June 7, 2022
UAMS, CAVHS Studying Health Effects of Arkansas Veterans’ Exposure to Burn Pits in Middle East
![U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group view burn pit at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2008.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Burn-Pit-photo-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — More than 300 Arkansas veterans will become part of a new study conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) to determine if exposure to open pit burning and molecular-level changes are associated with chronic health conditions. The Department of Veterans Affairs…
June 2, 2022
UAMS Study First to Test When Common Arsenic Exposures Are Most Likely to Cause Male Infertility in Offspring
![Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., and Yuet-Kin "Ricky" Leung, Ph.D., are leading the five-year, $2.54 million arsenic study.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/HoLeung3-crop-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will test when exposure to inorganic arsenic — a common, harmful environmental toxin — is most likely to lead to infertility traits that may last for generations. The study, supported by a five-year, $2.54 million…
May 31, 2022
TRI Announces Nine KL2 Scholars for 2022-2023
![A medical doctor touching the electronic medical record on a tablet.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iStock-1165067633-150x150.jpg)
The UAMS Translational Research Institute’s KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Scholars Program announced nine new scholars for 2022-2023, its largest-ever class. These promising early-career researchers receive two years of funded support and mentored translational research training. The program selects scholars through a competitive application process and provides 75% salary support and up to $25,000 a…
May 26, 2022
Four UAMS Faculty Receive 2022 Provost’s Innovator Awards
![The awardees are Lisa Brents, Ph.D., Lyle Burdine, M.D., Ph.D., Craig Forrest, Ph.D., and Gresham Richter, M.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Brents.Burdine.Forrest.Ritcher-horizontal-w-white-space-150x150.png)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced four UAMS faculty as recipients of the Provost’s Innovator Awards. The awards were established by Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS provost and chief strategy officer, and Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., vice chancellor for Research and Innovation. The grants of $25,000 each support groundbreaking, innovative, high-impact projects that…
May 23, 2022
UAMS Begins Final Study of First Rapid Test for Acetaminophen Toxicity with $3.2 Million Grant
![Laura James, M.D., hopes the final phase of research will lead to FDA approval of the rapid test for acetaminophen toxicity.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/James-Laura-MD-resized-crp-rz-150x150.jpg)
The first rapid diagnostic test for acetaminophen toxicity has cleared a major hurdle on its long road to the marketplace from UAMS.
May 20, 2022
ARresearch Study Participants Celebrated on Clinical Trials Day
![Nathaniel Noble, an ARresearch volunteer, discusses a study with UAMS' Giuseppina “Giusy” Dusio, Ph.D., in this file photo.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Noble_Giusy-1-150x150.jpg)
As part of international Clinical Trials Day 2022, research leaders saluted the more than 8,400 Arkansas volunteers in the ARresearch registry at UAMS.
April 28, 2022
UAMS’ Kevin Sexton, M.D., Named BioVentures President
![Kevin Sexton, M.D., has been named president of BioVentures LLC, based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kevin-Sexton-M.D.-150x150.jpg)
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 Medical Sciences (UAMS). Sexton, an associate professor in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery, became interim director in 2021 following the death of…
April 27, 2022
UAMS Testing New Noninvasive Device for Diagnosing Fetal Heart Conditions
![UAMS researcher Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., first will test the new optically-pumped magnetometer's effectiveness detecting fetal heart conditions. The noninvasive imaging technology will be tested in the future for its ability to reveal other important functional details of fetal development.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Eswaran-Hari-OPM-edited-150x150.jpg)
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 noninvasive methods for diagnosing serious fetal health conditions. The grants total $4.4 million and support his pioneering work with sensor arrays that can reveal important…
April 14, 2022
Four UAMS Researchers Win Entrepreneurship Competitions, Including $25,000 Governor’s Cup
![Shana Owens, Ph.D., presented her research during the UAMS Translational Research Institute's recent Research Day.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Owens-Presentation-150x150.jpg)
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 Competition on March 31. Shana Owens, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, invented…
April 7, 2022
UAMS COVID-19 Study Earns Publication’s Translational Science Award
![A Marshallese resident in Northwest Arkansas receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Marshallese-vaccination-150x150.jpg)
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). The study, “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Race/Ethnicity, Trust and Fear,” became the most downloaded paper in 2021 from ASCPT’s journal Clinical and Translational Science. The study was conducted by…
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