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Community Scientist Academy Graduates First High School Class
Shannell Young said the Community Scientist Academy taught her that research isn’t just googling. Shanell Young, a senior at Little Rock Parkview, wasn’t sure what to expect during the spring 2019 UAMS...
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UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries Celebrates Garcia-Rill Legacy
The UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries on May 15 was a celebration of UAMS’ first Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), which brought in more than $21 million in research Andrew James,...
View ArticleUAMS, International Collaborators Use FDA-Approved Drugs to Extend Life in Worms
An international research collaboration that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has discovered that aging in nematodes (worms) can be slowed and even reversed by a number...
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UAMS, Governor Celebrate Clinical Trials Day
A celebration of Clinical Trials Day was a chance for Gov. Asa Hutchinson to shake hands with UAMS researchers and hear the story of Betty Fortner, a cancer survivor and clinical research advocate....
View ArticleNew UAMS Biomedical Informatics Program Has First Graduate
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) made history this spring with its first Master of Science graduate in biomedical informatics/translational bioinformatics. Biomedical informatics...
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NIH Awards Five-Year, $24.2 Million Grant to UAMS Translational Research...
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced today it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that...
View ArticleNIH Awards Five-Year, $24.2 Million Grant to UAMS Translational Research...
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced today it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that...
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UAMS Translational Research Institute Launches Entrepreneurship Training...
A first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will teach its most promising young innovators how to move their health-science...
View ArticleUAMS Offering Research Leadership Training to Community-Based Organizations
LITTLE ROCK —Community-based organizations are invited to apply for a new research leadership training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that includes seed funding for...
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Researchers Discover Services and Opportunities at First UAMS Research Expo
The UAMS Research Expo was a new experience for Yuet-Kin “Ricky” Leung, Ph.D., and one that will help get his research on solid footing as a new faculty member. Nancy Gray, Ph.D., (right, front)...
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Showcase Affirms Maturity of Community-Engaged Research at UAMS
Kate Stewart, M.D., MPH, was smiling as she gestured toward the room packed with community engagement-themed research posters at the Sept. Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., led attendees through survey...
View ArticleUAMS Pain Study Device Gets Amputee off the Couch
A year ago, Jared Jackson, 40, was spending a lot of time sitting or lying around. But not because he was lazy; his right leg had been amputated below the knee in 2011, and the pain was almost too much...
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UAMS Researchers Demonstrate Rapid DNA Sequencing for TechFest Attendees
Among the many things attendees of the recent TechFest Little Rock learned is that cutting-edge applications of genome sequencing are happening just a few miles away – at the University of UAMS’ David...
View ArticleUAMS Awards to Help Doctors Get Research Findings into Practice
The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) and the Center for Implementation Research (CIR) have selected five UAMS/ACH clinical faculty as its first class of Implementation Science Scholars....
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UAMS’ Female Orthopaedic Surgeons Pay it Forward
Thirty-five high school girls from across Arkansas spent a recent Saturday at UAMS wielding power tools. They drilled, sawed and hammered simulated bones (sawbones) in sessions that included casting,...
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Students See Career Possibilities at Community Scientist Academy
High school student Kaniya Lawson was excited to learn that research could be part of her possible career as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She was among the 24 Little Rock School District students...
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UAMS Community Partners Honored at Celebration Dinner
Posters with descriptions about each of the honorees were displayed on the stage. The UAMS Translational Research Institute’s Seventh Annual Community Partner Celebration recently honored 35 community...
View ArticleKissing Bugs Linked to Hepatitis Virus, UAMS Researchers Say
A genetics study of hepatitis viruses by a UAMS research team appears to be the first to shed new light on its origins, linking hepatitis A, known for infecting humans and other animals, to an insect...
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TRI Announces Pilot Recipients for Special Populations Studies
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) has awarded three pilot research grants to UAMS faculty for studies of special populations in Arkansas. Special populations include children, older adults,...
View ArticleUAMS’ Laura James, M.D., Named to National Research Leadership Panel
Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, has been named to the national Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program Steering Committee. The CTSA Program is...
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