February 9, 2017
Walmart Foundation Awards UAMS Northwest Regional Campus $125,000 for Marshallese Diabetes Program
Feb. 9, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recognized the Walmart Foundation on Feb. 6 and its continued support of the Marshallese Diabetes Program. Since 2015, the Walmart Foundation has awarded UAMS $319,000 for the Marshallese Diabetes Program and the North Street Clinic, most recently awarding the program $125,000 in December…
February 3, 2017
UAMS Laboratorian Makes Most of Medical Missions Scholarship
Lindsay Gilbert, M.Ed., MLS, has wanted to go on a medical mission trip for years, but financially, it was never feasible. So when the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) offered a scholarship for such trips, she jumped at the opportunity. Gilbert, who is an assistant professor in the College of Health Profession’s Department of Laboratory…
January 26, 2017
Hansen Leaves Mark on Ophthalmic Medical Technology Program
For 16 years, the Ophthalmic Medical Technology program in the College of Health Professions has been teaching students the skills they need to be indispensable to an ophthalmologist. And for most of those years, Suzanne Hansen, M.Ed., COMT, has been right there. Hansen was a member of the program’s second class of students. After graduation,…
January 13, 2017
MHA Team Takes First Place at Case Competition
Jan. 13, 2017 | A Master of Health Administration team in the UAMS College of Public Health earned first place at a recent case competition, going head-to-head with other major universities in the Midwest region. Case competition participants are asked to apply classroom knowledge to solve a real-world problem facing a health care organization. They…
January 5, 2017
Oxford Woman’s Elbow Saved After Gunshot
Jan. 5, 2017 | Kathy Thomas remembers a booming noise, then, immediately questioning what caused it. Following a Sunday church service in December 2015, Thomas and her husband spent the afternoon moving items into their new home in Oxford in north central Arkansas. Thomas was in tow with one of her husband’s handguns when the…
Research Opens New Possibilities for Treatment for Osteoporosis and Other Bone Diseases
Jan. 5, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers have made key advances in the understanding of how bone is maintained, opening new avenues for the development of treatments for osteoporosis, arthritis and bone metastasis of certain types of cancer. Haibo Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and physiology…
December 29, 2016
Inhalants
These programs were first broadcast the week of January 2, 2017.
December 27, 2016
UAMS Names Evans, Low to College of Medicine Development
Dec. 27, 2016 | Kim Evans has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a senior director of development, and Christy Low has joined UAMS as a director of development, both with the UAMS College of Medicine. Evans and Low, who started at UAMS on Aug. 22, will work closely with College…
December 13, 2016
UAMS Announces Sodium Reduction Initiative in Northwest Arkansas
Dec. 13, 2016
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced a new initiative in northwest Arkansas designed to reduce sodium intake in area schools and in meal programs that feed the region’s food insecure — those who lack reliable access to affordable, nutritious food.
December 8, 2016
Friendship
These programs were first broadcast the week of December 12, 2016.
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