Research
November 4, 2026
NIH Awards UAMS $2.2 Million to Study Ventilator-Assisted Pneumonia
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award to support a study on ventilator-assisted pneumonia and ways to prevent it in a hospital setting.
October 30, 2026
Clawson Leads Project Designed to Prevent Youth Nicotine Use in Rural Arkansas
Ashley Clawson, Ph.D., faculty in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has a goal to help improve the health of Arkansas’ families through addressing youth nicotine use.
October 27, 2026
UAMS Cancer Institute Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Findings in Prestigious Scientific Journal
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was recently published in Cell, one of the world’s leading scientific journals, for a promising discovery that may lead to more effective cancer immunotherapies.
October 20, 2026
NIH Awards Fund Promising Cancer Research at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Two researchers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute have received National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards to support studies aimed at better understanding cancer and identifying new methods for prevention and treatment.
October 6, 2026
UAMS Receives Grant to Provide Telehealth Nutrition Services, Remote Monitoring in Clinics in Batesville, El Dorado
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will integrate telehealth nutrition services and remote patient monitoring at two of its clinics to help patients better manage their diabetes and chronic health conditions.
September 28, 2026
Graduate School Celebrates Next Group of Ph.D. Candidates
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School’s research induction ceremony represents a significant milestone for students in their pursuit of a doctoral degree.
September 2, 2026
Expansion of Doula Workforce, Statewide Collaboration Leading to Positive Impact on Maternal Health in Arkansas
The rapid expansion of Arkansas’ doula workforce is playing a vital role in improving maternal and infant health outcomes across the state, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation.
September 1, 2026
College of Public Health Student Serves as Guest Editor for Themed Research Collection
Benjamin Momo Kadia, a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health epidemiology program, was part of a guest editorial team for a study that focused on youth stunting.
August 28, 2026
‘From Idea to Practicality:’ BioVentures Innovation Day Touts Possibilities
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently celebrated researchers and their discoveries at BioVentures Innovation Day, which showed that innovation can take many forms, and celebrated the teams of experts that help make it all possible.
August 25, 2026
UAMS Cancer Institute Receives $2.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Pathogens that Lead to Burkitt Lymphoma
A five-year National Institutes of Health grant over $2.3 million will fund researchers at the Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute studying how being infected with a gammaherpesvirus (GHV) and malaria parasite at the same time can lead to endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL).
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