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- Questions About Raises, Shuttle Fees Top Administrators Forum
A UAMS Update article about Meet Your Administrator”
- Gruenwald Is New U.S. Citizen
Michael Gruenwald becomes U.S. citizen
- Gruenwald Is New U.S. Citizen
Michael Gruenwald becomes U.S. citizen
- Doughnut Sale to Help UAMS Psychiatry Youth Program
A UAMS Update article about a bake sale
- Call-in Announcements, Forums Will Give Employees More Information
A UAMS Update article about plans to improve communication between administration and employees of UAMS Medical Center
- IT Help Desk 400,000th Call Sweepstakes
IT Help Desk 400,000th Call Sweepstates
- The UAMS Help Desk Today - Ten Years Later
The UAMS Help Desk Today - Ten Years Later
- Free Tickets for UAMS Nights at Ray Winder Field
A UAMS Update article about UAMS Night with the Travelers
- ARIA Training Sessions May 19 - June 27 at UAMS
A UAMS Update article about May 19 - June 27 training sessions
- Human Research Forum Is May 21
A UAMS Update article about human research Q & A
- Accolades, May 2003
Accolades to UAMS faculty and staff
- GCRC Deadline Changed to July 1 for Grant Proposals
A UAMS Update article about GCRC pilot grants
- History of the Help Desk
- Watch, Look & Listen: Preview of New UAMS Public Service Campaign
- Forum to Discuss Impact of HIPAA on Research
Update article about HIPAA and research at UAMS
- Human Research Q and A Forum June 27
A UAMS Update article about the human research forum
- Emailed Version of UAMS Notice of Privacy Practices
UAMS Notice of Privacy Practices
- Free UAF Symposium Aug. 14-15 on Evolution of Human Diet
A UAMS Update article about a diet symposium at UAF
- Tom Butler is Arkansas Administrator of the Year
Tom Butler of UAMS Is Arkansas Administrator of the Year
- Join the Prostate Cancer Race Walk. Click Here for Registration Form.*
Join the Prostate Cancer Race Walk. Click Here for Registration Form.
- Join the Prostate Cancer Race Walk. Click Here for Registration Form.*
Join the Prostate Cancer Race Walk. Click Here for Registration Form.
- Defense Department Funds Possible Therapeutic Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer at UAMS
Defense Department Funds Possible Therapeutic Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer at UAMS
- Defense Department Funds Possible Therapeutic Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer at UAMS
Defense Department Funds Possible Therapeutic Vaccine for Ovarian Cancer at UAMS
- Join UAMS/ACRC Team in Race for the Cure®!
Join UAMS/ACRC Team in Race for the Cure!
- Join UAMS/ACRC Team in Race for the Cure®!
Join UAMS/ACRC Team in Race for the Cure!
- UAMS Scientist Receives $272,000 Grant for Tailoring Cancer Treatments with Laser Test
UAMS Scientist Receives $272,000 Grant for Tailoring Cancer Treatments with Laser Test
- UAMS Scientist Receives $272,000 Grant for Tailoring Cancer Treatments with Laser Test
UAMS Scientist Receives $272,000 Grant for Tailoring Cancer Treatments with Laser Test
- Photo Album: Stephens Institute Was a Highlight of Medicine Alumni Reunion
Photo Album: Stephens Institute Was a Highlight of Medicine Alumni Reunion
- Kids First in Fort Smith Celebrated Fourth in Style
Kids First in Fort Smith Celebrated Fourth in Style
- Class of 1948 Dedicates Endowment to Excellence in Education
Class of 1948 Dedicates Endowment to Excellence in Education
- Pharmacy Professor Elected to American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacy Professor Elected to American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Scientists, Graduate Students Meet at UAMS
Pharmaceutical Scientists, Graduate Students Meet at UAMS
- Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., Is Interim Dean of College of Pharmacy
Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., Is Interim Dean of College of Pharmacy
- New COPH Survey Research Expert Eager to Develop New Ways of Measuring Public Health
New COPH Survey Research Expert Eager to Develop New Ways of Measuring Public Health
- Ready, Set, Go! UAMS, KATV Launch Get Healthy Arkansas™
UAMS, KATV Launch Get Healthy Arkansas™
- The UAMS College of Pharmacy Marks its 50th Year
The UAMS College of Pharmacy celebrates its 50th anniversary this academic year.
- The UAMS College of Pharmacy Marks its 50th Year
The UAMS College of Pharmacy celebrates its 50th anniversary this academic year.
- The UAMS College of Pharmacy Marks its 50th Year
The UAMS College of Pharmacy celebrates its 50th anniversary this academic year.
- The UAMS College of Pharmacy Marks its 50th Year
The UAMS College of Pharmacy celebrates its 50th anniversary this academic year.
- Triathlete Pushes the Envelope
Petersen has finished two full-length iron-man triathlons; a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile marathon; one right after the other.
- Triathlete Pushes the Envelope
Petersen has finished two full-length iron-man triathlons; a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile marathon; one right after the other.
- Accolades for November, 2001
Accolades for November, 2001
- Accolades for November, 2001
Accolades for November, 2001
- Pittsburgh Surgeon-Scientist To Speak at Arkansas Toxicology Symposium
Billiar will give the keynote Snider address at the Arkansas Toxicology Symposium presented by UAMS.
- Pittsburgh Surgeon-Scientist To Speak at Arkansas Toxicology Symposium
Billiar will give the keynote Snider address at the Arkansas Toxicology Symposium presented by UAMS.
- Joycelyn Elders Honors UAMS Surgeon, Calls for Better Health Policy
Former U.S. Surgeon-General Joycelyn Elders, M.D., praised the recipient of an award in her name today, and called Charisse Y. Sparks, M.D., an example to all physicians.
- Aromatique™ Again Donates Merchandise for UAMS Fundraiser
The seventh annual Aromatique™ sale at UAMS was once again a popular fundraiser on campus.
- UAMS Briefs Emergency Personnel on Bioterrorism Responses
Emergency and environmental health personnel received a briefing at UAMS on immediate responses to bioterrorism.
- UAMS Briefs Emergency Personnel on Bioterrorism Responses
Emergency and environmental health personnel received a briefing at UAMS on immediate responses to bioterrorism.
- UAMS Briefs Emergency Personnel on Bioterrorism Responses
Emergency and environmental health personnel received a briefing at UAMS on immediate responses to bioterrorism.
- UAMS Briefs Emergency Personnel on Bioterrorism Responses
Emergency and environmental health personnel received a briefing at UAMS on immediate responses to bioterrorism.
- Enrollment Up 12 Percent in Health Related Professions
Enrollment in the UAMS College of Health Related Professions increased 12 percent this fall in comparison to last fall.
- Enrollment Up 12 Percent in Health Related Professions
Enrollment in the UAMS College of Health Related Professions increased 12 percent this fall in comparison to last fall.
- Enrollment Up 12 Percent in Health Related Professions
Enrollment in the UAMS College of Health Related Professions increased 12 percent this fall in comparison to last fall.
- Some Allied Health Departments Are in New Temporary Quarters in Former Radio Station
Four departments of the UAMS College of Health Related Professions have moved to new temporary quarters in the former KARN radio station near the campus.
- Some Allied Health Departments Are in New Temporary Quarters in Former Radio Station
Four departments of the UAMS College of Health Related Professions have moved to new temporary quarters in the former KARN radio station near the campus.
- Some Allied Health Departments Are in New Temporary Quarters in Former Radio Station
Four departments of the UAMS College of Health Related Professions have moved to new temporary quarters in the former KARN radio station near the campus.
- Red Cross Blood Drive Will Be on Campus
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Thursday, December 13, 2001, at UAMS.
- Red Cross Blood Drive Will Be on Campus
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Thursday, December 13, 2001, at UAMS.
- Quapaw Quartet to Perform in JBSU
The Quapaw Quartet of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform at a free concert on Tuesday, November 20, 2001, at 4 p.m. in the lobby of Jeff Banks Student Union.
- Here’s to Your Health: Ecstacy, The Dance Club Drug #1
HTYH radio program series about: Ecstacy, the so-called dance club drug.
- Here’s to Your Health: Ecstacy, The Dance Club Drug #1
HTYH radio program series about: Ecstacy, the so-called dance club drug.
- Here’s to Your Health: Ecstacy, The Dance Club Drug #1
HTYH radio program series about: Ecstacy, the so-called dance club drug.
- Psychiatry Supporters Celebrate 50 Years
The Friends of UAMS Psychiatry celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UAMS.
- Howard & Elsie Stebbins Are Outstanding Philanthropists of 2001
The Arkansas chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) recently honored Howard and Elsie Stebbins of Little Rock as the state’s Outstanding Philanthropists of 2001.
- Texas Philanthropist Gives to South Arkansas Center on Aging
Madelyne Murphy McCarty has made a gift of $5,000 to the new South Arkansas Center on Aging in El Dorado.
- UAMS Joins Tribute to the Late Col. T. H. Barton
UAMS joined a tribute today (National Philanthropy Day) to the late Arkansas philanthropist Col. T. H. Barton of El Dorado.
- UAMS Joins Tribute to the Late Col. T. H. Barton
UAMS joined a tribute today (National Philanthropy Day) to the late Arkansas philanthropist Col. T. H. Barton of El Dorado.
- Learn to Run a Meeting at Brown Bag Lunch
"How to Run an Effective Meeting” will be the topic of an upcoming program of the Office of Faculty Development in the UAMS College of Medicine.
- Prairie Grove Legislator Meets with Chancellor, New Deans
Rep. Sarah Agee of Prairie Grove, AR, met on November 7, 2001, with Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., and the two new deans at UAMS.
- UAMS To Present Bioterrorism Talk through TV Hook-ups
Infectious disease specialist at UAMS will brief the public on bioterrorism via television hook-ups on Friday, November 9, 2001.
- UAMS To Present Bioterrorism Talk through TV Hook-ups
Infectious disease specialist at UAMS will brief the public on bioterrorism via television hook-ups on Friday, November 9, 2001.
- UAMS To Present Bioterrorism Talk through TV Hook-ups
Infectious disease specialist at UAMS will brief the public on bioterrorism via television hook-ups on Friday, November 9, 2001.
- Here’s to Your Health: Anthrax
HTYH radio program series about: Anthrax
- Here’s to Your Health: Anthrax
HTYH radio program series about: Anthrax
- Here’s to Your Health: Anthrax
HTYH radio program series about: Anthrax
- Grant Will Support Excellence in Geriatric Nursing
The UAMS College of Nursing recently celebrated a grant for advanced education in geriatric nursing.
- Grant Will Support Excellence in Geriatric Nursing
The UAMS College of Nursing recently celebrated a grant for advanced education in geriatric nursing.
- AAMC Honors Chancellor for Distinguished Service
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has honored UAMS Chancellor Wilson for distinguished service.
- AAMC Honors Chancellor for Distinguished Service
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has honored UAMS Chancellor Wilson for distinguished service.
- Local Groups Make Gifts to Arkansas CARES
The Little Rock chapter of Altrusa International and the Junior League of Little Rock recently made gifts to a residential treatment program for families struggling with drug addiction.
- UAMS Foundation Board Members Invite Guests to Campus Luncheon
Four key supporters of UAMS and their guests heard about the university’s recent advances at a Chancellor’s Circle luncheon on the campus.
- Pictures of Runners To Be on Exhibit
An exhibit of photographs by UAMS photographer Johnpaul Jones, Jr., will hang in the UAMS Library in November and December, 2001.
- Pictures of Runners To Be on Exhibit
An exhibit of photographs by UAMS photographer Johnpaul Jones, Jr., will hang in the UAMS Library in November and December, 2001.
- UAMS Is Best Place to Work in Democrat-Gazette Survey
Readers voted UAMS the best place to work in central Arkansas in a July ballot included in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
- Lyon College Awards Honorary Degree to UAMS Chancellor Emeritus
Lyon College in Batesville, AR, awarded an honorary degree to UAMS Chancellor Emeritus Harry P. Ward, M.D.
- New Dean of Medicine Tours UAMS Medical Center Maternity Ward
Arkansas’s incoming dean of medicine, a Philadelphia specialist in high-risk pregnancy, stopped by the state’s only high-risk pregnancy program recently, meeting physicians and greeting patients.
- New Dean of Medicine Tours UAMS Medical Center Maternity Ward
Arkansas’s incoming dean of medicine, a Philadelphia specialist in high-risk pregnancy, stopped by the state’s only high-risk pregnancy program recently, meeting physicians and greeting patients.
- Alzheimer’s Disease Center Opens at UAMS
UAMS has established an Alzheimer’s Disease Center to focus research and education on this debilitating form of dementia.
- Alzheimer’s Disease Center Opens at UAMS
UAMS has established an Alzheimer’s Disease Center to focus research and education on this debilitating form of dementia.
- Here’s to Your Health: Refractive Eye Surgery #1
HTYH radio program series about: Refractive Eye Surgery
- Here’s to Your Health: Refractive Eye Surgery #1
HTYH radio program series about: Refractive Eye Surgery
- Here’s to Your Health: Refractive Eye Surgery #1
HTYH radio program series about: Refractive Eye Surgery
- Here’s to Your Health: Refractive Eye Surgery #1
HTYH radio program series about: Refractive Eye Surgery
- UAMS, UAF Receive $5.5 Million To Study Drug Treatment
Scientists at UAMS and UofA at Fayetteville have received $5.5 million to develop and test new medicines for methamphetamine abuse.
- UAMS, UAF Receive $5.5 Million To Study Drug Treatment
Scientists at UAMS and UofA at Fayetteville have received $5.5 million to develop and test new medicines for methamphetamine abuse.
- UAMS Biotech Efforts Are Prominent in National Report
A new national report on states' efforts to expand biotechnology gives considerable attention to Arkansas projects; including the technology “incubator” at UAMS.
- UAMS Biotech Efforts Are Prominent in National Report
A new national report on states' efforts to expand biotechnology gives considerable attention to Arkansas projects; including the technology “incubator” at UAMS.
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- New York 8th Grader Sends Support
On October 22, 2001, my class conducted a vote on a charity organization for donations; the Arkansas Cancer Research Center was selected by the class.
- New York 8th Grader Sends Support
On October 22, 2001, my class conducted a vote on a charity organization for donations; the Arkansas Cancer Research Center was selected by the class.
- New York 8th Grader Sends Support
On October 22, 2001, my class conducted a vote on a charity organization for donations; the Arkansas Cancer Research Center was selected by the class.
- Ross Shares Best Christmas Present Ever - BMT
Two months after donating, Ross received word that her donated bone marrow was successfully transplanted to an unrelated patient; a one-year-old boy.
- Ross Shares Best Christmas Present Ever - BMT
Two months after donating, Ross received word that her donated bone marrow was successfully transplanted to an unrelated patient; a one-year-old boy.
- Ross Shares Best Christmas Present Ever - BMT
Two months after donating, Ross received word that her donated bone marrow was successfully transplanted to an unrelated patient; a one-year-old boy.
- 2009 Summer Science Program - Mentors and Students Needed
2009 Summer Science Program - Mentors and Students Needed
- UAMS Hosts Nutrition Seminar on 'Age-Related Bone Loss and Its Treatment with Intermittent PTH'
UAMS Hosts Nutrition Seminar on 'Age-Related Bone Loss and Its Treatment with Intermittent PTH'
- UAMS Hosts Nutrition Seminar on 'Age-Related Bone Loss and Its Treatment with Intermittent PTH'
UAMS Hosts Nutrition Seminar on 'Age-Related Bone Loss and Its Treatment with Intermittent PTH'
- UAMS Cafeteria Announces Holiday Schedule
UAMS Cafeteria Announces Holiday Schedule
- UAMS Cafeteria Announces Holiday Schedule
UAMS Cafeteria Announces Holiday Schedule
- Rye Receives National Respiratory Care Educator Award
LITTLE ROCK – Kathy Rye, Ed.D., a faculty member in the respiratory care program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently received the Specialty Practitioner of the Year Award from the Education Section of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
- Rye Receives National Respiratory Care Educator Award
LITTLE ROCK – Kathy Rye, Ed.D., a faculty member in the respiratory care program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently received the Specialty Practitioner of the Year Award from the Education Section of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
- CHRP Remembers Bittengle
Dec. 23, 2008 | Colleagues and students of UAMS assistant professor Joseph Bittengle said they will miss his professionalism, his love of teaching and his humor.
- Logician EMR Database to Be Offline Tonight, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Logician EMR Database to Be Offline Tonight, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Logician EMR Database to Be Offline Tonight, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Logician EMR Database to Be Offline Tonight, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- JEI December 2008 Outlook Newsletter
- UAMS and Red Cross to Sponsor Training for Family Caregivers
LITTLE ROCK – Caring for an elderly or ill family member can present many challenges. The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas are offering nine free classes for caregivers with topics ranging from healthy eating to dementia.
- Office of Human Resources Announces New Employee Self Service Kiosks
Office of Human Resources Announces New Employee Self Service Kiosks
- Office of Human Resources Announces New Employee Self Service Kiosks
Office of Human Resources Announces New Employee Self Service Kiosks
- Registration Now Open for Rasco Symposium on Colorectal Cancer
Registration Now Open for Rasco Symposium on Colorectal Cancer
- Registration Now Open for Rasco Symposium on Colorectal Cancer
Registration Now Open for Rasco Symposium on Colorectal Cancer
- UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
- UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
- UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
UAMS Voicemail System to be Offline on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Midnight
- Patient Move Volunteers Needed
Patient Move Volunteers Needed
- Turnage Named UAMS Surgery Department Chairman
Jan. 6, 2009 | Richard H. Turnage, M.D., who has led surgery programs in Texas and Louisiana, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chairman of the Department of Surgery.
- Turnage Named UAMS Surgery Department Chairman
Jan. 6, 2009 | Richard H. Turnage, M.D., who has led surgery programs in Texas and Louisiana, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chairman of the Department of Surgery.
- Turnage Named UAMS Surgery Department Chairman
Jan. 6, 2009 | Richard H. Turnage, M.D., who has led surgery programs in Texas and Louisiana, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chairman of the Department of Surgery.
- Fidelity Investments Representative on Campus Jan. 15-16
Fidelity Investments Representative on Campus Jan. 15-16
- Fidelity Investments Representative on Campus Jan. 15-16
Fidelity Investments Representative on Campus Jan. 15-16
- UAMS Dance Class Schedule Set for January
UAMS Dance Class Schedule Set for January
- UAMS Dance Class Schedule Set for January
UAMS Dance Class Schedule Set for January
- A Message About Your Annual Tuberculosis Screening
A Message About Your Annual Tuberculosis Screening
- A Message About Your Annual Tuberculosis Screening
A Message About Your Annual Tuberculosis Screening
- UAMS Seeks Patient Move Volunteers
UAMS Seeks Patient Move Volunteers
- UAMS Seeks Patient Move Volunteers
UAMS Seeks Patient Move Volunteers
- Presidential Inauguration Events to be Broadcast on Campus
Presidential Inauguration Events to be Broadcast on Campus
- Presidential Inauguration Events to be Broadcast on Campus
Presidential Inauguration Events to be Broadcast on Campus
- Free Workshops on Lead-Safe Practices to be Held in North Little Rock on Jan. 21, 26
LITTLE ROCK – A coalition of public health advocates that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will host a pair of free workshops this month in North Little Rock on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint, targeting parents along with contractors who are renovating old homes.
- Free Workshops on Lead-Safe Practices to be Held in North Little Rock on Jan. 21, 26
LITTLE ROCK – A coalition of public health advocates that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will host a pair of free workshops this month in North Little Rock on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint, targeting parents along with contractors who are renovating old homes.
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NOV. 8, 2001 | A resident in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the College of Medicine will receive the M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Award for Community Service from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) later this month.
Charisse Y. Sparks, M.D., will accept the award at a ceremony on Tues., Nov. 20.
Dr. Sparks has volunteered in numerous ways as a mentor and tutor for minority students from junior high to medical school. Carl L. Nelson, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Andrew D. Markiewitz, M.D., chief of hand and upper extremity surgery in the department, nominated Dr. Sparks for the award.
”Dr. Charisse Sparks … has shown continued involvement … to encourage minority students to achieve their dreams. … [She is] an ideal example for all communities,” Dr. Nelson wrote. |
Charisse Y. Sparks, M.D.
M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
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Dr. Sparks earned her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She has received several awards and honors as a medical student, including the Lose Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Excellence in Community Service.
Dr. Elders is professor emeritus of pediatrics in the UAMS College of Medicine. She was the U.S. Surgeon General in 1993-1994. She established the award to recognize a resident or fellow who has made significant contributions to community health. The award includes a $1,000 prize.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: http://www.uams.edu/ortho/
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