UAMS College of Pharmacy


July 13, 2015

Pharmacy Students Earn National Award for Third Time

Kelly Gardner

July 13, 2015 | UAMS College of Pharmacy students have achieved a three-peat, winning the national Organ Donation Challenge award and, in this year’s competition, surpassing 11 rival colleges of pharmacy.


July 10, 2015

Keith Olsen, Pharm. D., Named Dean of the UAMS College of Pharmacy

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK – Keith M. Olsen, Pharm. D., has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy and will begin his role at UAMS on or before Nov. 1.


March 9, 2015

Rare Disease Discoveries Showcased at UAMS

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March 9, 2015 | The fruitions of medical research were touted at a recent reception at UAMS focusing on rare diseases, including ALS and a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.


January 9, 2015

Heard to Retire as Provost, Succeeded by Gardner

Holland Doran

Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will retire effective June 30. She will be succeeded immediately as provost by Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., dean of the College of Pharmacy and associate provost for society and health.


April 21, 2014

UAMS Researcher Selected for Prestigious Journal Editorial Position

Holland Doran

Elvin Price, Pharm.D., Ph.D., a 2013 UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) KL2 Career Development awardee, was recently selected to serve as an associate scientific advisor for Science Translational Medicine, sister publication of the journal Science.


December 2, 2013

UAMS-Developed Foot Therapy Cream Reaches Walmart Stores in Seven States

Holland Doran

Omnibalm Daily Foot Therapy, a cream for general and diabetic foot care developed by Bill Gurley, Ph.D., a College of Pharmacy pharmaceutical sciences professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is now available in 121 Walmart stores across seven states.


November 6, 2013

Author Speaks on Award-winning Book, Cross-cultural Competency

Holland Doran

Fadiman spoke Nov. 4 at a UAMS College of Pharmacy lecture on her award-winning book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.”


July 2, 2013

UAMS Pharmacy Student One of 45 Chosen Nationally for Leadership Symposium

Holland Doran

Joshua Brown, of Van Buren, a fourth-year pharmacy student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, received a highly competitive scholarship to attend the 12th annual Paul Ambrose Scholars Program Symposium (PASP), held June 20-23 in Washington D.C.


May 10, 2013

UAMS Researchers: Smartphone Apps Could be the Answer

Ben Boulden

May 10, 2013 | Smart phones could be part of the answer to a $100 billion problem facing the health care industry involving patients who don’t fully adhere to their prescribed medicine regimens, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy.



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