March 19, 2015

Cornea Transplant Patient Grateful for Donor

Holland Doran

Lisa Holt thinks about the family of her eye donor every March — National Eye Donor Month — and is grateful.


College of Nursing’s Schmidt Honored by Red Cross

Holland Doran

Responding to fires, tornadoes, ice storms and hurricanes, Cheryl Schmidt, Ph.D., R.N., is going to leave quite a legacy behind.


February 10, 2015

UAMS Recruiting People with Tinnitus for Study on Potential Improvements to Treatment

Holland Doran

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are studying potential improvements to an experimental treatment of tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and are recruiting people with symptoms.


January 20, 2015

Research Aimed at Treating Opioid Withdrawal

Holland Doran

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are recruiting people for a study in hopes of finding a solution to the distressing withdrawals suffered by opioid addicts going through detoxification.


January 14, 2015

Gath Named Medical Director of UAMS 12th Street Center

Holland Doran

Elizabeth C. Gath, M.D., has been named medical director of the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


Jan. 27 Science Café — ‘Are Rare Diseases Really Rare?’

Holland Doran

Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Are Rare Diseases Really Rare?, on Jan. 27. Panelists will discuss what makes diseases rare, types of rare diseases and the recognition and treatment of rare diseases.


January 12, 2015

Daughter’s Legacy Is Paying It Forward at UAMS

Holland Doran

When Pauline Wagnon’s mother was diagnosed with cancer in the mid-1940s and treated for free and cured at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Wagnon set her mind to paying it forward.


January 9, 2015

Heard to Retire as Provost, Succeeded by Gardner

Holland Doran

Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will retire effective June 30. She will be succeeded immediately as provost by Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., dean of the College of Pharmacy and associate provost for society and health.


Heard to Retire as Provost, Succeeded by Gardner

Holland Doran

Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will retire effective June 30. She will be succeeded immediately as provost by Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., dean of the College of Pharmacy and associate provost for society and health.


January 7, 2015

Head Start/Early Head Start Fall Registration Opens Jan. 26

Holland Doran

The Head Start /Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County, operated by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is accepting applications beginning Jan. 26 for the 2015-2016 school year.



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