Mark Smeltzer


December 28, 2017

UAMS Sees Changes in Patient Care, Education, Research in 2017

Ben Boulden

Dec. 28, 2017 | For UAMS, 2017 was a year of leadership changes and opening new buildings, of grants awarded for research and awards granted in recognition and praise. In late December that University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbit will recommend to the UA Board of Trustees that Cam Patterson, M.D., be the…


June 14, 2017

UAMS Patent Hopefuls Gather for Medical Inventions Showcase

Benjamin Waldrum

Venumadhav Janganati (background), a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, explains his research on anti-leukemia drugs.

June 14, 2017 | Potential patents for medical inventions as small as a molecule prompted big discussions among UAMS researchers who gathered for a showcase hosted June 6 by the College of Medicine to highlight medical research. “Every poster you see here today has a patent application on file with the Patent and Trademark Office,”…


December 22, 2016

UAMS Reaches Milestones in 2016

Ben Boulden

Dec. 22, 2016 | In 2016, UAMS and its physicians and researchers achieved several firsts along with other milestones in patient care, education and research. From treating chronic pain and brain tumors to starting the first comprehensive research study of synthetic marijuana products and graduating the largest class in UAMS history, the university continued to…


December 10, 2013

UAMS Hosts Researchers From Several States

Ben Boulden

Dec. 10, 2013 | Scientific researchers shared their findings with each other at the UAMS-hosted 2013 Southeast Regional IDeA meeting in mid-November at the Little Rock Marriott while learning about a new funding opportunity to commercialize their discoveries.


November 19, 2013

Smeltzer Earns Distinguished Faculty Scholar Honor

Ben Boulden

Nov. 19, 2013 | To understand why Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., was about to be recognized as a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in the UAMS College of Medicine, all anyone had to do was look at the near-capacity audience gathered in Pauly Auditorium to hear the announcement and to hear the veteran professor lecture.


March 4, 2013

Researchers Drawn to Nanomedicine Showcase

Ben Boulden

March 4, 2013 | With hors d’oeuvres and a relaxed atmosphere, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) took a second swipe Feb. 27 at knocking down the barriers between medical researchers and their academic disciplines.