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March 11, 2016
March 22 Science Café — ‘The Martian: Science Tech or Science Fiction?’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, The Martian: Science Tech or Science Fiction?, on March 22. Panelists will discuss the science and technology, mental fortitude and other important factors needed for a successful mission to Mars. Held from…
March 10, 2016
Cornea Donation Saves Rogers Man’s Vision
March 10, 2016 | Organ donation is an incredibly personal and tremendously impactful act of kindness, but Jim Harris already knows that on a profound level. “Without the generosity of a donor, I would have lost sight in my eye,” said the 53-year-old Rogers resident. “I am grateful my donor was thoughtful enough to make…
March 8, 2016
Delta Dental Foundation Awards $30,000 to UAMS 12th Street Center
March 8, 2016 | Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently presented a $30,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the center. Some of center patients are referred for the next level of care to…
March 7, 2016
UAMS Center for Health Literacy Awarded $2.9 Million by National Institutes of Health
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Health Literacy has received a four-year grant of $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test the effectiveness of a diabetes education and health literacy program in patient-centered medical homes at UAMS regional centers across Arkansas. A patient-centered medical home…
March 4, 2016
UAMS, ADH Study Links Longer Driving Time to Heart Attack Death
Arkansans’ risk of dying from a heart attack increases the farther away they live from hospitals capable of treating them when compared to state residents who live closer, a new study by Arkansas researchers shows. Their death risk can be as much as 26 percent higher, according to the multi-year study led by Appathurai Balamurugan,…
March 3, 2016
UAMS West Breaks Ground On $10.5 Million Building in Fort Smith
March 3, 2016 | More than a dozen golden shovels turned dirt today marking the start of work on a $10.5 million UAMS Family Medical Center at the corner of South 12th and South E streets in Fort Smith. State legislators, local dignitaries, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and UAMS…
UAMS Helps Harmony Clinic Obtain Retinal Camera
March 3, 2016 | UAMS Glaucoma specialist Grant Morshedi, M.D., knows how important Little Rock’s Harmony Health Clinic is to those who need health care but can’t afford it. As a UAMS medical student in 2008, he worked with many others at UAMS and in the community to establish the free clinic that is staffed…
February 29, 2016
Events Feature Underground Railroad and Abolitionist Movement
Feb. 29, 2016 | UAMS celebrated diversity in February with two events in honor of Black History Month. Historian and longtime College of Pharmacy faculty member Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D., traced connections in his family to the Underground Railroad and the Battle of Helena in Arkansas during the Civil War while speaking Feb. 18 at the…
Geneticist Brian Walker, Ph. D., Joins UAMS Myeloma Institute
LITTLE ROCK – Brian Walker, Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a professor of medicine in the College of Medicine and director of the Myeloma Institute’s basic research team. Walker’s most recent post was as a senior research scientist with the Centre for Molecular Pathology at The Royal Marsden…
February 26, 2016
UAMS Impact on Arkansas ‘Stronger Than Ever’
Feb. 26, 2016 | Pointing to measurements of academic, clinical and research productivity, UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., voiced optimism and pride at the work UAMS is doing in its health and health improvement mission for Arkansas during his annual State of the University report on Feb. 23. However, the university is also facing several…
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