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The University of Arkansas for Medicine Sciences (UAMS) has named Sara Shalin, M.D., Ph.D., as the chair of the Department of Dermatology in the university’s College of Medicine. Shalin is also an associate professor of pathology and dermatology. Since joining…

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher has received a $900,000 grant to study ovarian cancer vaccination. UAMS professor Martin J. Cannon, Ph.D., received the grant from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, which will enable him to study dendritic…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $3 million to distribute to facilities throughout Arkansas that are providing medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder. UAMS received the funding from the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be serving as the health care provider for All Sports Production events in Arkansas in 2021. Based in Northwest Arkansas, All Sports Production is a sports event management and consulting firm…

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (ABCBS) is launching a statewide health campaign to educate Arkansans on the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage vaccination. Entitled “Vaccinate in the Natural State,” the project is a collaboration led by…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Alan Tackett, Ph.D. as the deputy director for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. A professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tackett is…

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher has received $792,000 in funding to study DNA repair mechanisms. Justin Leung, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology, was awarded the four-year Research…

Amy Hester, CEO and co-founder of HD Nursing, had no designs on developing data analytics that would be utilized by nearly 200 hospitals nationwide. A product of Benton with a nursing degree earned through UA Little Rock and UAMS, Hester…

The Schueck and McCarty family has committed $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ effort to achieve a National Cancer Institute Designation for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. According to Marge Schueck, her family is passionate…

With a new grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Institute for Digital Health and Innovation will be working to reduce violent crime in Arkansas schools. The federal department awarded the institute a…