About TRI
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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TRI Employee’s Good Deeds Garner UAMS MVP Award
TRI’s Sharon Martin receives UAMS MVP of Month Award from Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA. As part of her UAMS job, Sharon Martin talks to many Arkansans who are struggling, but a recent call with an elderly Little Rock woman was different. Martin, based at the UAMS East Regional Campus in Helena-West Helena, works as […]
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Let’s Jump Into January!
TRI has an exciting start for the New Year with several new funding opportunities and great events for your calendar. Check them out! Tuesday, Jan. 12.TRI innOVATION Seminar Series, 4 – 6 p.m., featuring presentations from KL2 Program awardees and Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship awardees (HSIE/TL1 Program). CME available. Add to calendar Wednesday, Jan. 20.“K […]
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The TRIbune Is Here!
The November-December issue of The TRIbune reports on the important contributions to national COVID-19 research platforms made by Fred Prior, Ph.D., and Ahmad Baghal, M.D., Ph.D., through their TRI-supported biomedical informatics programs. We also report on a NCATS/CTSA award to Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., enabling telehealth research that could improve maternal health for rural Arkansas women. Our […]
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TRI Announces 5 New Implementation Science Scholars
Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., is director of the UAMS Center for Implementation Research, which joined TRI in naming the Implementation Science scholars. TRI and the UAMS Center for Implementation Research (CIR) have selected five UAMS-based and Arkansas Children’s Hospital clinical faculty as UAMS 2021 Implementation Science Scholars. Using the principles of implementation science, CIR faculty will […]
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