Research Leader Tells Conference Attendees that Networks Are Key to Solving...
Lifespan research may span cradle to grave, but for Neal Halfon, M.D., MPH, the top priority is addressing complex problems that often begin prenatally, preventing children from thriving and leading to...
View ArticleTRI-Supported Researcher Megha Sharma, M.D., Published in Pediatrics
A successful effort at UAMS to reduce the amount of blood taken for lab tests from premature infants has been published in the journal Pediatrics. The project was led by Megha Sharma, M.D., a...
View Article75 Years after Accident, UAMS Surgeons, I³R Researchers Restore Greenwood...
As Dewey Hickey took apart and reassembled a bait casting reel using an experimental prosthetic hand system, he marveled at the revolutionary technology that made it possible. “It amazes me,” said...
View ArticleUAMS to Host National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program Mobile...
LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to visit the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Journey, a traveling, hands-on exhibit, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Little...
View ArticleUAMS Employees, Public Join National Institutes of Health All of Us Research...
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Journey, a traveling research exhibit, Nov. 12 – 15. The interactive exhibit drew 120...
View ArticleUAMS 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...
View ArticleCommunity 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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