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October 21, 2013

$1 Million Gift to Establish Endowed Chair at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – A $1 million donation to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be used to further cancer research and honor a longtime physician. The donor asked to remain anonymous.


Free Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Workshop Offered in Hot Springs Nov. 8

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A free, one-day Alzheimer’s Caregiver training workshop for family members will be held Nov. 8 at the Garland County Library in partnership with the Oaklawn Center on Aging, a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


October 16, 2013

Keith Whitworth Joins UAMS as Director of Marketing

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Keith Whitworth has been named director of marketing in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Communications & Marketing.


Clark Named Chief of Staff for UAMS Chancellor

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK — Christina Clark has been named chief of staff in the Office of UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D.


Event to Offer Insight into Lung Cancer Prevention and Treatment Nov. 8 in North Little Rock

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – An upcoming event will offer insight into the latest advances in preventing, diagnosing and treating lung cancer.


October 11, 2013

UAMS College of Medicine Recognized as National Leader in Conflict-of-Interest Standards

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine today was recognized in a nationwide study as being among the top five medical schools in meeting national clinical conflict-of-interest (CCOI) standards.


October 9, 2013

Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., Joins UAMS Department of Epidemiology

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D., has been named associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


Fibroids Procedure Doesn’t Slow Runner Down

Liz Caldwell

An avid runner and Zumba teacher, Kanisha Caesar was the picture of perfect health. So when she began experiencing intense pain last spring, she knew something wasn’t right.


October 8, 2013

UAMS Opens, Celebrates Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado

Ben Boulden

Oct. 8, 2013 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.


Oct. 22 Science Café: ‘Brain Learning — Just Do it’

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Brain Learning — Just Do It, on Oct. 22. Panelists will discuss human learning, reasoning and memory as well as brain mechanisms and cognitive processing.



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