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July 29, 2015

UAMS Names Patricia Cowan Dean of College of Nursing

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LITTLE ROCK —Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., has been named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will begin at UAMS on or before Dec. 1.


July 24, 2015

UAMS Wintrhrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Benefits From FFANY Charitable Shoe Sale on QVC

Kelley Cooper

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) got a boost in the fight against breast cancer with money generated by the 21st annual QVC Presents “FFANY Shoes on Sale,” held in October 2014.


July 20, 2015

Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Patient’s OCD Symptoms

Kelly Gardner

July 20, 2015 | Thomasine Williams of Sherwood was constantly washing her hands and arranging and rearranging items. She was unable to go anywhere in public without taking a towel to sit on. She balked at opening doors and using silverware at restaurants.


July 15, 2015

UAMS Medical Center Only Arkansas Hospital to Earn ‘2015 Most Wired Award’

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July 15, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center recently became the only Arkansas hospital to earn the 2015 Most Wired Award from the American Hospital Association Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).


July 14, 2015

Keith Olsen, Pharm. D., Named UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean

Kelly Gardner

July 10, 2015 | Keith M. Olsen, Pharm. D., has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy and will begin his role at UAMS on or before Nov. 1.


July 13, 2015

Pharmacy Students Earn National Award for Third Time

Kelly Gardner

July 13, 2015 | UAMS College of Pharmacy students have achieved a three-peat, winning the national Organ Donation Challenge award and, in this year’s competition, surpassing 11 rival colleges of pharmacy.


July 10, 2015

Keith Olsen, Pharm. D., Named Dean of the UAMS College of Pharmacy

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK – Keith M. Olsen, Pharm. D., has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy and will begin his role at UAMS on or before Nov. 1.


June 26, 2015

UAMS-based Arkansas INBRE Receives $3.9 million for Biomedical Research

Kelly Gardner

June 26, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, and Helen Benes, Ph.D., associate director of the Arkansas INBRE.has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the program.


June 25, 2015

UAMS Researcher Awarded Grant to Study Lyme Disease

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK — Jon Blevins, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year grant of more than $400,000 by the National Institutes of Health to study the genetics of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes…


June 24, 2015

Betty Jo Ward’s name Added to Harry P. Ward Tower

Kelly Gardner

June 24, 2015 | The strong, steady force behind a former UAMS chancellor was honored June 22 as Betty Jo Ward’s name was added to the Ward Tower building, originally named for her husband, the late Harry P. Ward.



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