Psychiatric Research Institute


October 18, 2023

Matt Kern, M.D., Andrea McMahon, M.D. Join UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute-Northwest

Tim Taylor

Matt Kern, M.D., and Andrea McMahon, M.D.

FAYETTEVILLE — Matt Kern, M.D., and Andrea McMahon, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute – Northwest as outpatient psychiatrists.


October 17, 2023

Psychiatrist Todd Brinkley, M.D., Joins UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute

Tim Taylor

Todd Brinkley, M.D., sees patients in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Walker Family Clinic.

LITTLE ROCK — Todd Brinkley, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute as an outpatient psychiatrist.


October 13, 2023

UAMS Receives Grants from Blue & You Foundation to Expand, Build Mental Health Programs

Tim Taylor

Nikki Edge, Ph.D., talks about the Pathways to Wellness program she will lead with Laura Dunn, M.D. (left).

The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas announced a series of grants totaling $5.9 million targeting trauma, substance use and suicide among youth and adolescents at a press conference held Oct. 5 at the Clinton Presidential Center, including two to develop and expand programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


October 10, 2023

DHS, UAMS Program Receives $9.5 Million Grant For Statewide Mental Health Initiative

News Staff

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has partnered with UAMS on a $9.5 million, five-year mental health grant program.

LITTLE ROCK — In an effort to increase mental health services for Arkansans, especially in rural parts of the state, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced an $9.5 million, five-year mental health grant program.


June 6, 2023

Researchers Forming Alliance to Help Women Who Have Been Incarcerated

Tim Taylor

Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., director of UAMS’ Health and the Legal System (HEALS) Lab.

LITTLE ROCK — A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help launch an alliance of Arkansas organizations that provide services to women who have been incarcerated.


May 16, 2023

Research Team Looking for Connection Between Isolation, Mental Illness in Older Adults

Tim Taylor

Tatiana Wolfe, Ph.D., is part of a group of UAMS researchers who are studying a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.

LITTLE ROCK — A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has launched a pilot project to study a possible link between social seclusion and mental illness in older adults.


April 25, 2023

UAMS Invests Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Andrew Vogler

Dunn Investiture

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences during an April 20 ceremony. Dunn, who joined UAMS in February 2022 as chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the UAMS…


April 21, 2023

Young Patients Explore Life Cycle of Butterflies

Tim Taylor

PRI Child Diagnostic Unit butterfly designs.

There are roughly 750 species of butterfly in the United States. That fact may come as a surprise to most people, but probably not to the young patients on the Child Diagnostic Unit in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. The young children on the inpatient unit recently spent four weeks learning a great deal about…


December 1, 2022

UAMS Researchers Design App to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder Relapse

Tim Taylor

Ronald G. Thompson, Ph.D., (left) Andrew James, Ph.D., and Mary Bollinger, Ph.D., (not shown) have designed an app to decrease opioid cravings and optimize medication-assisted treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder.

LITTLE ROCK — A trio of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have designed a smart phone application to decrease opioid cravings and optimize medication-assisted treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder.


November 7, 2022

UAMS Assisting Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office in Care of Detainees with Substance Use Disorder

Tim Taylor

Nickolas Zaller, Ph.D., speaks at a press conference Nov. 1 announcing a $1.3 million grant awarded the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office from the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Several University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers are working with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office to reduce the use of opioids among its incarcerated population.



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