May 29, 2025
UAMS Leaders Spotlight AI Innovation at TRI AI Research Symposium
UAMS College of Medicine Dean Steven A. Webber, M.D., joined other UAMS leaders and researchers April 29 for the Translational Research Institute (TRI) AI Research Symposium, highlighting the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical research. “Many of our faculty are already leading the way in several areas of AI-driven research, and that’s clearly something we…
May 27, 2025
UAMS, MEMS to Participate in Study for Early Treatment of Trauma Patients
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are partnering with the University of Pittsburgh to study whether calcium, vasopressin, or both, will help severely injured patients survive life-threatening blood loss early in treatment. The CAlcium and VAsopressin following Injury Early Resuscitation (CAVALIER) trial will include approximately 1,050 people, ages…
March 31, 2025
NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…
March 13, 2025
UAMS Joins NIH Effort to Increase Rural Health Research
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has joined a network of institutions funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand research in rural primary care clinics. Through the NIH CARE for Health™ initiative, UAMS will help lead innovative research to address health disparities in Arkansas’ rural areas. UAMS,…
March 12, 2025
UAMS Doctor Receives VA Merit Award to Address Overprescribing of Thyroid Medication
UAMS’ Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., has been awarded a Veterans Affairs (VA) Merit Award of $830,000 over four years to address the widespread overprescribing of levothyroxine (LT4), one of the most prescribed drugs in the United States. LT4 is used to treat hypothyroidism, a condition where the thyroid produces too few hormones. However, many patients are…
February 19, 2025
Three UAMS Researchers Awarded BioVentures LLC Accelerator Grants
BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has announced three researchers as recipients of grants from the 2025 AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA), a program that supports the development of innovative drugs, diagnostics and devices. The 2025 grant recipients are: John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., a professor and chief of the Division…
February 12, 2025
How Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., Forged a National Implementation Science Hub at UAMS
In biomedical research, some leaders not only advance their field but also build communities around it. Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., is one such leader. Since joining the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1999, his name has become synonymous with implementation science, not just within Arkansas, but across the globe. Curran’s journey into implementation…
January 16, 2025
Eric Peterson, Ph.D., Named President of BioVentures LLC
LITTLE ROCK — Eric Peterson, Ph.D., has been named president of BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), a position he has held on an interim basis since March 2024. BioVentures, founded in 1994, is the technology licensing office and business incubator at UAMS, supporting the promotion, commercialization and development of…
January 6, 2025
UAMS Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant to Study Virus that Can Trigger Cancers
LITTLE ROCK — A discovery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that a viral protein helps a cancer-associated herpesvirus evade the immune system has led to a five-year, $2.9 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Craig Forrest, Ph.D., will use the grant to help reveal functions of the…
December 26, 2024
Gail Runnells, RN, Wins 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award
Gail Runnells, RN, a clinical research nurse manager at the UAMS Translational Research Institute, recently received the 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award for her outstanding work as a research coordinator, mentor and manager.
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