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June 11, 2018
Amanda George Named CFO for UAMS Clinical Programs
June 11, 2018 | Amanda George, CPA, M.H.S.A., has been named associate vice chancellor for clinical finance and chief financial officer for the Integrated Clinical Enterprise at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). George has been at UAMS since 2013. “Amanda is uniquely qualified to serve in this role,” said Richard H. Turnage,…
June 6, 2018
Health Sciences Boot Camp Helps Students Get Started on Startups
June 6, 2018 | Just as academic years at Arkansas colleges and universities were winding down in May, 17 undergraduate and graduate students were starting up at the third annual Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway. The boot camp from May 20-25 was a joint initiative of…
June 4, 2018
Public Invited to June 13 Dedication of Oaklawn Center On Aging Caregiver Training Center
June 4, 2018 | The Oaklawn Center on Aging, part of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will dedicate and rename its care house June 13 as the Darrell Meyer Care House. The public is invited to the dedication, which will be from 2 –…
Katie Brown, O.D., Chosen Young Optometrist of the Year
June 4, 2018 | Katie Brown, O.D., an optometric physician at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, is the Arkansas Optometric Association’s 2018 Young Optometrist of the Year award recipient.
May 31, 2018
UAMS Gives Students Close-Up of Opioids Treatment, Research
May 31, 2018 | As 19 Arkansas undergraduate students listened quietly, the 20-year-old opioid addict, sitting a few feet away, talked with a UAMS psychiatrist and then a UAMS psychologist about her failed attempts to quit using. The messy addiction story of “Lynn,” with treatment medications she dislikes and friends who enjoy using drugs, highlighted…
May 25, 2018
UAMS Clinical Trials Day Punctuated by Success Stories
May 25, 2018 | In May 2006, Harold “Hap” Peterson was advised to get his affairs in order by UAMS cancer specialist Laura Hutchins, M.D. He had late-stage melanoma, a type of skin cancer, with tumors spreading throughout his body. He was shocked to hear he had only three to six months to live. “I…
Interim Chancellor Gardner’s Leadership Recognized by UA Board
May 25, 2018 | For “honorably and steadfastly” leading UAMS “during a most challenging period,” UAMS Interim Chancellor Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., was recognized May 24 with a resolution by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. The resolution was presented during the board’s two-day meeting on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus….
May 23, 2018
UAMS Professor Offers Insights into Criminal Intent, Co-Authors Law Review Article
May 23, 2018 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor of neurobiology recently co-authored a Kentucky Law Review article that offers insights into the nature of criminal intent and urges the court system to admit more expert testimony into trials regarding the subject. In “Actus Reus, Mens Rea, and Brain Science: What…
May 22, 2018
UAMS’ Amy Jo Jenkins to Lead International Society of Clinical Research Professionals Board
LITTLE ROCK — Amy Jo Jenkins, M.S., C.C.R.P., executive director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute, has been named president-elect of the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) Board of Directors. SOCRA, a nonprofit, charitable and educational membership organization, provides an internationally recognized certification program for clinical research professionals…
May 21, 2018
UAMS Graduates 969 Health Care Professionals
May 19, 2018 | Degrees and certificates were awarded to 969 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school May 19 during a commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Degrees were presented to 157 in the College of Medicine; 282 in the College of Nursing; 111…
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