When asked what he did this summer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Wyatt D’Spain gives a rather unusual response.
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Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., Receives American Association for Cancer Research Award
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Bolni Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Career Development Award.
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., Invested in Aubrey J. Hough Jr., M.D. Distinguished Chair in Pathology
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pathology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, was invested July 22 in the Aubrey J. Hough Jr., M.D., Distinguished Chair in Pathology.
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., Named Chair of Pathology in UAMS College of Medicine
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., FCAP, Professor of Pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine, has been named Chair of the Department of Pathology. “Dr. Laudadio has excelled in a range of leadership roles since her recruitment to UAMS in 2013, and she has done an outstanding job as Interim Chair since August 1,” said UAMS Executive […]
$780,000 Federal Grant Will Give UAMS Medical Students Hands-on Cancer Research Experience
A $780,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund a hands-on summer cancer research experience for medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., to Serve as Interim Chair of Pathology
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D., FCAP, has been named interim chair of the Department of Pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine. She will begin serving in the role following the previously announced departure of Jennifer Hunt, M.D., M.Ed., on July 31. Laudadio’s other leadership roles include vice chair for clinical operations and medical director for the […]
Cancer Biology Research Program Aims to Understand Basic Science of Tumor Development and Growth
The Cancer Biology program at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute brings together investigators studying the basic biology of cancer at the molecular, cellular and in vivo levels. Program investigators use biochemical, genetic and other methodologies to study and understand the mechanisms of malignant transformation, tumor progression and tumor metastasis.
UAMS Researcher Pinpoints Immune System Cause for Autism Subtype
By Amy Widner Researcher Terry Harville, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has published a major study that for the first time links autism spectrum disorder to a specific genetic variation affecting the immune system. The study, published in the Frontiers of Psychiatry, found that a genetically inherited immune type HLA-Cw7 was […]
Dr. Garner featured on KARK
One local doctor is using social media to help people suffering from rare diseases both locally and around the globe. Dr. Jerad Gardner is a dermatopathologist and bone/soft tissue sarcoma pathologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock. He says his ways of research was once seen as a little […]
AAMC Chooses UAMS’ Jennifer Hunt, M.D., as 2019 Emerging Leader
By Linda Haymes Jennifer L. Hunt, M.D., chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been chosen to receive the 2019 Emerging Leader Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science […]