UAMS’ Career Development Scholars Program is led by John Arthur, MD, PhD, Associate Director of the Translational Research Institute; Chief of Nephrology, COM, UAMS; and Chief of Nephrology, CAVHS. Dr. Arthur is supported by program Associate Directors, Elisabet Børsheim, PhD and Mario Schootman, PhD.
Program Leadership
Dr. Farrar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist with clinical and research interests in childhood leukemia, lymphoma, and inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. His research program focuses on genomics studies to better understand the genetic basis of abnormal bone marrow function that underlies these diseases in children, with the goal of identifying new therapeutic options and improving treatment outcomes. He serves as the Director of the Genomics Core Laboratory at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and co-directs the Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at Arkansas Children’s.
Dr. Schootman is Professor and Vice-Chair for Mentoring and Innovation in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Co-Director of the Workforce Development Core of the Translational Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on various aspects of epidemiology using advanced epidemiological methods, including geographic information systems and multilevel models, to examine the effect of neighborhood conditions on various health outcomes. He has been the principal investigator of several NIH grants. He has mentored numerous early-career faculty.
Program Administration
