A researcher at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $3.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how maternal obesity during pregnancy influences infant brain development. read more >
Dr. Arabinda Choudhary has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >
Robert Eoff, Ph.D., has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on DNA damage, cell replication and its implications for diseases like dementia, ALS and cancer. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been awarded a $763,971 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund the purchase of biomedical research equipment with new capabilities unavailable elsewhere in the state. read more >
Brian Walker, Ph.D., with the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $542,486, three-year grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to look at changes in the DNA sequence that affects the development and advancement of multiple myeloma. read more >
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing nearly $1 million to launch a program aimed at preventing opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas. read more >
Dr. Adam Childs has joined Arkansas Urology in Bentonville. read more >
Cindy Stowe has been named dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy effective July 29, the university said Tuesday. read more >
Dr. Edith Irby Jones, the first black student to enroll at an all-white medical school in the South and later the first female president of the National Medical Association, has died. She was 91. read more >
Tara Peña has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock as director of alumni and annual giving. Zach Peña is UAMS' executive director of development for the Division of Institutional Advancement. read more >
Arkansas Children's Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently celebrated the investiture of Dr. Jill Fussell as recipient and steward of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Developmental Pediatrics. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Translational Research Institute announced Wednesday that it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research addressing the state’s biggest health challenges. read more >
Brian Gittens was named vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
A cancer researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify new tumor targets in the treatment of metastatic melanoma. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has named Jay Gandy, Ph.D., associate provost at its Northwest Regional Campus, effective Aug. 1. read more >
Startups that build medical devices must clear some high hurdles, but the rewards can be huge. read more >
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
Brian Berry has been named vice provost for research and dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate School. read more >
Charles King was recently hired by Philander Smith College in Little Rock as the new vice president for institutional advancement. read more >
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher gets $1.89 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue his work investigating hypertension. read more >
