October 5, 2022
UAMS Invests Tracie C. Harrison, Ph.D., RN, in Alice An-Loh Sun Chair in Geriatric Nursing
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing invested Tracie C. Harrison, Ph.D., RN, a professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, in the Alice An-Loh Sun Chair in Geriatric Nursing during a Sept. 29 ceremony. “It is my pleasure to be at UAMS, and I am more than…
Small-Town Arkansas Roots Run Deep for College of Pharmacy Alumnus
Lenora Newsome, P.D., COP ’80, has had a distinguished career as a pharmacist, and she’s not done yet. She’s seen the profession evolve significantly over the years and now helps shape where pharmacy is headed next through her positions on state and national boards. However, a pharmacy career wasn’t initially on her radar. At first,…
September 30, 2022
UAMS Satellite Training Centers Make Digital Health Accessible, Understandable for All
New medical innovations are always around the corner. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a host of digital health options that connect patients across the state to providers, often miles away. More virtual visits mean less travel time for patients who don’t live close to their provider, which is a good thing. But…
September 29, 2022
UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 14 Programs
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 14 grants totaling $336,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Sept. 19. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members donates nearly $300,000 a year that funds grants to address…
September 28, 2022
UAMS Movement Disorders Clinic to Offer Art for Parkinson’s Classes in Little Rock, Hot Springs
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Movement Disorders Clinic is offering free art therapy workshops for Parkinson’s disease patients and their caregivers this fall in Little Rock and Hot Springs. The Art for Parkinson’s workshops, for which no experience is necessary and all materials will be provided, are scheduled for…
September 22, 2022
UAMS Study Finds Pandemic Limited Physical Activity, Nutrition Access for Arkansans with Diabetes
FAYETTEVILLE — COVID-19 changed how Arkansans with diabetes manage their illness, especially during the height of the pandemic when stay-at-home orders were intensified, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research. The study, Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption During the…
September 20, 2022
UAMS Part of $6 Million National Effort to Make Testing for Toxins in Water and People Less Costly, Easier
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is co-leading a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to develop advanced, inexpensive devices to detect toxins in water and people. UAMS’ $908,952 portion of the four-year, $6 million project involves testing a novel way to detect toxins in humans, and is led by Shuk-Mei…
September 16, 2022
New Cooking Class at UAMS Helps Parkinson’s Patients Learn to Manage Tremors in the Kitchen
|From slicing onions to boiling eggs to removing a sheet of perfectly browned vegetables from the oven, cooking when you have Parkinson’s disease and don’t move as gracefully as you once did can be challenging. But it can also be necessary, therapeutic and for many, just plain fun. For all those reasons, as well as…
September 13, 2022
UAMS Invests Matthew A. Steliga, M.D., in Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Matthew A. Steliga, M.D., chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery in the UAMS Department of Surgery and a tenured professor of surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine, in the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology…
September 2, 2022
UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative Partners in Sept. 16 Disaster Preparedness Event for Older Adults
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative is collaborating with UAMS Health ARConnectNow, the American Red Cross, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church and the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office to present a community event on “Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults.”
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