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April 30, 2014

UAMS Receives $2.45 Million Grant Renewal to Boost Disadvantaged, Disabled and Minority Biomed Doctoral Grads

Liz Caldwell

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) program developed to help increase the number of underrepresented, disadvantaged and disabled students graduating with doctoral degrees in biomedical sciences recently received a $2.45 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) training grant that will continue through 2019.


RockStar Lounge Raises Funds for Cancer Research

Liz Caldwell

It may be 2014, but friends of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute can still party like it’s 1999 when it comes to supporting cancer research.


April 28, 2014

Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Spring County Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Spring County in Malvern has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.


April 25, 2014

UAMS to Offer Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings May 2

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free oral, head and neck cancer screenings from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. May 2 on the sixth floor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.


April 24, 2014

Telehealth Center at UAMS Establishes Multi-State Advisory Council, Receives $975,000 Grant

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The Advisory Council of the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, newly established and composed of 18 members from Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, will meet for the first time May 9. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health serves as the telehealth resource center for the south central region of the United States.


April 23, 2014

College of Medicine Holds Dean’s Honor Day

Liz Caldwell

The UAMS College of Medicine paid tribute to internationally known otolaryngology leader James Y. Suen, M.D., for his 40 years of service and celebrated the accomplishments of many other faculty, staff and alumni at its fourth annual Dean’s Honor Day on April 15.


UAMS Hosts Large-Scale Emergency Exercise

Ben Boulden

April 23, 2014 | A fictional scenario involving armed intruders entering a UAMS research building, then later detonating an explosive that spread possible radiation both tested preparedness of federal, state and local agencies in a large-scale exercise on campus April 22.


South Central Telehealth Forum to be Held May 9

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The second annual telehealth conference for the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee region to promote the use of telecommunications technologies to support distance health care will be May 9 at the Statehouse Convention Center.


April 22, 2014

Internationally Known Multiple Myeloma Expert Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., Coming to Lead UAMS Myeloma Institute

Ben Boulden

April 22, 2014 | World-renowned multiple myeloma researcher and clinician Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., today was named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT).


Internationally Known Multiple Myeloma Expert Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., Coming from London to Lead UAMS Myeloma Institute

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – World-renowned multiple myeloma researcher and clinician Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., today was named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT).



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