Oct. 17, 2012 | A team of five University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) student pharmacists won the prestigious National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Competition during the organization’s annual convention on Oct. 14 in San Diego.
Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy Students & Faculty to Conduct Health Screenings
The College of Pharmacy students and faculty begin in October to conduct health screenings for UAMS employees and their spouses members who are signed up with the UA Health Plan and who allow health information to be included in the online health risk assessment (HRA) from OnLife. Screenings conducted will be blood pressure, heart rate, height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, blood glucose, and lipid panel. Participants will receive screening results, generic information about how to improve health data, a referral to the UAMS Fitness Center and Employee walk-in clinic. Participants who complete the health screening (agree for data transmission to Onlife) and complete the online health risk assessment will receive a $25 gift card.
Dr. Schwanda Flowers Talk about the Importance of Regular Cholesterol Check-ups on Channel 4
With so many different things to monitor when it comes to our health, keeping up can be tricky. One of those things is our cholesterol.
September is Cholesterol Education Month, and Pharmacist Schwanda Flowers and student Heather Taylor from UAMS joined Arkansas Today to talk about the importance of regular check-ups.
UAMS College of Pharmacy Dr. Keith McCain on Channel 7: The Risks of Drugs such as K-2 & Bath Salts
When you talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol, you need to make sure you include a new kind of drug in that conversation.
Synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, hit Arkansas two years ago. Then came bath salts. As legislators work to restrict the availability of those drugs, manufacturers work to create new drugs.
College of Pharmacy Received a Million Hearts Team Up, Pressure Down Public Education Grant
The College of Pharmacy received a Million Hearts Team Up, Pressure Down public education grant of $5,000 from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation. The College is one of 15 recipients selected from nearly 70 applicant schools and colleges of pharmacy.
White Named Director of UAMS Community Health Center
LITTLE ROCK – Lanita Shaverd White, Pharm.D., has been named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy-led 12th Street Health and Wellness Center.
She joined UAMS July 16, and the center is expected to open in September.
In her role as the center’s director, she will be responsible for developing and implementing health and wellness services and education for the residents of neighboring communities. White will promote interprofessional education through the development and coordination of teaching and clinical activities among students and faculty from a variety of disciplines.
UAMS Pharmacy Dean’s Service Award Honors Batesville Pharmacist
LITTLE ROCK – Steve Bryant, owner of Bryant’s Pharmacy and Health Care Center in Batesville, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Dean’s Award for Service to the College during the Senior Honors Convocation on May 18.
Bryant received the award, given to a pharmacist, for giving his time, talent and resources to benefit and advance the UAMS College of Pharmacy and for his example of professionalism to students.
UAMS Graduates 906 New Health Care Professionals
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 906 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.
Diplomas were presented to 129 in the College of Medicine; 263 in the College of Nursing; 112 in the College of Pharmacy; 44 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; 85 in the Graduate School and 273 from the 21 academic programs that make up the College of Health Related Professions.
UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean’s Award Goes to UT Professor
LITTLE ROCK – The Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy was given to J. Aubrey Waddell, Pharm.D., professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
The award for long and consistent achievement in the profession of pharmacy was presented during the Senior Honors Convocation on May 18.
Warmack Named College of Pharmacy Associate Dean at UAMS Northwest
LITTLE ROCK – Scott Warmack, Pharm.D., recently was appointed associate dean in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest.
Formerly an associate professor of pharmacy practice at UAMS and a clinical pharmacist at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Warmack leads the pharmacy program at the regional campus in Fayetteville, which welcomed its first group of third-year pharmacy students this fall.