Stephanie Gardner

March 23, 2018

Community Groups Gather to Discuss Housing Insecurity of Pregnant Women

Ashley McNatt

Attendees Listen

March 23, 2018 | Finding a solution for the housing insecurity problem of pregnant women in Arkansas was the topic for leaders and community groups who gathered March 14 at the Supporting Families in Crisis workgroup held at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock. The conference, presented by the FAITH Network, brought together…

March 16, 2018

Panel Deliberates Ways Nurses Contribute Significantly to Health Care

News Staff

Diana J. Mason, Ph.D., R.N., the featured speaker at the Claudia Beverly Lectureship in Nursing Leadership, shared the work she is doing to make sure nurses' contributions and perspectives are noticed and appreciated. She was one of several panel members March 8 that included UAMS and state leaders and media members.

March 16, 2018 | Nurses have a unique perspective on health and health care, said Diana J. Mason, Ph.D., R.N., and one that can benefit communities and advance health in Arkansas. Mason, senior policy service professor and co-director of the George Washington School of Nursing’s Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement in Washington, D.C.,…

March 15, 2018

Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., Invested in Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship

News Staff

Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor, associate dean for research and co-director of the Ph.D. program in the UAMS College of Nursing, shows off the medallion from her investiture in the Women's Cardiovascular Health Professorship to Jeannette M. Shorey II, M.D., associate dean for faculty affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine and associate provost for faculty.

March 15, 2018 | Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate dean for research in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing and co-director of its Ph.D. program, was invested March 12 in the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease…

March 12, 2018

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards $425,000 to 13 Programs

Benjamin Waldrum

UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., announced 13 recipients of the annual Chancellor's Circle awards on March 7.

March 12, 2017 | UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., awarded a record $425,000 to 13 UAMS programs at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception March 7. The awards were the most funds ever distributed by the Chancellor’s Circle for the second consecutive year, Gardner said. Since 2014, when the awards…

March 8, 2018

UAMS Jones Eye Institute Opens Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center

ChaseYavondaC

UAMS celebrated the opening of the Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center on March 7. Pictured left to right: John P. Shock, M.D., JEI founding director; interim UAMS Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm..D, Ed.D.; Mandy Macke, Walker Foundation associate director; Johnny Mike Walker, Walker Foundation trustee and son of Willard and Pat Walker; Nancy Shock; Terri Westfall; and Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., JEI director, interim UAMS College of Medicine dean, and director of its Department of Ophthalmology.

March 8, 2018 | A portion of the ninth floor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has been transformed into an instructive, collaborative center where ophthalmology residents and UAMS students can learn surgical techniques and procedures outside the confines of an operating room, thanks to a…

February 15, 2018

Vietnam Vet, Now Ophthalmologist, Recounts Years as POW

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Hal Kushner, M.D., recounted his five and a half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War to UAMS faculty, staff and students Feb. 7.

Feb. 15, 2018 | F. Harold Kushner was four months into his deployment as an Army flight surgeon in the Vietnam War when a driving rainstorm caused the helicopter he and three other soldiers occupied to crash into the side of a mountain in the middle of enemy territory. The pilot was killed on impact….

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…

December 12, 2017

UAMS Research Grants Surge 53 Percent to $170.6 Million in Fiscal Year 2017

Ben Boulden

Dec. 12, 2017 | Research funding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grew 53 percent during the last fiscal year, contributing to the Arkansas economy and bringing the potential to grow new businesses. From $111.6 million in fiscal year 2016 to $170.6 million in fiscal year 2017, which ended June 30, the…

December 1, 2017

UAMS, TRI Honor Community Partners at 2017 Celebration

David Robinson

Dec. 1, 2017 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute honored UAMS’ many Arkansas community partners Nov. 17 with its fifth annual Community Partner Celebration. During the event at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock, the Phillips and Jefferson Counties Faith Task Force, led by pastors Johnny Smith and Jerome Turner, received the Chancellor’s…

November 7, 2017

UAMS East Regional Campus Opens New Family Medical Center in Helena

Ben Boulden

Nov. 7, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) East Regional Campus in Helena today celebrated the opening of its Family Medical Center, as part of its strategic efforts to expand clinical and educational services in the Delta. About 5,400 square feet of the facility were recently renovated at a cost of…


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