Brian Walker, PhD, with the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $542,486, three-year grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to look at changes in the DNA sequence that effects the development and advancement of multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood.
The society’s Transitional Research Program award is titled, The Impact of Non-Coding Somatic Mutations on the Prognosis and Progression of Multiple Myeloma.
The UAMS Translational Research Institute has awarded five early-career UAMS researchers with KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Scholar Awards.
The program provides two years of instruction and mentored research training. Scholars receive 75% salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research, tuition, travel expenses, and education materials.
The KL2 Scholars were chosen from 11 applicants; and six finalists were interviewed by an independent faculty review committee.
CHI St. Vincent has received theAmerican Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. The CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock earned the award for meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for quick, appropriate treatment through emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries in heart attack patients coming into the hospital directly or by transfer from another facility.
Karen Rawls was named the recipient of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse® during a presentation at Bradley County Medical Center. This award is part of the DAISY Foundation's mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care provided to patients and families, every day.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Medical Services (DMS) has strengthened the Medicaid provider enrollment process and has worked through a backlog of pending applications and renewals. The result is a more user-friendly process that should take less time for doctors, hospitals, and other Medicaid providers to complete.
