October 28, 2025

UAMS Showcase Celebrates BioVentures-Supported Research with Commercial Promise

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Gresham Richter, M.D. (right), discusses his BioVentures-supported invention, the Smart Tracheal Collar, with Dan Voth, Ph.D.

The latest University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Showcase of Medical Discoveries celebrated innovation and entrepreneurship, featuring research supported by BioVentures LLC, UAMS’ technology transfer office and business incubator. Held Oct. 22 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the event highlighted how UAMS investigators are moving their discoveries into technologies and…


October 21, 2025

UAMS Lifespan Conference Highlights Nutrition’s Ability to Influence Health at Every Age

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Heather Leidy, Ph.D. (center), addresses a question during a panel discussion at the Advancing Arkansas Lifespan Research Conference. Also pictured are, l-r: Laura James, M.D. (moderator), Brian Piccolo, Ph.D., Stacie Jones, M.D., Britni Ayers, Ph.D., and Colin Kay, Ph.D. (moderator).

At the 2025 Advancing Arkansas Lifespan Research Conference, two nationally recognized nutrition scientists emphasized how diet quality throughout life profoundly influences long-term health and resilience. The daylong event, held Oct. 14 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, brought together about 80 researchers from across UAMS and…


October 14, 2025

UAMS Researcher Awarded $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Advance Community Violence Prevention Trial

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Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D. (right), and Joyce Raynor discussed their Project Heal research program at the 2024 Community Partner Celebration sponsored by the UAMS Translational Research Institute.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D., MPH, has received $3.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a three-year clinical trial aimed at reducing risky firearm behaviors among assault survivors in central Arkansas. The award from NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) supports…


October 1, 2025

UAMS Hosts National Rural Health Research Meeting

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TRI Director Laura James, M.D., (standing left) moderates a panel of implementation scientists representing institutions in the Consortium of Rural States.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute brought together more than 60 researchers and leaders from nine Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions Sept. 18–19 for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Rural States (CORES).


September 29, 2025

Research Expo and New Faculty Orientation Draw 128 Attendees

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TRIStephanie M. Lopez-Neyman, Ph.D., MPH, RD (left), visits with Stefanie Kennon-McGill, Ph.D., representing BioVentures LLC, during Research Expo 2025.

When Stephanie M. Lopez-Neyman, Ph.D., MPH, RD, spotted a poster at UAMS for Research Expo 2025, she scanned the QR code and registered. A new faculty member in the College of Health Professions, she saw the event as a chance to discover the resources that could help launch her research career.


September 24, 2025

Arkansas Biosciences Institute Surpasses $1 Billion in External Research Funding

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Jay Silveria (left), president of the University of Arkansas System and chair of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) Board of Directors, and Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., ABI executive director, announced the $1 billion milestone during ABI’s annual meeting.

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) has achieved a major milestone with ABI-supported researchers securing more than $1 billion in research funding from outside Arkansas since its creation in 2000.


August 5, 2025

UAMS Researchers Secure $3.4 Million in NIH Grants after Finding Clues to Stealthy Cancer-Linked Virus

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Mark Manzano, Ph.D. (center), with his team (l-r): Andrew Murphy, Thomas Caldarera III, Anthony Carreira and Prasanth Viswanathan, Ph.D.

LITTLE ROCK — New findings at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) toward unlocking the secrets of a stealthy virus linked to cancer have led to two grants totaling $3.42 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mark Manzano, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and…


June 18, 2025

UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology

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Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the playoff round of the competition as Victoria Bourgeois, MBA, stands by.

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John…


June 2, 2025

Chancellor Praises BioVentures for Giving UAMS Researchers ‘More Shots on Goal’

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UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, welcomed UAMS-affiliated innovators during the recent BioVentures-sponsored Innovation Week.

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, opened BioVentures Innovation Week at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with an enthusiastic call for “more shots on goal” for UAMS inventors. “You determine the quality of the innovation,” Patterson said at the Inventors Lunch & Award Ceremony on May 13. “What we can influence is the…


May 30, 2025

UAMS Chancellor Praises Research Staff, Participants at Clinical Trials Day Celebration

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Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, praised research staff and participants for their critical roles in bringing better treatments to patients.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, recently visited the hospital lobby to thank researchers and clinical trial participants during UAMS’ Clinical Trials Day celebration, emphasizing the critical role that clinical trials play in advancing patient care. “Clinical trials are designed to determine whether we are treating patients better or not,” Patterson told staff and visitors…



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