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March 19, 2018

UAMS Dean Keith Olsen First Pharmacist Named Chancellor of American College of Critical Care Medicine

Ben Boulden

March 19, 2018 | Keith Olsen, Pharm. D., F.C.C.M., dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently was named chancellor of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM), becoming the first pharmacist to lead the national organization. Olsen has served on the Board of Regents of…

March 16, 2018

Panel Deliberates Ways Nurses Contribute Significantly to Health Care

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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

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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 14, 2018

Boot Camp, BioVentures Propel Researcher into Award-winning Business

Ben Boulden

Rejuvenix CEO Joshua Phillips, left, Jay Gandy, Ph.D., and Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Rejuvenix Technologies chief science officer, stop outside the offices of BioVentures before meeting with BioVentures director Nancy Gray, Ph.D.

March 14, 2018 | Sometimes a motivation and an idea grounded in the academic world make the same journey and reach the same destination together. They did for Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D. in 2016. At the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in the summer of 2016, Stolarz’s motivation to do purely academic research met up with an…

March 12, 2018

UAMS Sets March Adult Computer Classes

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March 12, 2018 | Two computer class — Computer Basics and Intermediate Computers — and two computer workshops — One-on-One Computer Support and Mail Merge — will be taught in April for adults at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The courses will be presented by the Little…

March 8, 2018

UAMS 12th Street Center to Host ‘March Man-ness’ at Saint Mark Baptist March 24

Ben Boulden

March 8, 2018 | – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th St. Health & Wellness Center invites the public to participate in free health care services at its “March Man-ness Men’s Health Event” on March 24 at Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock. While this event focuses on men’s health, women…

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

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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…

March 7, 2018

UAMS Researchers Circulating Survey About Medical Marijuana

David Robinson

March 7, 2018 | A first-of-its-kind survey is being circulated in Arkansas by UAMS researchers interested in Arkansans’ attitudes and perceptions about cannabis (marijuana) as state officials prepare to make it available for medical use. Of the 28 other states with medical marijuana, none have conducted surveys prior to its legalization that document public attitudes…

March 6, 2018

Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held March 21

Ben Boulden

March 6, 2018 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop March 21 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be…

March 5, 2018

UAMS Med Student Starts Lifetime Goal with Nonprofit

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John Musser, a first-year medical student at UAMS, has lofty goals for a nonprofit he recently started.

March 5, 2018 | There is a bulletin board in John Musser’s apartment with a big number on it: 50,000. That’s the number of eyes the first-year UAMS medical student would like to save in his lifetime. “That’s my dream,” said Musser. “I just want to help anyone who wouldn’t have an opportunity otherwise.” Musser…


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