Research
December 8, 2016
Professors Publish Project with 3-D Microscope in Nature Photonics
Dec. 8, 2016 | A project to develop a new type of microscope with unprecedented speed and resolution has revealed previously unseen parts of human cells, as highlighted in a Nature Photonics article co-authored by two researchers in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Brian Storrie, Ph.D., and Vladimir Lupashin, Ph.D.,…
December 5, 2016
UAMS Part of International Myeloma Genome Project
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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…
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