Public Invited to Attend One-Day UAMS Community Scientist Academy
The public is invited to attend a free, one-day Community Scientist Academy workshop Jan. 16 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The workshop will be held 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and is...
View ArticleArkansas Researchers Invited to fastPACE Course April 3-May 1 to Learn Basics...
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas clinicians, researchers and postdoctoral students are invited to attend a free course teaching the fundamentals of biomedical commercialization April 3 – May 1. The fastPACE...
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UAMS Researchers Have COVID-19’s ‘Fingerprint’
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has the attention of biomedical researchers across the globe, including at UAMS. Researchers at the UAMS Arkansas Center for Genomic Epidemiology & Medicine...
View ArticleTranslational Research Institute Announces Inaugural Class of Data Scholars
The Translational Research Institute has selected three Data Scholars for its inaugural 2020-21 class. The institute’s Data Scholars Program supports UAMS faculty in learning and applying the...
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Seven Receive Inaugural Team Science Awards
The UAMS Translational Research Institute today announced its first Team Science Voucher Program recipients. The voucher program aims to increase the quantity, quality and effectiveness of...
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UAMS Names Inaugural Research Academy Scholars
An inaugural class of six UAMS faculty has been selected as Research Academy Scholars, a joint initiative of the UAMS Division of Research and Innovation and UAMS Translational Research Institute. The...
View Article$765,789 Grant to Focus on Racial, Ethnic Health Disparities
LITTLE ROCK — A five-year, $765,789 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ((UAMS) will support teaching graduate students advanced analytics to address racial and ethnic health...
View ArticleUAMS Names Time-Sensitive COVID-19 Grant Awardees
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division of Research and Innovation today announced six recipients of its Time-Sensitive COVID-19 funding awards. The one-year grants of up to...
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UAMS’ Laura James, M.D., Named to National Science Board
LITTLE ROCK — Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, has been elected to the national Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Board of Directors....
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Funded Training Announced for Three Early-Career Researchers
The UAMS Translational Research Institute has selected three early-career researchers to receive KL2 Mentored Research Ayers Career Development Awards. The KL2 program, co-led by Elisabet Borsheim,...
View ArticleStudy Uses Digital Equipment to Monitor Heart Patients at Home
Steve Bruno worries every day about having another heart attack or stroke. The 62-year-old Sherwood resident is doing what he can to continue beating the odds since a simultaneous heart attack and...
View ArticleFree UAMS Science Camp Goes Zoom
LITTLE ROCK – Central Arkansas students from first through 12th grades will have plenty of opportunities this summer to participate in interactive science programs through the University of Arkansas...
View ArticlePioneering UAMS Study Warns of CBD Supplements’ Harm to Gut Health
LITTLE ROCK – Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the University of Mississippi are warning in the first study of its kind that CBD supplements in high doses can...
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UAMS Research Pilot Awardees Named for Biomedical Informatics Studies
The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) today announced four recipients of its biomedical informatics-focused pilot Eswaran grants. The recipients are required to use translational biomedical...
View ArticleUAMS Part of International Effort to Build AI Platform for Cancer Research
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will have a key role in a major international effort using artificial intelligence (AI) to teach computers at local research centers...
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UAMS-Developed High-Accuracy COVID-19 Antibody Testing Begins in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has developed and begun using high-accuracy antibody testing to determine the magnitude of COVID-19 infection in Arkansas and inform...
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Showcase Highlights UAMS COVID-19 Research
UAMS researchers are confronting COVID-19 with a range of potentially significant studies, including antibody and genomic testing, the use of existing medications, and innovations that more effectively...
View ArticleUAMS to Aid $20 Million Statewide Effort to Build on Data Science Strengths
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help the state establish a cyberinfrastructure platform that...
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National Cancer Database at UAMS Becomes U.S. Storehouse for COVID-19 Images
LITTLE ROCK — A national database for patient cancer images at UAMS will become the storage site for COVID-19 clinical images from across the United States and around the globe, including chest x-rays...
View ArticleUAMS, UAF Artificial Joint Research Sparked by ‘Give and Get’ Retreat
Researchers at UAMS and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, are working to develop longer-lasting artificial hip and knee replacement joints that are also more resistant to infections. UAMS’ Mark...
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