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TRI K12 Scholar Megha Sharma, M.D., is among the many UAMS-affiliated researchers featured in the 2025 TRI Annual Report.

Now Available: TRI's 2025 Annual Report

TRI is proud to share its 2025 Annual Report, a magazine-style publication emphasizing the impact of translational science to improve lives in Arkansas and beyond.

Read the report here.
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NEW MONTHLY TRI SEMINAR SERIES

This Clinical Trials Learning Collaborative Seminar Series features state-of-the-art approaches to clinical trials and aims to expand the UAMS community of clinical trialists.

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Translational Research vs Translational Science

What's the difference between Translational Research and Translational Science and why is it important?

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The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) provides services and resources to ensure the swift translation of research into health care advances. This support is available to all UAMS researchers at the UAMS campus in Little Rock, the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute in Little Rock, and the Central Arkansas Veteran’s Healthcare System in Little Rock and North Little Rock. TRI is supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

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Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the competition.

UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John […]

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TRI K12 Scholar Megha Sharma, M.D., is among the many UAMS-affiliated researchers featured in the 2025 TRI Annual Report.

Now Available: TRI’s 2025 Annual Report – A Celebration of Translational Science

The Translational Research Institute (TRI) is proud to share its 2025 Annual Report, a magazine-style publication emphasizing the impact of translational science to improve lives in Arkansas and beyond. This year’s issue spotlights the researchers, programs and partnerships that are speeding the pace of discovery with tangible health benefits. The report includes examples of consequential […]

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The CIMER-certified facilitators who led the April workshop were (l-r): Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., Antiño Allen, Ph.D., Jennifer Vincenzo, Ph.D., MPH, PT, Ellen van der Plas, Ph.D., and Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MPH.

TRI Training Equips Mentors with Strategies, Tools and Practical Resources

Trenesha Hill, Ph.D., wanted to ensure that she and her mentees weren’t talking past each other, so she signed up for TRI’s “Entering Mentoring” workshop, which uses an evidence-based approach developed by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). “I attended to enhance my mentoring practices and make […]

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The K12 scholars are (l-r): Meghan Breckling, Pharm.D., Maegan Calvert, Ph.D., Mokarram Hossain, Ph.D., and Whitney Norris, Ph.D.

TRI Announces Four Early-Career Researchers as K12 Scholars

Four early-career researchers have been selected to receive two years of funded translational research training and support in the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) K12 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards Program. The promising researchers were selected for the 2025-2027 program period through a competitive application process. Beginning July 1, the K12 scholars will receive […]

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