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March 27, 2018
New Opioid Studies Led by UAMS Researchers and Collaborating Sites
March 27, 2018 | Funding for two inter-institutional pilot studies looking at opioid abuse was recently announced by the UAMS Translational Research Institute. One study seeks to address opioid use disorders in pregnant women. “The study will harmonize data collection utilizing an iPad-based data collection tool with input from providers and patients,” said Jessica L. Coker,…
March 20, 2018
Diversity Day Brings Undergrads to UAMS
March 20, 2018 | One hundred students from 24 Arkansas colleges and universities now know a little bit about what it takes to be a student at UAMS. The undergraduates spent the day on UAMS’ campus March 9 querying current UAMS students, speaking with representatives from various UAMS colleges, learning best practices for success at…
Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ April 5
March 20, 2018 | To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals baseball team is making its April 5 opening game of the 2018 season “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program, AR SAVES. A helicopter will bring Washington Regional…
UAMS South Women’s Health Practitioner Sees Rising Demand for Her Expertise
March 20, 2018 | Apart from her knowledge and training, Adriane Delaney, women’s health nurse practitioner, has something special to offer the patients at the UAMS South Regional Campus in Magnolia — herself. Health care providers often are in short supply in rural parts of the United States and south Arkansas, and patient demand for…
March 19, 2018
UAMS Dean Keith Olsen First Pharmacist Named Chancellor of American College of Critical Care Medicine
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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