UAMS Translational Research Institute Awards $300,000 for Six Promising Pilot...
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute has awarded six researchers $300,000 for pilot studies. The annual awards of $50,000 each are made...
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Communication Key, TRI Community Advisory Board Tells Chancellor
UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., (center), told the Translational Research Institute Community Advisory Board that its input is helping UAMS improve health and health care. June 17, 2013 | Members...
View ArticleUAMS Pharmacology and Toxicology Program Wins Prestigious $665,000 Training...
LITTLE ROCK – The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine will receive $665,000 over the next five years from the...
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UAMS Wins Prestigious Education Grant
UAMS Translational Research Institute Director Curtis Lowery, M.D. (center), authorized key aid to an effort by Philip Mayeux, Ph.D. (left), and Nancy Rusch, Ph.D., to earn the prestigious training...
View ArticleUAMS Researcher’s Living Lung Innovations Aid $11.9 Million NIH Asthma Study
LITTLE ROCK – Living human lungs donated to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are helping a multi-center team of researchers begin testing potential breakthrough asthma treatments...
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UAMS Innovations Aid $12 Million Asthma Study
UAMS’ Richard Kurten, Ph.D., in his laboratory with living lung samples kept in the incubator pictured, has increased the lung samples’ lifespan from about a week to six weeks, opening the door to...
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Junior UAMS Researchers Win Funding for Asthma, Cardiovascular Studies
Junior investigators Joshua Kennedy, M.D., and Elvin Price, Pharm.D., Ph.D., received funding from the UAMS Translational Research Institute to support their research. Sept. 5, 2013 | UAMS...
View ArticleCancer Researcher Published in New England Journal of Medicine
LITTLE ROCK – Identifying a patient’s genetic mutation led University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician-researcher Ling Gao, M.D., Ph.D., to an existing drug that eliminated the...
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Research Support Offices Become Holiday Heroes for Leukemia Patient
Feb. 1, 2016 | It was Christmas night and Yogesh Jethava, M.D., was worried. Working the holiday at UAMS Medical Center, he had just diagnosed a leukemia patient’s rare, life-threatening liver disease....
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UAMS Researcher’s HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Saving Lives, Preventing...
Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., LITTLE ROCK — A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, discovered by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher and recently shown to be safe, is being...
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New UAMS Website Helps Arkansans Volunteer for Research
April 19, 2016 | Arkansans are now able to volunteer for research studies through a new website developed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute....
View ArticleUAMS Invites Public to Learn About Research May 5
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans are invited to attend an information session May 5 about research that is being conducted at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus. The free session will...
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NIH Funds UAMS Study of Depression Program in Delta
June 2, 2016 │ The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in partnership with faith leaders in the Delta, will use a five-year, $2.1 million national grant to study a new way of addressing...
View ArticleNIH Funds UAMS Study of Depression Program in Delta
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in partnership with faith leaders in the Delta, will use a five-year, $2.1 million national grant to study a new way of addressing...
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Laura James, M.D., Named UAMS Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and...
LITTLE ROCK — Laura James, M.D., has been named associate vice chancellor for clinical and translational research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). James will continue as...
View ArticleUAMS Invites Public to National Discussion on Women’s Heart Health June 30
LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to participate in a June 30 national conversation about women’s heart health hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research...
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UAMS Receives NIH Grant for First Comprehensive Study of Synthetic Marijuana...
LITTLE ROCK — A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers has received a federal grant to conduct the first comprehensive study of the dangers posed by synthetic marijuana...
View ArticleCamden-Area Residents Invited to Conversation About UAMS Research July 23
LITTLE ROCK — Camden-area residents are invited by the Plant a Seed Foundation and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to participate in a July 23 conversation about health research....
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UAMS, Arkansas Faith Leaders Promote Health Equity
Acacia Bamberg Sallati was the event’s keynote speaker. July 18, 2016 | Nearly 200 Arkansas faith leaders, health ministries, educators, researchers and health care providers recently gathered in...
View ArticleUAMS Invites Public to First Community Scientist Academy
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansans interested in helping ensure that research programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) represent the needs of their communities are invited to participate...
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