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).
Latest News
Video Recordings Now Available: TRI Research Regulatory Conference – Virtual Research in a Complicated World
If you missed TRI’s annual Research Regulatory Conference – Virtual Research in a Complicated World, video recordings are now available. Below are YouTube links for each part of the agenda. Keynote speaker Erin Rothwell, Ph.D., from the University of Utah, presented, “Promoting Informed Decision Making for Consent in Virtual Research,” to kick off the conference. https://youtu.be/0hGEd1QM-2I […]
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The TRIbune Is Here!
The October TRIbune features the new Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program. The fellows are (l-r) junior fellow Salem AlGhamdi, M.B.B.S. (emergency medicine); senior Daniel Liu, M.D. (pediatrics); senior Lori Wong, M.D. (preventive medicine); and transfer senior Jacob Wooldridge, M.D. (pathology). Pictured separately is junior fellow Obeid Shafi, M.D. (pediatrics). Obeid Shafi, M.D. In this month’s TRIbune, […]
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TRI Study of the Month
Sumant Inamdar, M.D., (right) with Danielle Evans, Ph.D., TRI research program manager. UAMS Site Principal Investigator: Sumant Inamdar, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, UAMS College of Medicine. Summary: The SpHincterotomy for Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis (SHARP Trial) is testing the effectiveness of Endscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography with sphincterotomy, a common […]
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UAMS Part of CTSA Research Network Supporting Translational Science Across the Criminal Justice Continuum
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), and the University of Kentucky (UK) are teaming up to develop a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) research network to support translational science across the criminal justice continuum. Nick Zaller, Ph.D. Criminal justice settings provide an opportunity to engage difficult-to-reach populations […]
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