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July 14, 2016

Registration Open for the 2016 South Central Telehealth Forum to be Held Aug. 1-2

Ben Boulden

July 14, 2016 | The fourth annual South Central Telehealth Forum  for the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee region promoting the use of telecommunications technologies to support distance health care will be Aug. 1-2 in Nashville, Tennessee. The forum is sponsored by the South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC), which provides telehealth media and education for Arkansas,…


UAMS Sets SeniorNet August Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

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July 14, 2016 | Two computer classes — Introduction to Computers and Fundamentals for Beginners — will be taught in August for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Classes begin Aug. 1. The schedule is: Fundamentals for Beginners, Mondays and Wednesdays,…


July 13, 2016

Camden-Area Residents Invited to Conversation About UAMS Research July 23

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK — Camden-area residents are invited by the Plant a Seed Foundation and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to participate in a July 23 conversation about health research. The free session will be held from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Carne Park, 955 Adams St., Camden. The event will include…


July 12, 2016

Historical Research Center Supports Student Researchers

Ben Boulden

July 12, 2016 | Inside gray and white boxes on simple metal shelves in UAMS Library’s Historical Research Center, two student researchers are finding colorful sources and acquiring valuable knowledge about the state’s medical past. Corbin Stinnett of Siloam Springs, a history major and senior at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Caitlin Beasley of…


July 6, 2016

UAMS Physician Champions ANGELS at Politico Health Care Panel

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Curtis Lowery Politico

July 6, 2016 | UAMS obstetrician Curtis Lowery, M.D., spoke of the impact a UAMS telemedicine program has had on the care of high-risk pregnancies in Arkansas at a Politico health care panel June 9 in Washington, D.C. Lowery, chair of the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, outlined how ANGELS, a…


Teaching with Technology Symposium Slated for July 21-22

Ben Boulden

July 6, 2016 | Educators from across Arkansas are invited to attend the Teaching with Technology Symposium, designed to give educators new tools and ideas for teaching — whether in the classroom or online — July 21-22 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The symposium is organized by UAMS Teaching with Technology…


July 5, 2016

Pharmacy Camp Shows Career Possibilities

Ben Boulden

July 5, 2016 | Learning how to take a blood pressure reading by practicing on a manikin that reacts like a human or getting hands-on experience and instruction compounding medicine aren’t common experiences at a summer camp. For the last ten years though, that’s been the idea behind the Pharmacy Camp at the UAMS College…


UAMS Neighborhood Clinic Opens at Capitol Mall

Ben Boulden

July 5, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today opened a new UAMS Neighborhood Clinic at Capitol Mall offering scheduled appointments and walk-in friendly, high-quality primary care services in downtown Little Rock. The clinic, 1401 W. Capitol Ave. Plaza E (in the Victory Building), is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m….


UAMS Ophthalmologist Rids Little Rock Woman of Pain

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July 5, 2016 | There was no aspect of Zantiel Mooney’s life not affected by the excruciating pain she felt in her left eye. Though she has temporarily lost sight in the eye, the work of UAMS cornea and uveitis specialist, Tayyeba Ali, M.D., took away the pain while ensuring she could keep the eye….


NIH Awards Early Career Grants to Two UAMS Translational Research Institute–Trained Researchers

Ben Boulden

July 5, 2016 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) early career researchers Joshua Kennedy, M.D., and Taren Swindle, Ph.D., are recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants that will support their work over the next several years. In May, Kennedy, whose laboratory is at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) on the Arkansas…



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