Sue Griffin


January 22, 2019

UAMS Volunteers Provide Free Eye Exams, Glasses to Local Students

Spencer Watson

Katie Brown gives student Fily Galicia-Chavez an eye exam on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Pediatric Vision Outreach at UAMS was a day providing vision care to commemorate a visionary. Nine organizations, four UAMS departments, and two local schools united to provide the opportunity for free eye exams and glasses to students in Little Rock and the surrounding areas.


May 9, 2018

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Spotlights Dementia Caregiving

Ben Boulden

During a short break at the STOP Alzheimer's Forum, instructors lead the audience some exercises that can be done while seated. Activity and fitness are important in combating some of the effects and symptoms of dementia.

May 9, 2018 | Caregiver training and knowing when to seek outside help can improve the care that one provides a loved one while also lightening the burden on a caregiver. Several dozen people gathered in the Jo Ellen Ford auditorium April 23 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to hear speakers…


November 14, 2017

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Discusses Latest Developments

Benjamin Waldrum

Harry Johns, left, with Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Sue Griffin, Ph.D., and Steve Barger, Ph.D. at a reception prior to the STOP Alzheimer's Forum on Oct. 30.

Nov. 14, 2017 | The head of the world’s leading voluntary health association in Alzheimer’s care, support and research had a message for a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum: stay the course. Several dozen people filled the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Oct. 30 to hear Harry…


December 22, 2016

UAMS Reaches Milestones in 2016

Ben Boulden

Dec. 22, 2016 | In 2016, UAMS and its physicians and researchers achieved several firsts along with other milestones in patient care, education and research. From treating chronic pain and brain tumors to starting the first comprehensive research study of synthetic marijuana products and graduating the largest class in UAMS history, the university continued to…


October 5, 2016

UAMS’ Sue Griffin, Ph.D., Awarded $10 Million by NIH for Alzheimer’s Research

Ben Boulden

Oct. 5, 2016 | Sue Griffin, Ph.D., an internationally known Alzheimer’s disease researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), leads a team that has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the causes and possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Griffin said the research team…


July 25, 2016

UAMS’ Sue Griffin, Ph.D., Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Alzheimer’s Association

Ben Boulden

July 25, 2016 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Sue T. Griffin, Ph.D., recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association at its International Conference in Toronto. Griffin has made groundbreaking contributions in the study of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. She is the Alexa and William T. Dillard professor…


May 20, 2016

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Focuses on Women

Ben Boulden

May 20, 2016 | Nearly two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum audience recently found out how, in some cases, estrogen-replacement might help some perimenopausal women to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia. Several dozen people gathered in the Jo Ellen Ford auditorium May 10 at the UAMS…


November 25, 2015

Sports Broadcaster Shares Family’s Alzheimer’s Struggle

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Jim Nantz

Nov. 25, 2015 | Looking back, his dad having a mini-stroke in 1995 while visiting him at a golf tournament was a harbinger of things to come, said CBS Sports commentator Jim Nantz. That stroke, together with other similar episodes of mini-strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), led to an eventual diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…


November 12, 2015

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Draws Crowd

Ben Boulden

Nov. 12, 2015 | Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease increased 68 percent in the first decade of the century, a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum audience learned recently. About 90 people filled a large conference room Nov. 3 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to hear UAMS researchers tell how they are working to…


October 15, 2015

‘An Evening with Jim Nantz’ Dinner Nov. 23 to Benefit UAMS Reynolds Institute’s STOP Alzheimer’s Fund

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – “An Evening with Jim Nantz” to raise awareness in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, will be hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Grand Ballroom of the Little Rock Marriott. CBS sports commentator Jim Nantz will…



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