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*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Thursday November 21, 2024 ( 2 items )  

UAMS Invests Ashley Acheson in Wilbur D. Mills Distinguished Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Ashley Acheson, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research for the UAMS Department of Psychiatry, in the Wilbur D. Mills Distinguished Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention during a Nov. 12 ceremony. "This chair is especially meaningful to me because of my focus on prevention -  more

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: Arkansas Attorney General Provides $600,000 Grant to Support Women's Mental Health Fellowship
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 21 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $600,000 grant from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin to support a women's mental health fellowship in an effort to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on women and to help reduce the state's maternal mortality rate. The grant will be used to train a new generation of psychiatrists in the treatment of women  more