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July 31, 2017
UAMS Researchers Receive $2.9 Million Grant to Study Possible Treatment for Radiation Injury
July 31, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently was awarded a $2.97 million, five-year grant by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases to investigate a possible treatment for the long-term health effects from injury caused by exposure to high levels of radiation. Marjan Boerma,…
July 13, 2017
Medical Review by UAMS Physician, Co-Author Shows How President Kennedy’s Back Pain Affected His Life, Death
July 13, 2017 | How President John F. Kennedy’s back pain affected his life and presidency along with the role it may have played in how he died are examined in a review of the 35th president’s medical history done by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician and his co-author. In their…
July 12, 2017
Telemedicine’s Future Discussed at Innovation Summit
July 12, 2017 | Nearly 200 Arkansas health care and business professionals gathered June 30 at the 2017 Telehealth Innovation Summit in North Little Rock to discuss the innovations, challenges and future of telemedicine. The day-long event at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub amassed health care administrators, clinicians, IT managers, hospital billing specialists, office and…
July 10, 2017
Big Data Computer Aids UAMS Researchers Exploring Mental Health and Illness
July 6, 2017 | A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently began using a powerful computer system that they hope will aid them in better understanding the mechanisms of mental illness. The Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), a division of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI), in June installed a…
June 29, 2017
Strike Out Stroke Nights Add Third Baseball Game in 2017
June 29, 2017 | Strike Out Stroke became a three-game series in 2017, adding University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans baseball to the roster alongside game nights at Arvest Park in Springdale in April and at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock in June. It was the seventh year Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency…
June 26, 2017
Ten UAMS Nurses Make ‘40 Under 40’ List
June 26, 2017 | Ten UAMS nurses were named to the Arkansas Center for Nursing’s “40 Under 40” 2017 list which honors nursing professionals in the state under the age of 40. The honorees, who come from health systems and universities across the state, were selected based on their commitment to excellence, service and outreach,…
June 16, 2017
Medical Student Survives Stroke Thanks to Classmates’ Quick Reaction
June 15, 2017 | Justin Treas is a busy man. The 29-year-old has a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology and has worked in cancer research. He’s married with three children and just earned his medical degree from the UAMS College of Medicine. On March 28, 2017, Treas had a stroke that his doctors believe would have…
June 15, 2017
Claudia Barone, D.N.P., Ed.D, Invested in Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Endowed Chair
June 15, 2017 | Claudia Barone, D.N.P., Ed.D, a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, was invested June 13 in the Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Endowed Chair. Barone, a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, was first…
Medical Student Survives Stroke Thanks to Classmates’ Quick Reaction
June 15, 2017 | Justin Treas is a busy man. The 29-year-old has a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology and has worked in cancer research. He’s married with three children and just earned his medical degree from the UAMS College of Medicine. On March 28, 2017, Treas had a stroke that his doctors believe would have…
June 14, 2017
UAMS Sets SeniorNet July Computer Classes for People 50 and Up
June 14, 2017 | One computer workshop — One-on-One Computer Support — and one computer class — Fundamentals for Beginners — will be taught in July for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Courses begin July 3. The schedule is: One-on-One Computer…
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