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April 18, 2017
UAMS’ Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc. Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
April 18, 2017 | Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc., chair and professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, recently was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Being named a Fellow recognizes NAI members who have, according to the academy, “demonstrated…
April 17, 2017
UAMS Student Pharmacists Win Historic Four-Award Sweep in National Competition
April 17, 2017 |For the first time in the history of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) student awards competition, students of the UAMS College of Pharmacy took home all four national awards for patient care and education. They garnered the historic win March 27 in San Francisco during the APhA annual meeting. About 300 students…
April 14, 2017
Inherited Cancer Risk Leads Travel Blogger to Choose Mastectomy
April 14, 2017 | Lesley Murphy is accustomed to waking up in exotic locations. From snow-covered Finland to the beaches of Bali, this 29-year-old professional blogger spends more than 300 days a year documenting her travels to vacation destinations around the world.
April 13, 2017
Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 4
April 13, 2017 | To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 4 “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with AR SAVES, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program. A helicopter will bring Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D., AR SAVES medical director, to North Little Rock’s Dickey-Stephens…
April 12, 2017
NFL Players Pay Surprise Visit to UAMS Cancer Patients
APRIL 12, 2017 | Giving back to his home state is a goal Clinton McDonald takes seriously. For the fifth straight year, the Jacksonville native and Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle returned to Arkansas for a week of activities aimed at lifting up the community that gave him his start.
April 11, 2017
Cataract Surgery Brings Color Back for Little Rock Artist
April 11, 2017 | There are many things graphic artist and retired art teacher Jodi Shull loves about art, but she loves the vibrant colors most. “I love being able to manipulate them in many ways,” she said. Shull, 65, has made art a lifetime passion and career. She previously owned a studio in downtown…
Med Student from Russellville Looks Forward to Psychiatry
April 11, 2017 | For most of her career as a medical student, Meghan Kerin thought she would practice internal medicine. She had a change of heart during her psychiatry rotation. “Dr. Tariq would tell us in medical school to pick the field we feel we can do the most good. I believe for me,…
April 10, 2017
UAMS Sets SeniorNet May Computer Classes for People 50 and Up
April 10, 2017 | Three computer classes — Introduction to Computers Windows 10, Microsoft Excel and Fundamentals for Computers — and three workshops — One-on-One Computer Support, Tips & Tricks: iPhone & iPad and Computer Maintenance — will be taught in April for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical…
April 7, 2017
Dean Keith Olsen, Pharm. D., Invested in UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean’s Chair
April 7, 2017 | Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was invested April 6 as the recipient of the College of Pharmacy Dean’s Chair. Olsen was presented with a medallion commemorating the investiture by UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS…
April 6, 2017
Johns Hopkins Professor Says Include Black Males in Health Research
April 6, 2017 | Future health research must include a sufficient number of black men, to ensure the most effective care and strategy for the minority group, said Roland Thorpe, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. To be valid, it also must ensure that black men stay with…
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