July 29, 2024
UAMS-based Commission Gives $630,000 to 11 Groups for Child Abuse Prevention Programs
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCARDV), a statewide organization based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently awarded more than $630,000 to 11 organizations for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. The Child Abuse & Neglect grants provide up to $100,000 a…
July 26, 2024
Memphis Doctor Becomes First Mazor Robot Patient at UAMS’ Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
Memphis OB-GYN Lea Bannister was so excited about buying a fancy new carbon-fiber bicycle that the first time she rode it, she didn’t stop pedaling for 25 miles. It was the first time she had ridden a bike in several years, however, and at age 61, she was prone to osteoarthritis. She had already undergone…
July 25, 2024
UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Publishes Study Results in JAMA Oncology on Treatment for Incurable Cervical Cancer
The results of an international clinical trial led by Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), on the use of a novel bispecific antibody for women with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer were published today in JAMA Oncology. Cervical cancer is…
July 15, 2024
Two College of Pharmacy Alumni Receive National Leadership Awards
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) recently recognized two UAMS College of Pharmacy alumni, Brenda McCrady, P.D., COP ’86, and Lenora Newsome, P.D., COP ’80, with awards for leadership. “Brenda’s dedication and service to the people of Arkansas and contributions to NABP are the reason awards like this exist to honor our exemplary…
July 12, 2024
Heat-Related Illnesses
These programs were first broadcast the week of July 15, 2024.
Greenwood Officer Rediscovers Sound with Cochlear Implant
Greenwood police officer John Michael O’Mara has been dealing with hearing loss since childhood. For years, he tried all manner of traditional hearing aids, but he just didn’t like the way they performed. “I was stubborn and refused to wear hearing aids,” O’Mara said. “I didn’t like the way that it sounded like a 1960s…
July 3, 2024
BioVentures Grant Now Aiding Efforts of 25 Health Care and Health Tech Entrepreneurs
BioVentures LLC at UAMS and The Venture Center recently announced 25 Arkansas health care and health tech companies from across Arkansas as participants in the new Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program. The participating companies, led by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals with innovative, early-stage health care and health technology ventures,…
July 1, 2024
UAMS Invests Marjan Boerma, Ph.D., in J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy invested Marjan Boerma, Ph.D., director of the UAMS College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health and associate director of basic science in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, in the J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology in a…
June 21, 2024
Metagenomics Expert Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., Shares Career Insights at UAMS Lecture
Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., a biochemist with extensive experience in metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), shared her career journey and thoughts on the future of biotechnology during a lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on June 12. Jia Liu, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and…
June 20, 2024
Benefits of Great Outdoors
These programs were first broadcast the week of June 24, 2024.
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