UAMS Opens Center for Addiction Research

UAMS Opens Center for Addiction Research LITTLE ROCK – Research studies are underway in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) new Center for Addiction Research, a collaborative effort between the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health to further the understanding of the addiction process and find ways to break the cycle.
Home 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 Free “Matters of the Heart” Seminar Aug. 23 Free “Matters of the Heart” Seminar Aug. 23 Free “Matters of the Heart” Seminar Aug. 23 Free “Matters of the Heart” Seminar Aug. 23 Health Conference for Educators and Healthcare Professionals Set for August 10-11 at Statehouse Convention Center A statewide conference to address obesity, physical activity and improving Arkansans’ health is set for Aug. 10-11, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. Health Conference for Educators and Healthcare Professionals Set for August 10-11 at Statehouse Convention Center A statewide conference to address obesity, physical activity and improving Arkansans’ health is set for Aug. 10-11, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. Driven By Rising Costs, Managed Care Plans Dust Off Practices That Triggered 1990s Backlash, Health Affairs Article Says Driven By Rising Costs, Managed Care Plans Dust Off Practices That Triggered 1990s Backlash, Health Affairs Article Says Driven By Rising Costs, Managed Care Plans Dust Off Practices That Triggered 1990s Backlash, Health Affairs Article Says Driven By Rising Costs, Managed Care Plans Dust Off Practices That Triggered 1990s Backlash, Health Affairs Article Says State Okays Two Public Health Programs in New College The state of Arkansas has approved the first two programs in the new College of Public Health at UAMS. State Okays Two Public Health Programs in New College The state of Arkansas has approved the first two programs in the new College of Public Health at UAMS. State Okays Two Public Health Programs in New College The state of Arkansas has approved the first two programs in the new College of Public Health at UAMS. 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. UAMS Physicians Develop Course to Train Physicians, Nurses to Treat Pediatric Overweight – Resource One of First of Its Kind in the Nation Jan. 12, 2005 \| Taking the next step in Arkansas’ battle against childhood obesity, a group of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians has developed a continuing education course to equip the state’s physicians and nurses for treating pediatric weight problems. UAMS Physicians Develop Course to Train Physicians, Nurses to Treat Pediatric Overweight – Resource One of First of Its Kind in the Nation Jan. 12, 2005 \| Taking the next step in Arkansas’ battle against childhood obesity, a group of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians has developed a continuing education course to equip the state’s physicians and nurses for treating pediatric weight problems. UAMS Physicians Develop Course to Train Physicians, Nurses to Treat Pediatric Overweight – Resource One of First of Its Kind in the Nation Jan. 12, 2005 \| Taking the next step in Arkansas’ battle against childhood obesity, a group of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians has developed a continuing education course to equip the state’s physicians and nurses for treating pediatric weight problems. UAMS Physicians Develop Course to Train Physicians, Nurses to Treat Pediatric Overweight – Resource One of First of Its Kind in the Nation Jan. 12, 2005 \| Taking the next step in Arkansas’ battle against childhood obesity, a group of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians has developed a continuing education course to equip the state’s physicians and nurses for treating pediatric weight problems. Less Than 10 percent of Schools Offer Low-Fat Snacks, Says UAMS Report Designed to Track Childhood Obesity Law LITTLE ROCK – Less than 10 percent of Arkansas schools offer low-fat snacks, according to a report by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) delivered to state legislators today. Less Than 10 percent of Schools Offer Low-Fat Snacks, Says UAMS Report Designed to Track Childhood Obesity Law LITTLE ROCK – Less than 10 percent of Arkansas schools offer low-fat snacks, according to a report by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) delivered to state legislators today. UAMS Professor’s Article Among Health Affairs’ Most Read Of 2004 Jan. 21, 2005 \| An article on insurance companies’ efforts to control rising health care costs co-authored by an associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was among the 10 most read online in 2004 by readers of the health policy journal Health Affairs. UAMS Professor’s Article Among Health Affairs’ Most Read Of 2004 Jan. 21, 2005 \| An article on insurance companies’ efforts to control rising health care costs co-authored by an associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was among the 10 most read online in 2004 by readers of the health policy journal Health Affairs. UAMS Professor’s Article Among Health Affairs’ Most Read Of 2004 Jan. 21, 2005 \| An article on insurance companies’ efforts to control rising health care costs co-authored by an associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was among the 10 most read online in 2004 by readers of the health policy journal Health Affairs. UAMS Professor’s Article Among Health Affairs’ Most Read Of 2004 Jan. 21, 2005 \| An article on insurance companies’ efforts to control rising health care costs co-authored by an associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was among the 10 most read online in 2004 by readers of the health policy journal Health Affairs. UAMS Professor Recognized as a National Healthy School Hero LITTLE ROCK – Carole Garner, assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, was recently recognized by the nonprofit organization Action for Healthy Kids as one of 31 “Healthy School Heroes” across the nation who are improving children’s nutrition, physical activity and readiness to learn. UAMS Professor Recognized as a National Healthy School Hero LITTLE ROCK – Carole Garner, assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, was recently recognized by the nonprofit organization Action for Healthy Kids as one of 31 “Healthy School Heroes” across the nation who are improving children’s nutrition, physical activity and readiness to learn. Arkansas Public Health Week Recognized April 4-8 April 4, 2005 \| “Empowering Arkansans to Live Stronger, Longer,” is the theme of this year’s Public Health Week, April 4-10. Arkansas Public Health Week Recognized April 4-8 April 4, 2005 \| “Empowering Arkansans to Live Stronger, Longer,” is the theme of this year’s Public Health Week, April 4-10. Arkansas Public Health Week Recognized April 4-8 April 4, 2005 \| “Empowering Arkansans to Live Stronger, Longer,” is the theme of this year’s Public Health Week, April 4-10. Paul Halverson Appointed Interim Director of State Health Department MAY 5, 2005 \| Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Paul Halverson, Dr. P.H., professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, as interim director of the state Department of Health. Paul Halverson Appointed Interim Director of State Health Department MAY 5, 2005 \| Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Paul Halverson, Dr. P.H., professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, as interim director of the state Department of Health. Paul Halverson Appointed Interim Director of State Health Department MAY 5, 2005 \| Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Paul Halverson, Dr. P.H., professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, as interim director of the state Department of Health. Paul Halverson Appointed Interim Director of State Health Department MAY 5, 2005 \| Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Paul Halverson, Dr. P.H., professor and chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, as interim director of the state Department of Health. UAMS’ Hakkak Named Distinguished Graduate of UA MAY 19, 2005 \| A nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently named a distinguished graduate of the animal science program in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. UAMS’ Hakkak Named Distinguished Graduate of UA MAY 19, 2005 \| A nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently named a distinguished graduate of the animal science program in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. UAMS’ Hakkak Named Distinguished Graduate of UA MAY 19, 2005 \| A nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently named a distinguished graduate of the animal science program in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. UAMS’ Hakkak Named Distinguished Graduate of UA MAY 19, 2005 \| A nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently named a distinguished graduate of the animal science program in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. UAMS’ Hakkak Named Distinguished Graduate of UA MAY 19, 2005 \| A nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently named a distinguished graduate of the animal science program in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Boozman Was 'Tenacious' in Fight for College of Public Health Gov. Mike Huckabee said he was a skeptic when Fay W. Boozman, M.D., came to him in 1999 asking that a school of public health be built using the state's share of a tobacco industry legal settlement. But Boozman, then director of the Arkansas Department of Health, convinced him. That's why the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) four-year-old College of Public Health was rightfully named in Boozman's honor and memory, Huckabee said at the Aug. 10 naming ceremony. Boozman Was 'Tenacious' in Fight for College of Public Health Gov. Mike Huckabee said he was a skeptic when Fay W. Boozman, M.D., came to him in 1999 asking that a school of public health be built using the state's share of a tobacco industry legal settlement. But Boozman, then director of the Arkansas Department of Health, convinced him. That's why the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) four-year-old College of Public Health was rightfully named in Boozman's honor and memory, Huckabee said at the Aug. 10 naming ceremony. College of Public Health Forges Partnership With Schools to Fight Obesity OCT. 18, 2005 \| Hit singles, not homeruns. That was one of the messages to Arkansas public school leaders at a recent childhood obesity conference sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. College of Public Health Forges Partnership With Schools to Fight Obesity OCT. 18, 2005 \| Hit singles, not homeruns. That was one of the messages to Arkansas public school leaders at a recent childhood obesity conference sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. College of Public Health Forges Partnership With Schools to Fight Obesity OCT. 18, 2005 \| Hit singles, not homeruns. That was one of the messages to Arkansas public school leaders at a recent childhood obesity conference sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. College of Public Health Tobacco Programs Off to Fast Start OCT. 20, 2005 \| The SOSQuitline for tobacco users was up only a couple of months at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) when a poetic letter arrived for one of the counselors. College of Public Health Tobacco Programs Off to Fast Start OCT. 20, 2005 \| The SOSQuitline for tobacco users was up only a couple of months at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) when a poetic letter arrived for one of the counselors. College of Public Health Tobacco Programs Off to Fast Start OCT. 20, 2005 \| The SOSQuitline for tobacco users was up only a couple of months at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) when a poetic letter arrived for one of the counselors. Obesity Prevention Professorship Endowed on Behalf of Former Gov. McMath, Father of Modern-Day UAMS LITTLE ROCK – Former Arkansas Gov. Sid McMath, who pushed for statewide public health improvements a half-century ago, was honored posthumously today with the endowment of a new professorship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Obesity Prevention Professorship Endowed on Behalf of Former Gov. McMath, Father of Modern-Day UAMS LITTLE ROCK – Former Arkansas Gov. Sid McMath, who pushed for statewide public health improvements a half-century ago, was honored posthumously today with the endowment of a new professorship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Obesity Researcher Kim Joins UAMS College of Public Health LITTLE ROCK – Obesity researcher Karen Hye-cheon Kim, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Obesity Researcher Kim Joins UAMS College of Public Health LITTLE ROCK – Obesity researcher Karen Hye-cheon Kim, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Lawmakers ‘Impressed’ with UAMS Tobacco Efforts DEC. 5, 2005 \| Arkansas lawmakers seeking information about the state’s tobacco cessation program said they were pleased during a recent visit to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Lawmakers ‘Impressed’ with UAMS Tobacco Efforts DEC. 5, 2005 \| Arkansas lawmakers seeking information about the state’s tobacco cessation program said they were pleased during a recent visit to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Lawmakers ‘Impressed’ with UAMS Tobacco Efforts DEC. 5, 2005 \| Arkansas lawmakers seeking information about the state’s tobacco cessation program said they were pleased during a recent visit to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS Program Helps Arkansans Quit Using Tobacco LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans who want to stop using tobacco can get intensive treatment at no cost through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, the UAMS Area Health Education Centers and affiliated hospitals. UAMS Program Helps Arkansans Quit Using Tobacco LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans who want to stop using tobacco can get intensive treatment at no cost through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, the UAMS Area Health Education Centers and affiliated hospitals. UAMS Participating in Regional Study Focused on Family Planning Clinics’ Referral Services LITTLE ROCK – Evaluating how well family planning providers assist low-income women in obtaining primary and specialty health care services is the aim of a new study led by the College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock and the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). UAMS Participating in Regional Study Focused on Family Planning Clinics’ Referral Services LITTLE ROCK – Evaluating how well family planning providers assist low-income women in obtaining primary and specialty health care services is the aim of a new study led by the College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock and the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). UAMS Leading State Study; Readying for Increasing Health Care Demands DEC. 27, 2005 \| As one of the country’s unhealthiest states, Arkansas doesn’t lack for challenges when it comes to health care. But bigger challenges are ahead. UAMS Leading State Study; Readying for Increasing Health Care Demands DEC. 27, 2005 \| As one of the country’s unhealthiest states, Arkansas doesn’t lack for challenges when it comes to health care. But bigger challenges are ahead. UAMS Leading State Study; Readying for Increasing Health Care Demands DEC. 27, 2005 \| As one of the country’s unhealthiest states, Arkansas doesn’t lack for challenges when it comes to health care. But bigger challenges are ahead. Many Arkansas Schools Providing Healthier Food Choices LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’ public schools for a second year continued to make voluntary changes to their vending machine policies and other food offerings, according to a report issued today by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Many Arkansas Schools Providing Healthier Food Choices LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’ public schools for a second year continued to make voluntary changes to their vending machine policies and other food offerings, according to a report issued today by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS Research Project Removes Barriers to Help Screen Hispanics FEB. 3, 2006 \| The nighttime phone call would test Michelle Trevino’s skills as program manager of Esperanza y Vida (Hope and Life), a Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS Research Project Removes Barriers to Help Screen Hispanics FEB. 3, 2006 \| The nighttime phone call would test Michelle Trevino’s skills as program manager of Esperanza y Vida (Hope and Life), a Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS Research Project Removes Barriers to Help Screen Hispanics FEB. 3, 2006 \| The nighttime phone call would test Michelle Trevino’s skills as program manager of Esperanza y Vida (Hope and Life), a Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Fifteen UAMS Educators Receive University-Wide Teaching Award FEB. 24, 2006 \| In a Feb. 21 ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), 15 faculty members received the inaugural Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered March 15 in St. Francis County, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms, breast examinations and Pap tests are available March 15 to St. Francis County women 40 and older who qualify through The Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health. Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program Undergraduate Summer Science Enrichment Program Applications Accepted for Bridging the Gap and ACT Preparation Programs Applications Accepted for Bridging the Gap and ACT Preparation Programs Applications Accepted for Bridging the Gap and ACT Preparation Programs Applications Accepted for Bridging the Gap and ACT Preparation Programs AMHC Welcomes Former U.S. Surgeon Generals to Minority Health Summit AMHC Welcomes Former U.S. Surgeon Generals to Minority Health Summit Logician EMR to Undergo Emergency Reboot Logician EMR to Undergo Emergency Reboot Blass Lecture in Cancer Genetics set for April 5 Blass Lecture in Cancer Genetics set for April 5 Blass Lecture in Cancer Genetics set for April 5 Blass Lecture in Cancer Genetics set for April 5 SAP Downtime SAP Downtime Order your 2010 Cycle for Sight Jersey Before the March 26 Deadline Order your 2010 Cycle for Sight Jersey Before the March 26 Deadline Order your 2010 Cycle for Sight Jersey Before the March 26 Deadline Order your 2010 Cycle for Sight Jersey Before the March 26 Deadline Arkansas Biosciences Institute to Host Brain Awareness Day Arkansas Biosciences Institute to Host Brain Awareness Day Arkansas Biosciences Institute to Host Brain Awareness Day Arkansas Biosciences Institute to Host Brain Awareness Day Graduate Student Profile: Genetic Counseling Student Off and Running with Community Service March 16, 2010 \| Kali Chatham, a UAMS graduate student, is working toward a degree in genetic counseling she hopes to channel into a desire to help those less fortunate – much as she’s done with a project to collect running shoes for people in central America. Employee Tickets Half-Price for Cooks Tour to Benefit the Cancer Institute Employee Tickets Half-Price for Cooks Tour to Benefit the Cancer Institute Employee Tickets Half-Price for Cooks Tour to Benefit the Cancer Institute Employee Tickets Half-Price for Cooks Tour to Benefit the Cancer Institute Tomato Shortage Prompts Change on UAMS Menus Tomato Shortage Prompts Change on UAMS Menus Tomato Shortage Prompts Change on UAMS Menus Tomato Shortage Prompts Change on UAMS Menus Maintenance Scheduled for Blackboard CE 8 \ elearning.uams.edu Maintenance Scheduled for Blackboard CE 8 \ elearning.uams.edu Library Server Maintenance Scheduled Library Server Maintenance Scheduled Softmed Application Maintenance Scheduled Softmed Application Maintenance Scheduled Rudnicki Invested with Neurology/ALS Professorship March 12, 2010 \| Stacy Rudnicki, M.D., a champion at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in the fight against ALS and related diseases, was honored recently with a professorship dedicated to that cause. Harper Named Vice Chair for Education at UAMS Jones Eye Institute LITTLE ROCK – Richard A. Harper, M.D., was recently named vice chair for education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. UAMS MASH Applications Due April 1 UAMS MASH Applications Due April 1 UAMS MASH Applications Due April 1 UAMS MASH Applications Due April 1 COPH Health Research, Policy and Health Promotion Conference Set for March 23 COPH Health Research, Policy and Health Promotion Conference Set for March 23 COPH Health Research, Policy and Health Promotion Conference Set for March 23 COPH Health Research, Policy and Health Promotion Conference Set for March 23 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Nanomaterials coupled to human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes: enhanced tissue and cellular delivery of therapeutic levels of DNA (10-04) Nanomaterials coupled to human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes: enhanced tissue and cellular delivery of therapeutic levels of DNA (10-04) Nanomaterials coupled to human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes: enhanced tissue and cellular delivery of therapeutic levels of DNA (10-04) Compositions and methods for Improved Organ Transplant Outcomes: tissue protection during transport and storage (10-05) Compositions and methods for Improved Organ Transplant Outcomes: tissue protection during transport and storage (10-05) UAMS Team Headed to Haiti on Medical Mission March 19, 2010 \| A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), including orthopaedic surgeon Ruth Thomas, M.D., is leaving March 20 for a weeklong medical mission to earthquake-devastated Haiti. UAMS College of Medicine Names Greenfield Chair of Neurology LITTLE ROCK – L. John Greenfield Jr., M.D., Ph.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Neurology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, effective July 1.	LITTLE ROCK – Research studies are underway in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) new Center for Addiction Research, a collaborative effort between the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health to further the understanding of the addiction process and find ways to break the cycle. “Our goal is to become one of the nation’s premier centers on addiction,” said Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D., the center’s director and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the UAMS College of Medicine. Bickel said he sees the new center incorporating almost every field of study on the UAMS campus, and influencing how treatment for addiction is handled worldwide. Bickel is a national authority on examining the underlying behavioral processes of drug dependence in humans and has conducted research that examines novel, cost-effective ways to deliver treatment. He holds the Wilbur D. Mills Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention at UAMS. “The Center for Addiction Research will allow the UAMS Department of Psychiatry to increase its cutting-edge research that will provide the basis for future treatments for addiction and mental illness,” said G. Richard Smith, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the UAMS College of Medicine. Joining Bickel is Alison Oliveto, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the UAMS College of Medicine and a senior scientist in the new center. Previously, she was the scientific director of the Medications Development Research Center at Yale. Oliveto helped test new medications for the treatment of substance abuse and has brought some of that work to UAMS. She also has an active research program that examines the behavioral and cognitive effects of a designer, or club, drug. One of Bickel’s projects, a continuation of studies he started at the University of Vermont in Burlington, involves computerized therapy for drug addicts. Bickel said that in today’s information age, people are more comfortable with computers, and he has found in previous studies that it works at least as well as regular meetings with a substance abuse counselor, and is more cost effective. “Most communities don’t have a lot of resources available for substance abuse. We are looking at ways to increase treatment, especially in rural states. By using information technology, we are able to extend the reach of programs and provide better access,” he said. In the computer therapy study, participants will go to a clinic and be asked to provide a urine sample. If they have used drugs recently, as indicated by the urine sample, the computer program will coach the participant on ways to avoid drugs. If they are negative for drug use, the program takes them through 49 modules, which improve skill development and problem solving techniques. The modules help the participant interact with others and modify their behavior. Each module takes 20 to 40 minutes to complete. To study the actual areas of the brain that correlate with a behavioral process, discounting the future, that may underlie addiction, Bickel has teamed with Diana Lindquist, assistant professor of radiology and psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine, to use brain imaging to show which part of the brain is engaged when people with addictions make decisions. In a previous study, it was determined that when people without addictions make choices for immediate commodities, a more primitive part of the brain becomes engaged, but when they make decisions about the future, a more modern part of the brain is engaged. It is possible, Bickel said, that addicts are making choices about the future in the more primitive part of the brain, which may not be able to rationalize beyond basic survival instinct. “This is a great opportunity to collaborate and determine how addiction changes brain function as it invokes short term vs. long term gain,” he said. UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, five centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has more than 2,200 students and 660 residents and is the state’s largest public employer with almost 9,000 employees. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $4.1 billion a year. UAMS centers of excellence are the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.
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