Translational Research Institute


April 21, 2014

UAMS Researcher Selected for Prestigious Journal Editorial Position

Holland Doran

Elvin Price, Pharm.D., Ph.D., a 2013 UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) KL2 Career Development awardee, was recently selected to serve as an associate scientific advisor for Science Translational Medicine, sister publication of the journal Science.


January 10, 2014

UAMS Translational Research Institute Has Awarded $3.68 Million for Research Since 2009

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Over the past five years, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute has provided pilot and strategic investment funds totaling $3.68 million to researchers.


July 23, 2013

UAMS Wins Prestigious Education Grant

David Robinson

July 23, 2013 | The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UAMS College of Medicine recently learned that it will receive $665,000 over the next five years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support research training for predoctoral fellows.


UAMS Pharmacology and Toxicology Program Wins Prestigious $665,000 Training Grant

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine will receive $665,000 over the next five years from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support a research training program for predoctoral fellows.


June 17, 2013

Communication Key, TRI Community Advisory Board Tells Chancellor

David Robinson

June 17, 2013 | Members of the UAMS Translational Research Institute Community Advisory Board recently told UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., that improving health-related communication between UAMS and the communities it serves could go a long way toward improving health care.


June 11, 2013

UAMS Translational Research Institute Awards $300,000 for Six Promising Pilot Research Studies

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute has awarded six researchers $300,000 for pilot studies.


June 10, 2013

Time to Act on Disparities, Health Equity Leader Says

David Robinson

June 10, 2013 | Researchers have documented, explained and provided promising solutions for the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities, but that hasn’t resulted in the urgency or the political will needed to advance public policy measures needed to achieve health equity, said Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D., the founding director of the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity, during his keynote address at the UAMS Developing Health Equity Leaders Conference.


May 29, 2013

UAMS Researchers Helping Shape Change

David Robinson

Near the end of a 4-hour meeting, about 30 researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital were so engrossed in their small-group sessions that it took the meeting’s facilitator, Myron Rogers, a few attempts to regain their attention.


October 19, 2012

TRI Improving Odds for Research Success

David Robinson

Oct. 19, 2012 | Last spring, anticipation was building for the first Triple Crown winner since 1978, but the promising colt never made it on the track.


October 12, 2012

TRI, Clinton School Aiding 12th Street Effort

David Robinson

Oct. 12, 2012 | A UAMS College of Pharmacy effort to offer health care and wellness services for residents of Little Rock’s 12th Street community is getting some additional help from a partnership that involves the Translational Research Institute and the William J. Clinton School of Public Service.



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