Research


December 5, 2016

UAMS Part of International Myeloma Genome Project

David Robinson

Dec. 5, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is collaborating with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Celgene Corp. to compile the largest set of high-quality genetic data related to myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood. Brian Walker, Ph.D., a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Internal…


UAMS Recognizes Community Partners at Celebration Dinner

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Naomi Cottoms received the Chancellor’s Community Research Partner Award on behalf of her organization, Tri County Rural Health Network, from TRI Director Laura James, M.D.

Dec. 5, 2016 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute honored UAMS’ many Arkansas community partners Nov. 18 with its fourth annual Community Partner Celebration. During the event at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock, Naomi Cottoms, executive director of Tri County Rural Health Network (Tri County), accepted the first Chancellor’s Community Research Partner…


November 28, 2016

Medical Showcase Highlights Basic Subcellular Mechanisms

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UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

Nov. 28, 2016 | UAMS researchers spent an evening discussing structures within the basic unit of all living things, a cell, at the latest wine-and-cheese reception hosted Nov. 9 by the College of Medicine to highlight medical research. Fourteen projects were featured at the Showcase of Medical Discoveries: Basic Subcellular Mechanisms in the UAMS Winthrop…


November 1, 2016

Graduate Students Gain Valuable Experience at Symposium

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Nov. 1, 2016 | Experience was the name of the game at the UAMS Graduate Student Association Research Symposium – experience developing posters, giving presentations and even organizing a symposium. Thirty UAMS Graduate School students participated in the Oct. 28 event, which was held in both the Helen Guinn Adams Atrium and the Rayford Auditorium…


October 14, 2016

Research Staff Recognized by International Group

David Robinson

Caption: UAMS employees Carrie Chiaro (center) and Melisa Clark (right) co-chair the Arkansas chapter of SOCRA. Amy Jo Jenkins (left) is a past co-chair and has been elected to SOCRA’s Board of Directors.

Oct. 14, 2016 | For a record fifth year in a row, the Arkansas chapter of the international Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) has been recognized for ensuring the highest quality research by providing the most continuing education hours of any chapter. The annual Chapter Chairperson Recognition Award was presented to Carrie Chiaro, M.P.H.,…


October 6, 2016

First UAMS Community Scientist Academy Graduates 17

David Robinson

Community Scientist Academy graduates along with UAMS faculty and staff are (l-r): Camille Hart (staff), Charles Moore (back), Carl Farr, Sarah Facen, David Miller (back), Pat Kissire, Virginia Wilhelm, Nicki Spencer (staff), Willie Wade (back), Onie Norman, Larry Taylor, Marvin Hayenga (back), Sylvia Halliburton, Mary Aitken (faculty), Kate Stewart (faculty), Esther Dixon, David Robinson (staff) and Kimberly Moore. (Not pictured: Marilyn Bailey-Jefferson, Freeman McKindra, Suzanne Overgaard and Joy Rockenbach)

Oct. 6, 2016 | Seventeen Arkansans were recently recognized for their participation in the first UAMS Community Scientist Academy. The UAMS Translational Research Institute piloted the academy to help citizens better understand how research is done at UAMS and to prepare them for bigger roles as volunteers. A second Community Scientist Academy is being planned…


October 3, 2016

Showcase Highlights Power of Biomedical Informatics

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Researcher showing poster

Oct. 3, 2016 | Researchers from all disciplines can put the power of biomedical informatics to work for them, and the results of that collaborative spirit were on display at a recent reception at UAMS. Fourteen research projects were featured at the Showcase of Medical Discoveries: Biomedical Informatics Research, held Sept. 21 at the UAMS…


September 21, 2016

UAMS Awarded Nearly $42 Million by NIH to Oversee 17-site Pediatric Clinical Trial Network Across U.S.

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Lee and Hobbs pose for a photo

Sept. 21, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded $41.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to oversee a 17-site pediatric clinical trial network that will provide medically underserved and rural children access to clinical studies studying environmental influences on early development. UAMS will be the Data…


August 19, 2016

Summer Program Increases Diversity of Student Researchers

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Student explaining research poster

Aug. 19, 2016 | Underserved and underrepresented students will continue to have expanded opportunities to explore the sciences, as the UAMS Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research has been funded for an additional five years. Originally funded 2011-2016 with a $250,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung…


August 16, 2016

Autism Event Celebrates Advances in Research, Outreach

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Special needs cheerleaders

Aug. 16, 2016 | So many great things are happening with autism research, outreach and community engagement that it’s hard to fit it all into one event. “We would need twice, thrice the size of this room if we included everything that we are doing in autism research,” said Maya Lopez, M.D., UAMS associate professor…



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