February 27, 2019
UAMS Researchers Lead First Rapid Sequencing of Multiple Viruses Using Pocket-Sized Device
An international team of researchers led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first to deploy a pocket-sized nanopore device for rapid genetic sequencing of multiple human viruses. The findings are published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, the world’s most cited microbiology journal. UAMS’ Thidathip (Tip) Wongsurawat, Ph.D., and Piroon…
February 15, 2019
Public Invited to Learn About, Sign Up for Historic Research Volunteer Program at UAMS
NOTE: This release has been updated to reflect a change in the All of Us Exhibit and Enrollment Center schedule at UAMS. The traveling exhibit/center will be on the UAMS Little Rock campus through Friday, March 8, not Saturday, as previously planned. LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to the traveling National Institutes of…
January 28, 2019
Diabetic Pain Study at UAMS Enrolling Participants to Test Spinal Cord Stimulation Device
People with chronic painful diabetic neuropathy are being enrolled in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research study of a spinal cord stimulation device designed to reduce the pain. Led at UAMS by Erika Petersen, M.D., a neurosurgeon and researcher, the study is part of a clinical trial being conducted at sites across…
January 25, 2019
UAMS Researcher Joins International Colleagues in Journal Science Urging Open Access to Genomics Data
Scientific discovery could be accelerated with more open access to genomic data, says an article in the latest journal Science by a group of research leaders from across the globe that includes David W. Ussery, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “We argue that the publicly available data should be treated…
January 7, 2019
UAMS Awards Six Grants for Opioid / Pain Research
Six UAMS researchers have received pilot awards for opioid addiction and pain management studies. The one-year awards of up to $25,000 each will help the researchers get the preliminary data needed to apply for larger federal grants to continue and expand their research at UAMS. Below are the awardees, research study titles, and links to…
December 7, 2018
First UAMS Digital Health Conference a Hit for Researchers, Providers
Nearly everyone in the audience raised their hand when Curtis Lowery, M.D., asked if they used their smartphones for banking or making purchases. In welcoming UAMS’ first Digital Health Conference on Nov. 30, he told the 80-plus attendees the health care industry has been frustratingly slower to follow the banking industry’s embrace of digital technology….
UAMS Exercise Study Looking for Pregnant Women with Depression
A new study at UAMS is testing whether exercise for pregnant women with depression could become an evidence-based treatment and alternative to antidepressant medications. The pilot study supported by the UAMS Translational Research Institute is the first to test exercise as a possible treatment option for depression during pregnancy. Ten pregnant women with depression are…
November 26, 2018
UAMS Recognizes Community Partners at Awards Dinner
Better Community Development Inc. (BCD), which has a 25-year history of collaboration with UAMS, received the Chancellor’s Community Research Partner Award at the UAMS Translational Research Institute Community Partner Celebration.
November 16, 2018
UAMS Graduates 10 from Community Scientist Academy
Researcher Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D., threw down the gauntlet for the 10 graduates of the UAMS Community Scientist Academy. “You can’t stop here,” Haynes, assistant professor in the UAMS College of Public Health, said in her keynote speech. She urged the group at their Oct. 30 graduation to share their experience in the academy on social…
October 31, 2018
Klimberg Lectureship Brings Breast Cancer Luminaries Back to UAMS
Breast cancer treatments have improved dramatically over the last 20 years, with UAMS surgical pioneers such as V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Isabel T. Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., helping lead the way. Rubio, of Madrid, Spain, spent time at UAMS starting in 1996 as a Virginia Clinton Breast Oncology Fellow. She recently shared some of…
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