UAMS Receives $3 Million NIH Grant for Novel Pituitary Gland Research
LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test promising findings that could...
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Community Partner Celebration Honors Efforts to Address Critical Health...
The Ninth Annual Translational Research Institute Community Partner Celebration on Dec. 6 brought attendees from across Arkansas to recognize the pivotal role of community partnerships in advancing...
View ArticleGail Runnells, RN, Wins 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award
Gail Runnells, RN, a clinical research nurse manager at the UAMS Translational Research Institute, recently received the 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award for Excellence in Human Subject Research for her...
View ArticleUAMS Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant to Study Virus that Can Trigger Cancers
LITTLE ROCK — A discovery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that a viral protein helps a cancer-associated herpesvirus evade the immune system has led to a five-year, $2.9...
View ArticleEric Peterson, Ph.D., Named President of BioVentures LLC
LITTLE ROCK — Eric Peterson, Ph.D., has been named president of BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), a position he has held on an interim basis since March 2024....
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How Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., Forged a National Implementation Science Hub at UAMS
In biomedical research, some leaders not only advance their field but also build communities around it. Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., is one such leader. Since joining the University of Arkansas for Medical...
View ArticleThree UAMS Researchers Awarded BioVentures LLC Accelerator Grants
BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has announced three researchers as recipients of grants from the 2025 AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA), a program that...
View ArticleUAMS Doctor Receives VA Merit Award to Address Overprescribing of Thyroid...
UAMS’ Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., has been awarded a Veterans Affairs (VA) Merit Award of $830,000 over four years to address the widespread overprescribing of levothyroxine (LT4), one of the most...
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UAMS Joins NIH Effort to Increase Rural Health Research
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has joined a network of institutions funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand research in rural primary care...
View ArticleNIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact...
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study...
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