5 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to determine if a cell phone application can reduce the relapse rate in people with opioid use disorder.

Andrew James, Ph.D., a neuroimaging scientist in UAMS’ Brain Imaging Research Center, seeks to understand how the reward systems of the brain change during recovery from opioid use disorder.

Tags: , , ,

Cholesterol


These programs were first broadcast the week of August 23, 2021.

eggs

August 19, 2021

UAMS Researcher Leading $3.1 Million Preschool Intervention to Reduce Obesity and Cancer in Arkansas, Louisiana


UAMS is leading a major new effort to reduce cancer by addressing eating habits in early childcare and education settings. The project, led by UAMS’ Taren Swindle, Ph.D., will reach about 5,000 children and 500 teachers across Arkansas and Louisiana.

Taren Swindle, Ph.D., here visiting a Head Start classroom in 2019, is leading the NCI-funded study that aims to improve diets in early care and education settings.

Tags:

Page 243 of 873