Translational Research Institute

October 11, 2017

UAMS Translational Research Institute Receives $3.5 Million to Help Speed Discovery

David Robinson

Oct. 11, 2017 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute has received funding for a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) totaling $3,497,558 through Aug. 31, 2018. The 11 months of funding comes from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It will enable UAMS to continue its…

May 19, 2017

Power of Research Inspires Patient Scientist Academy Graduates

David Robinson

May 19, 2017 | Learning how research is done at UAMS and how they can be a part of it was an eye-opener for the nine new graduates of the Translational Research Institute’s inaugural UAMS Patient Scientist Academy. Over four two-hour sessions in April, the academy covered research basics such as the difference between blind…

April 25, 2017

UAMS Researcher Presents Findings on Synthetic ‘Marijuana’ at National Meeting

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK — Some people who use so-called synthetic marijuana, known by names such as K2 and Spice, may be unable to metabolize the drug, leading them to experience its most harmful effects, a UAMS researcher said today at a national scientific meeting in Chicago. Anna Radominska-Pandya, Ph.D., part of a UAMS research team examining…

April 24, 2017

How a Governor’s Cup Win Got an Assist from the UAMS Translational Research Institute

David Robinson

Winners of the Governor’s Cup business plan competition are (l-r): team members Joshua Phillips, Tiffany Jarrett and Amanda Stolarz. They are joined by (back left) Rush Deacon, CEO, Arkansas Capital Corporation; Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Carol Reeves, team adviser, and Kevin Burns, chairman of the board, Arkansas Capital Corporation.

April 24, 2017 | UAMS’ Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D., recently celebrated her team’s victory in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup business plan competition. The team, Rejuvenics Technologies, won the $25,000 top prize with its idea for commercializing a drug-delivery system to reduce the harmful side effects of chemotherapy. Just under a year ago, the…

March 24, 2017

UAMS Visitor Talks Latino Health Paradox and Cinco de Mayo

David Robinson

A couple of common misconceptions about Hispanics were highlighted in talks by David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., who visited UAMS and the Clinton School of Public Service last week. Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine from the University of California, Los Angeles, noted that Latinos are often incorrectly lumped with other minorities when health challenges are…

March 7, 2017

UAMS Invites Public to First Patient Scientist Academy

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK — Any adult Arkansan with experience as a patient is invited to participate in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Patient Scientist Academy starting April 6. Sponsored by the UAMS Translational Research Institute, the Academy is for those interested in volunteer leadership roles that will help ensure UAMS clinical research programs…

February 27, 2017

Public Invited to Hear Nationally Acclaimed U.S. Latino Leader, Scholar March 16

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to a free presentation and reception March 16 featuring University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Distinguished Professor of Medicine David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., who has spent decades studying and writing about the links between culture, behavior and health. His presentation, “Latino Leadership and the Cinco de Mayo in the…

December 5, 2016

UAMS Recognizes Community Partners at Celebration Dinner

David Robinson

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…

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…


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