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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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Latest News

The TRIbune Is Here!
The March issue of The TRIbune announces exciting changes for TRI’s K12 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Award Program. These include changes in leadership with Mario Schootman, Ph.D., taking over as principal investigator and director. He is joined by co-directors Josh Kennedy, M.D., a 2015 graduate of the program, and Jason Farrar, M.D., who was named co-director last fall. […]
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You’re Invited! TRI Research Day 2025 Thursday & Friday, April 10-11
We’re thrilled to invite all UAMS-affiliated faculty and staff to join us for two inspiring days celebrating innovation in translational research! Location: Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Conference Center, 10th floor. The themes for this year’s expanded TRI Research Day are: Day 1: Integrating Data to Further Translational Science Day 2: Community Health Impact Day: Advancing Health through Translational […]
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The TRIbune Is Here!
The February issue of The TRIbune features a vital partnership with UAMS Regional Programs to bring a national research effort to UAMS family medicine clinics in rural Arkansas. UAMS family medicine physicians Jacquelene Childs, M.D., in El Dorado and Jordan Weaver, M.D., in Batesville bring their crucial rural perspectives to the recently funded NIH initiative […]
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The TRIbune Is Here!
In this month’s TRIbune newsletter, we highlight Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., who has made UAMS a national hub for implementation science. Dr. Curran has brought innovative approaches to build capacity in the field through his leadership of the Center for Implementation Research and TRI’s Implementation Science Scholars Program, which equips clinicians with practical tools to enact lasting changes in […]
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