Seven Receive Inaugural Team Science Awards

By David Robinson

Awards of up to $50,000 went to seven UAMS teams from a pool of 26 applications. A study section (group) of 10 UAMS faculty reviewers selected the recipients.

“I am thrilled with the number, diversity and quality of applicants for this inaugural team science initiative,” said Carolyn Greene, Ph.D., who directs the institute’s Team Science Program. “We are looking forward to the results of their collective efforts.”

The vouchers will help the teams generate key data and increase their projects’ translational potential. The institute will also provide resources and training to facilitate the teams’ implementation of team science.

The recipients, project titles and team members are:

David Bumpass, M.D., “Establishment of a Center for Musculoskeletal Value and Outcomes Research;” JeffreyStambough, M.D., Steven Cherney, M.D., Nalin Payakachat, Ph.D., Alison Cabarello, M.P.H.

David Bumpass, M.D.

Bumpass

Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., “Developing and Validating PREMMAT, a PREdictive Model for MAT Dropout, among Veterans with an Opioid Use Disorder;” Michael Cucciare, Ph.D., Bradley C. Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Keith Bush, Ph.D., Adam Gordon, M.D., M.P.H., Bo Hu Ph.D.

Hayes

Hayes

Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D., “A Trans-disciplinary Approach to Reducing Caregiver Burden in Arkansas;” Aliza Brown, Ph.D., Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Jonathan Bona, Ph.D., Carolyn Greene, Ph.D., Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., Aaron Kemp, MBA, Michael Rutherford, M.S., Jennifer Gan, MBA.

Larson-Prior

Larson-Prior

Nalin Payakachat, Ph.D., B.Pharm., “The time is NOW! Integrating Pain-Related Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Data in Electronic Health Record (iPRO-Pain);” Johnathan Goree, M.D., Erika Petersen, M.D., Kimberly Stephens, Ph.D., M.P.H., Joseph Sanford, M.D., Kevin Sexton, M.D.

Payakachat

Payakachat

Craig Porter, Ph.D., “Development of a Translational Burn Research Team at UAMS;” Esther Teo, M.D., Miranda Yelvington, M.S., Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D.

Porter

Porter

Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., “A Team Science Approach to Evaluation: Participatory Observation of the Development and Implementation of the TRI’s Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Scholars Program;” Traci Abraham, Ph.D., Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D., Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D.

Stewart

Stewart

Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, M.D., “Perceived Attitudes, Parenting Practices, and Beliefs of Nutrition and Psychosocial Interplay in Families of Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy;” Kindann Fawcett, Ph.D., and Seth Sorensen, Ph.D.

Veerapandiyan

Veerapandiyan