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July 27, 2016
Arkansas Mutual Awards $10,000 Scholarship to UAMS Medical Student To Pursue Primary Care
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July 27, 2016 | Mikaila Wilson Calcagni, of Fayetteville, has been awarded the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.
July 26, 2016
Symposium Highlights Undergraduate Research from across Arkansas
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July 26, 2016 | Tomorrow’s leaders in scientific research have been working hard this summer, and the Fifth Annual Central Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium gave them a chance to showcase their efforts while practicing their presentation skills and learning about careers in science. On July 20, UAMS welcomed 114 undergraduate researchers, who came from…
Jerad M. Gardner, M.D., Named Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
July 26, 2016 | Jerad M. Gardner, M.D., an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s departments of pathology and dermatology, was recently appointed as a deputy editor-in-chief of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. He is the youngest in the journal’s 90-year history to receive the appointment….
Sickle Cell Program Going Strong
![Pooja Motwani, M.D., left, and Megan Davis, M.D., on July 1 became co-directors of the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sickle-Motwani-Davis-1-150x150.jpg)
July 26, 2016 | William Cooney, 66, has stuck with UAMS for 63 years as a sickle cell patient because he said over decades of change it has consistently provided him with the care he needs. Through transformations inside and outside of UAMS, including moving the hospital from McAlmont Street to today’s campus in 1956,…
July 25, 2016
Public Invited to Autism Town Hall Aug. 9, Walk Kickoff
July 25, 2016 | The public is invited to a town hall featuring clinical and community outreach and education programs on autism and a kickoff of the 2016 Autism Speaks Walk from 4-5:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is holding the event in conjunction with…
UAMS’ Sue Griffin, Ph.D., Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Alzheimer’s Association
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July 25, 2016 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Sue T. Griffin, Ph.D., recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association at its International Conference in Toronto. Griffin has made groundbreaking contributions in the study of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. She is the Alexa and William T. Dillard professor…
July 20, 2016
UAMS Names Motwani, Davis as Co-Directors of Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program
July 20, 2016 | Pooja Motwani, M.D., and Megan Davis, M.D., have been named co-directors of the Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In addition to overseeing the program as co-directors, Davis will lead the palliative care part of the clinic, focusing on relieving symptoms and improving quality…
UAMS Named Most Wired Hospital for 2016
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July 20, 2016 | UAMS Medical Center recently won the Most Wired Award for the second year in a row from the American Hospital Association Health Forum. The hospital, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has won the distinction nine times. It is one of only two hospitals in Arkansas to…
July 18, 2016
Pine Bluff Man Confident after Significant Scar Removal
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July 18, 2016 | His mother calls him the “selfie king,” and says she could not be more pleased with the fact that her son Terrance Griffin, 28, feels confident in his looks. For many years, the Pine Bluff man was embarrassed and lived in a bubble because he had significant keloid scarring on his…
UAMS, Arkansas Faith Leaders Promote Health Equity
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July 18, 2016 | Nearly 200 Arkansas faith leaders, health ministries, educators, researchers and health care providers recently gathered in Little Rock to make connections and share ideas that will help reduce health disparities in Arkansas. The second annual Community-Campus Partnership Conference to Address Health Disparities was hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical…
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