October 30, 2017

Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD, has been named chief of Breast Oncology in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

October 23, 2017

Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, The Science of Fire, on Oct. 24. Panelists will discuss firefighting, hazardous material emergencies, rescue response, fire prevention, fire bans, and more.

This month’s panel will include Doug Coney, assistant fire chief, Fire Operations Division, Little Rock Fire Department; and Kevin Kilcrease, district forester, Arkansas Forestry Commission.

UAMS research liaison and Science Café Director Linda Williams, M.S., will moderate the event.

October 23, 2017

The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory and Medical Examiner’s Office report that hundreds of Arkansans died in 2016 from drug overdoses, with nearly 40 percent of those deaths from Pulaski, Sebastian, and Washington counties.
 
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is encouraging Arkansans to clean out their medicine cabinets, and bring any unused or expired medications to one of the state’s more than 100 Prescription Drug Take Back Day drop-off locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 28.
 

October 23, 2017

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), Radiation Control Section, is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a nationwide campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of radon exposure, and to encourage them to take action to protect their homes and families. 

October 23, 2017

The University of Central Arkansas has been approved for a funding award of nearly $50,000 by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Dr. Lisa VanHoose, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, will serve as project lead.