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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UAMS Physician’s New Skills and Lucky Timing Save Vilonia Baby from Deadly, Disabling Disease
Darrell and Elaine Hurst with their two sons, Oliver (left) and Paxton. Oliver was born last year with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a disease that could have killed him if not for a newborn screening implemented by UAMS’ Kapil Arya, M.D., and a new treatment. Oliver Hurst owes his life to a luckily timed move across […]
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UAMS Cancer Researcher Receives $1.1 Million as Part of NIH Grant at UA, Fayetteville
Isabelle Racine Miousse, Ph.D., is studying the role of a common nutrient in cancer treatment. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow UAMS researcher Isabelle Racine Miousse, Ph.D., to ramp up her study of a nutrient that may have a role in the effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients. Miousse will receive $220,000 […]
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Read the March TRIbune
https://tri.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2103226-TRIbune-MARCH-2021_WEB.pdf The March TRIbune newsletter arrived with a timely update on the work of UAMS early career researchers in the Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) Scholars program for postdoctoral fellows. Check out how this innovative new program is affecting UAMS’ research enterprise and the progress of the talented scholars who are wrapping up the […]
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The February TRIbune Is Here!
In just one year, five UAMS clinicians have identified patient care gaps and have already begun implementing strategies for improving outcomes. The clinicians, who make up the inaugural class of the UAMS Implementation Science Scholars Program, have impressed their mentors, program leaders and, more recently, an outside evaluator. Read the full story in The TRIbune. […]
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