Dementia patients
focus of art program
A fall art program for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers begins Sept. 14, an event announcement said.
Creative Connections, hosted in partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, includes a virtual conversation about a work of art led by a museum educator and an art kit for families to work on at home.
Art kits will be distributed through curbside pickup at the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale.
The program is free, and six sessions are scheduled through Nov. 30.
Registration is available through the state Alzheimer’s Association: (800) 272-3900.
Research funding
up by 43% at UAMS
Research funding for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and associated research centers grew by 43% in the most recent fiscal year, the academic medical center announced.
Scientists at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System were awarded more than $158 million in grants for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Altogether, 358 projects received grant funding.
Most of the funding is from the National Institutes of Health and other federal sources, a news release said.
Separately last week, UAMS said a research team has received a $10.4 million federal grant to expand its proteomics resource. Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins to help develop new therapies for diseases including cancer.
Alan Tackett, associate director for basic science at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, leads the research team.
