TRI Research Fundamentals Seminar, Nov. 5: ‘Chasing the Work-Life Balance...
All are invited to the next Translational Research Institute (TRI) Research Fundamentals Seminar featuring Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D., who will present “Chasing the Work-Life Balance Unicorn,” noon – 1...
View ArticleNIH Awards $13.8 Million to Test UAMS-Discovered Drug for Methamphetamine Use...
LITTLE ROCK — A drug discovered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to counter the effects of methamphetamine will be tested in a phase 2 clinical trial as the only potential...
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UAMS Receives Full Accreditation, Area of Distinction for its Human Research...
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Human Research Protection Program was fully accredited recently for another five years by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research...
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Helena-West Helena Native Beverly Johnson-Wells Returns to Join UAMS Rural...
LITTLE ROCK — Beverly Johnson-Wells, MLS, recently returned to her hometown of Helena-West Helena to serve as associate director of research for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)...
View ArticleUAMS Receives $18.9 Million NIH Award to Address Health Disparities
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $18.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support new research and interventions that will focus on...
View ArticleUAMS Researchers Receive $1.5 Million to Study Impact of Maternal Diabetes on...
LITTLE ROCK —Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hope to gain important insights about fetal neurodevelopment in a new study with diabetic pregnant mothers. Funded by...
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UAMS Testing ‘Big Advance’ in Spinal Cord Stimulation; First Arkansas...
Cornelia Ann Smith’s severe chronic back pain disappeared almost as soon as the experimental spinal cord stimulator was activated in a procedure at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences...
View ArticleUAMS Researchers Discover Potential Way to Control Immune Responses
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered how a key switch in the body’s immune response is turned on and off, opening the door to new...
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UAMS Research Team Finds COVID-19 Has Mutation Limits
David Ussery, Ph.D. LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has found that while the coronavirus can create dangerous variants like delta and omicron, its...
View ArticleUAMS’ Kevin D. Raney, Ph.D., Named Fellow of American Association for the...
LITTLE ROCK — Kevin D. Raney, Ph.D., a research leader at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
View ArticleUAMS Part of New Statewide Core Facilities Exchange for Researchers
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) on Tuesday launched the Core Facilities Exchange (CFE), which allows researchers across Arkansas to share resources and equipment. The CFE is a partnership with the...
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UAMS Receives National Accreditation for Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the only institution in Arkansas and among the first in the country to gain national accredition of its Clinical...
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High School Student Earns Spot on UAMS Research Team
When a UAMS Parkinson’s disease research project needed someone with machine learning expertise, Fred Prior, Ph.D., asked Anu Iyer if she would be interested. It would have been a routine invitation...
View ArticleStudy Puts More Than 50 UAMS Faculty Among Top 2% of Influential Researchers
LITTLE ROCK — A study by Stanford University lists over 50 current and retired UAMS faculty among the top 2% of most influential researchers. The study is based on an analysis of Scopus, the largest...
View ArticleUAMS to Host In-Person Summer Day Camp for Grades 9-11
LITTLE ROCK — High school freshmen, sophomores and juniors are invited to apply for a free in-person summer day camp June 13-17 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The...
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UAMS COVID-19 Study Earns Publication’s Translational Science Award
A UAMS team’s article on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy recently received the 2022 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT)....
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UAMS Researcher’s Cat Virus Test Wins $25,000 Governor’s Cup
A virus test developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to help prevent a common cat cancer won the top $25,000 prize at the Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan...
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UAMS Testing New Noninvasive Device for Diagnosing Fetal Heart Conditions
LITTLE ROCK — Three grants in six months from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are helping University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., explore promising...
View ArticleUAMS’ Kevin Sexton, M.D., Named BioVentures President
LITTLE ROCK — Kevin Sexton, M.D., a surgeon and entrepreneur, has been named president of BioVentures LLC, the technology licensing office and business incubator based at the University of Arkansas for...
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ARresearch Study Participants Celebrated on Clinical Trials Day
As part of today’s international Clinical Trials Day 2022, research leaders saluted the more than 8,400 Arkansas volunteers in the ARresearch registry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences...
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