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October 31, 2017
Cancer Imaging Archive Housed at UAMS Bolstered by $8.3 Million NCI Grant
LITTLE ROCK – The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded an $8.3 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for expansion and enhancement of an archive containing freely accessible cancer medical images and data. The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) is a free online service that hosts a large collection of cancer-related…
October 30, 2017
Ruth Wood Endowed Physical Therapy Student Award Created at UAMS Northwest Regional Campus
Oct. 30, 2017 | Shirley Wood of Ames, Iowa, has established the Ruth Wood Endowed Physical Therapy Student Award at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus in honor of her sister. The award will allow UAMS physical therapy students to develop leadership skills through participation in professional associations that benefit their…
Lyle Burdine, M.D., Joins UAMS as Kidney, Liver, Pancreatic Transplant Surgeon
LITTLE ROCK — Lyle J. Burdine, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a kidney, liver and pancreas transplant surgeon. Burdine also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. Burdine will perform kidney and liver transplants, as well as combined kidney-pancreas transplants….
October 27, 2017
Symposium Focuses on Bone Marrow Transplants for Sickle Cell
Oct. 27, 2017 | At the end of the Sickle Cell Symposium on Oct. 19 at UAMS, a young woman at a microphone during a question-and-answer session boiled the evening’s presentations down to one question: “I haven’t heard the word ‘cure’ used much tonight. Can you call this a cure?” Pooja Motwani, M.D., said, “Yes,…
October 25, 2017
Four UAMS Early Career Faculty Receive Research Awards
Oct. 25, 2017 | Four early career UAMS researchers were recently selected to receive KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards. The KL2 Scholar program at the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) provides two years of research training to junior faculty. It provides 75 percent salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research,…
October 24, 2017
Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., Named Chief of Breast Oncology at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., has been named chief of Breast Oncology in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Henry-Tillman has served as a member of the UAMS…
October 23, 2017
$1.8 Million Research Project Grant Marks Third Concurrent NIH Award for UAMS Scientist
LITTLE ROCK – A scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has reached a status few achieve by being awarded his third concurrent R01-type Research Project Grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Daohong Zhou, M.D., received the $1.8 million grant to support his research on a therapy to prevent and…
Senior Expo Set for Nov. 3 in Jonesboro by UAMS Center on Aging-Northeast, Schmieding Program
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center on Aging-Northeast and UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training program in Jonesboro will offer a free Senior Expo on Nov. 3 at Nettleton Baptist Church in Jonesboro. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church (formerly Northeast Arkansas Fairgrounds), 7001 E. Johnson Ave., seniors, their families…
October 16, 2017
Junior B.S.N. Students Get White Coats
Oct. 16, 2017 | Before embarking on their final two years toward completing their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, members of the UAMS College of Nursing’s class of 2019 stopped to mark their passage into the clinical phase of their education by donning their white coats. With eager smiles and coats draped over their…
October 12, 2017
Breast Cancer Didn’t Steal Little Rock Woman’s Zeal for Life
Oct. 12, 2017 | The past year and a half has included many challenges for Josephine Guiden — being diagnosed with cancer, then chemotherapy, surgery and radiation treatments— but none of them have snatched her passion for life. “There’s power in knowing you have to be positive about life,” said the 70-year-old Little Rock resident….
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