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April 20, 2016
Med Students Discuss Family Medicine at ‘Evening with the Dean’
April 20, 2016 | Thirteen UAMS medical students met with Pope Moseley, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine, on April 6 at Trio’s Restaurant to discuss the importance of family medicine to UAMS and to the state of Arkansas. Faculty members from the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine were on hand to…
April 18, 2016
Frankie Sears Named to UAMS College of Nursing Advisory Board
April 18, 2016 | Mary Frances “Frankie” Sears has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Nursing Advisory Board. Sears’ term on the board will end Jan. 1, 2020. Sears, of Mayflower, has devoted her entire life to service and health care. She spent more than 30 years as a nurse…
April 15, 2016
Friends of UAMS – Pine Bluff Hosts Inaugural Event
April 15, 2016 | More than 100 business and community leaders from across south central Arkansas gathered to enjoy an evening of food and conversation April 12, kicking off the inaugural Friends of UAMS – Pine Bluff. The evening event was hosted by George and Debbie Makris at their home in Pine Bluff. George Makris…
April 13, 2016
College Bids Farewell to Jon Wolfe, Thanks Donors
April 13, 2016 | Thanks and goodbyes peppered a convivial evening of relaxed socializing and good food at the College of Pharmacy Dean’s Donor Recognition Dinner on March 31 at the Clinton Presidential Center. About 100 people, most of them donors, gathered for the event. Students and faculty joined donors and Dean Keith Olsen, Pharm….
Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 5
LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 5 “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 6, 2016
UAMS Food Recycling Project Creates Ecological Option for Unused Food, Waste
April 6, 2016 | Unused food and food waste from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) cafeteria is no longer destined for the landfill thanks to a food recycling program that creates an eco-friendly alternative. Since October, UAMS has donated 12 tons of food waste to Organix, a national food recycling organization that…
April 5, 2016
UAMS Names Renee Joiner Director of Arkansas SAVES Stroke Telemedicine Program
LITTLE ROCK — Renee Joiner has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of the Arkansas Stroke Awareness and Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) program. Joiner will oversee the operations of AR SAVES, which uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments to stroke patients…
March 31, 2016
New CDC, UAMS Report Finds One in 83 Central Arkansas Children Has Autism Spectrum Disorder
March 31, 2016 | One in 83 central Arkansas children, or 1.2 percent, were identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to a new report by the Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The regional estimate is based on information collected from…
Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., Chairs Heart Association Statement on Ischemic Heart Disease Treatment in Women
March 31, 2016 | More research, superior diagnostic equipment and exceptional recognition of symptoms is needed to better identify and treat women with ischemic heart disease (IHD) according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association chaired by Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The statement was…
March 30, 2016
UAMS Researchers Help Uncover Possible Sex Determinant in Mammals
March 30, 2016 | A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) helped discover a new molecular “earmark” on DNA that may determine the sex of all mammals. The sex of human and all mammalian babies may be determined by a simple earmarking of an ancient virus that inserted itself…
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