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The Seven Traits of a Successful Translational Scientist

What makes a successful translational scientist? Members of Translation Together, an international partnership with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and other organizations collaborated to answer this question. Their work resulted in a vision of the ideal translational scientist that encompasses seven traits. Read more about what it means to be a translational scientist.

NCATS also produced an educational video that illustrates these seven fundamental traits. View the video on the TRI website. These efforts aim to raise awareness of the field and the need to foster a highly skilled, creative, and diverse translational science workforce.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: translational research, Translational Research Institute, Translational Science, TRI, UAMS

The June TRIbune

June TRIbune
June TRIbune

In this month’s TRIbune we feature some exciting developments in implementation science. Geoffrey Curran, Ph.D., and Jeremy Thomas, Pharm.D., are leading newly funded efforts to address critical health care issues for rural residents. Implementation science is a relatively new field that aims to promote the uptake of evidence-based interventions into routine care.

Curran, who leads the UAMS Center for Implementation Research, is also spearheading the TRI-supported Implementation Science Scholars Program, a first at UAMS.

The New TRI Study of the Month highlights Mitch McGill, Ph.D., the principal investigator on an acetaminophen study involving liver cirrhosis patients.

Also included are the latest publications citing TRI support.

Read The TRIbune.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: Geoffrey Curran, Implementation Science, Jeremy Thomas, rural health, Telehealth, Translational Research Institute, TRI, UAMS

The May TRIbune Is Here!

This month’s TRIbune features UAMS’ contributions to solving a complex research problem that affects all federally funded multisite clinical trials.

The team led by Meredith Zozus, Ph.D., in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, is part of a multi-site effort that includes Duke and Vanderbilt universities. It is funded by a $1.88 million National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) supplemental award.

We also feature our first high school graduates of the Community Scientist Academy. Their comments at graduation revealed the value of the academy to a younger audience.

Our Study of the Month features W. Conan Mustain, M.D., the UAMS principal investigator on a multisite data collection study of surgical outcomes for patients with ulcerative colitis.

Read The TRIbune

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom

Community Scientist Academy Graduates First High School Class

Shanell Young, a senior at Little Rock Parkview, wasn’t sure what to expect during the spring 2019 UAMS Translational Research Institute Community Scientist Academy. After receiving her

Shannell Young said the Community Scientist Academy taught her that research isn't just googling.
Shannell Young said the Community Scientist Academy taught her that research isn’t just googling.

graduation certificate at a UAMS ceremony, she went to the lectern to share her takeaways.

“What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just googling,” she said. “After 10 weeks of participating in the Community Scientist Academy, we definitely feel different now. Research is not just googling.”

Young and her fellow graduates – the first high school students to attend the academy – came from across the Little Rock School District as Excel students in the Advanced Medical Sciences Program.

The academy, which held its first class in 2016, has graduated 81 community members. Its purpose is to increase community understanding about the research process and offer research decision-making opportunities to communities, patients and other stakeholders. It will remain focused on adult participants, although the Translational Research Institute will continue its partnership with the school district.

The opportunities offered academy graduates include reviewing grant applications; advising on research

UAMS' Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D., M.P.H., challenged the students to find their passion.
UAMS’ Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D., M.P.H., challenged the students to find their passion.

projects; serving on community review boards, community advisory boards and patient and family advisory councils; and assisting with ARresearch, a Translational Research Institute program that signs up potential volunteers for UAMS research studies.

Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D., M.P.H., challenged the high school students to discover their passion. Raised in Helena-West Helena, Lovelady witnessed up close the devastating impacts of chronic diseases, depression and violence within the African American community.  She recently earned her doctorate with a focus on interventions that address gun violence.

“Figure out what keeps the fire burning inside of you,” she said. “What do you talk about or read about all day? What issue is important to you? Who will you help? What difference do you want to make in this world or your community? Think about that and then identify how you can use research to achieve those goals. There are communities like mine, like yours, all across this nation that need you.”

Students were required to write a paper and create a poster using “photovoice,” which required them to

Haley Roberts said the academy exceeded her expectations.
Haley Roberts said the academy exceeded her expectations.

take a photo that depicts a health-related issue and write a long caption explaining the photo.

Haley Roberts, a senior at Central High School, said the academy exceeded her expectations.

“Coming in and actually getting to talk to people who are excited about what they’re talking about, who are excited about their job, that excitement spreads to you, too, and you become excited about it,” she said. “I think the whole program took us off guard. It wasn’t something that I expected to learn, to appreciate. Everyone is affected by research whether they know it or not.”

Roberts said she became engrossed in the topic she chose to write about – health care costs. “My paper was twice as long as it needed to be because I just enjoyed what I was writing about,” she said.

Acacia Nelson, a senior at Central High, said the academy showed her the role research can play in improving lives. The daughter of two law enforcement officers displayed a poster with a young African American boy holding a sign that says “Do Not Shoot!”

Acacia Nelson said the academy has inspired her to consider community research as a career.
Acacia Nelson said the academy has inspired her to consider community research as a career.

with a caption about the physical and mental trauma associated with police brutality.

Prior to attending the academy she had a narrow view of the jobs available in health care, but now she is revisiting her idea of becoming a nurse practitioner.

“It’s kind of opened my eyes to see that there’s different areas in the medical field that you can give back to the community. I’m really interested in public health. Just helping people – African American boys, homeless people, foster kids, I feel like research can make a difference.”

Zandria Brewer, a senior at Central High, displayed a poster of a young African American boy playing by himself in the rural Arkansas Delta. Her poster noted the health disparities for the African-American communities living where there is often no phone service, grocery stores or hospitals.

“If someone is really hurt, they may not make it,” said Brewer, who lived in Marianna near the Mississippi River when she was younger.

Zandria Brewer said the academy has inspired her to think about research as a career.
Zandria Brewer said the academy has inspired her to think about research as a career.

The poster project was perfect for her, she said. “I’m a visual learner, and during this academy we did a lot of visual things,” she said. “We got to choose what we wanted to research and it got to be something interesting and something relevant. The poster project helped me voice what’s happening now and ways to change it.”

TRI received the EXCEL Champion Award from the Little Rock School District after graduating students who participated in the TRI Community Scientist Academy.
The Translational Research Institute received the EXCEL Champion Award from the Little Rock School District after graduating students who participated in the Community Scientist Academy.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: Community Scientist Academy, Little Rock School District, Translational Research Institute, UAMS

PCORI Funds Multistate Transgender Project Led by UAMS Researchers

The national Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is supporting a unique multistate project that builds on its previously funded work in Arkansas to address health care

(L-R) Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., meets with Kyrstopher Stephens and Alex Marshall, Ph.D., M.P.H
(L-R) Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., meets with Krystopher
Stephens and Alex Marshall, Ph.D., M.P.H.

discrimination for transgender/nonbinary individuals – those whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

The two-year, $249,892 Engagement Award is co-led by Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., a TRI-supported community engagement leader, and Alex Marshall, Ph.D., M.P.H., at the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Working together with co-investigators at the University of North Carolina and University of Georgia, they will lead development of a Regional Transgender Health Research and Education Collaborative with community collaborators.

“We’re very excited to receive this award and to have such distinguished research collaborators,” Stewart said. Tonia Poteat, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.M.Sc., at North Carolina, has focused her research, teaching and clinical practice on HIV and transgender health disparities. Anneliese Singh, Ph.D., M.S., at Georgia, is a psychotherapist and has research expertise in numerous areas of transgender health.

Key transgender community partners include the Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition, led by Krystopher Stephens, LaGender Inc. (Georgia), and Triangle Empowerment (North Carolina). The award will provide stipend support for transgender individuals who participate.

The collaborative’s work is in the South where transgender people are more likely to experience health care discrimination, such as being refused care.

Tonia Poteat, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.M.Sc.
Tonia Poteat, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.M.Sc.
Anneliese Singh, Ph.D., M.S.
Anneliese Singh, Ph.D., M.S.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: Alex Marshall, Kate Stewart, PCORI, Translational Research Institute, UAMS

TRIbune Newsletter Celebrates ARresearch 3-Year Anniversary

This month’s TRIbune newsletter celebrates TRI’s three-year anniversary of ARresearch with a spotlight on Keith Bush, Ph.D., a UAMS researcher who extols the benefits of the ARresearch

Keith Bush, Ph.D., is ahead of his participant enrollment goals for two studies thanks to the ARresearch volunteer registry.
Keith Bush, Ph.D., is ahead of his participant enrollment goals for two studies thanks to the ARresearch volunteer registry.

registry. He is also conducting potentially groundbreaking research using an MRI to test people’s ability to regulate their emotions.

TRI Director Laura James, M.D., notes in her letter that 48% of studies fail to meet participant accrual goals. The ARresearch registry has nearly 6,000 potential volunteers signed up, providing the capacity to help more researchers.

We also highlight the work of Kate Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., and Alex Marshall, Ph.D., M.P.H., who will lead a PCORI-funded multistate collaborative to address health care discrimination for transgender/nonbinary individuals.

Clare Nesmith, M.D., is the principal investigator on our New Study of the Month.

Read The TRIbune.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: ARresearch, Keith Bush, study, Translational Research Institute, UAMS

Pilot Awards to Address Health Challenges of Rural and Underrepresented Populations 

The UAMS Office of Vice Chancellor (Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.) for Research and UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) are pleased to invite applications for a special pilot grant targeting the health challenges of rural and underrepresented populations. The purpose of this pilot grant opportunity is for faculty members to form new teams to generate data necessary to submit competitive grant proposals in response to NIH, other federal agencies, and foundation grant funding opportunities addressing the health challenges of rural and underrepresented populations.
Budgets of up to $50,000 will be considered for the one-year awards. Letters of intent are due April 26, 2019, by noon. Invited full applications will be dueMay 24, 2019. 
View the Request for Applications.
 Any UAMS faculty, including at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute, and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, are invited to apply.  
Contact: Nia Indelicato, NLIndelicato@uams.edu, or 501-526-0363.

Key Dates:

  • RFA released: April 5
  • Letter of Intent due: April 26, by noon
  • Full applications invited: May 1
  • TRI/Biostatistics consultations: May 6-17
  • Proof of regulatory submission due: May 24 (include in application)
  • Application due: May 24, by noon
  • Lay videos due: May 29  
  • Study Section: June 11
  • Awardees announced: June 14  
  • Start date: June 30

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: pilot awards, Translational Research Institute, TRI, UAMS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The TRIbune Features UAMS Neurosurgeons’ Research

The latest TRIbune features the research of neurosurgeons J.D. Day, M.D., and Thomas W. Morris III. The co-principal investigators hope to help determine if a relatively new surgical procedure is better than standard medical management in certain cases of intracerebral hemorrhage. We also highlight the work of our Community Engagement program and its Community Scientist Academy, which has been adapted for the first time to teach students in the Little Rock School District’s Excel Program. We include news that TRI’s innovative methods for incorporating community members into the grant review process will be studied at five institutions (including UAMS) with support from the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The newsletter has our new study of the month led by Clare Nesmith, M.D., and recently cited publications by researchers who received TRI support.

Read The TRIbune

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: Clare Nesmith, J.D. Day, Kate Stewart, Laura James, newsletter, Thomas W. Morris, Translational Research Institute, TRI, TRIbune, UAMS

TRI Now Accepting Applications for KL2 Scholar Awards

Junior faculty, here’s your chance to jump-start your careers!

The Translational Research Institute (TRI) is now accepting applications for its KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Awards.

  • Letters of Intent are due April 29, 2019.
  • Applications are due June 10, 2019.

Benefits of the two-year program:

  • 75 percent salary support (up to $95,000 per year)
  • $25,000 per year research funding
  • Professional development support

Eligible candidates are faculty with professional doctorates committed to academic careers in translational research.

Special for 2019, one of the four KL2 awards will go to an early-career breast cancer researcher.

More information is available on the TRI Website.

Potential applicants are encouraged to attend the KL2 Information Session on April 11 at noon in the Cancer Institute, Betsy Blass Boardroom, Room 1013. For those offsite, the session is available via Blackboard Collaborate.

For more information, please contact Nia Indelicato, NLIndelicato@uams.edu, 501-526-0363.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: career development, KL2, research, training, Translational Research Institute, UAMS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Apply Now for UAMS Commercialization Course – Deadline Extended to March 22

The application deadline for the second annual UAMS fastPACE Course has been extended to Friday, March 22. The 4-week biomedical commercialization course is designed for busy researchers and clinicians with an early stage project. It begins March 29.

The course was developed by FastForward Medical Innovations at the University of Michigan and is modeled after the successful National Science Foundation I-Corps program. It blends in-person and online education to help faculty researchers and clinicians learn the basic components of biomedical commercialization and prepare a successful business case for funding and development partnerships.

Enrollment is open to faculty, clinical practitioners, and post-doctoral fellows who have an early stage biomedical innovation or idea. More information and a link to the application can be found at https://bioventures.uams.edu/fastpace/. If you are a graduate or medical student interested in entrepreneurship and wish to simply join a team, please fill out the fastPACE Intake Survey, at https://bioventures.uams.edu/fastpace/intake-survey/.

Questions? Contact Nancy Gray, Ph.D., president, BioVentures LLC, nmgray@uams.edu.

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom Tagged With: entrepreneurship training, fastPace, Nancy Gray, UAMS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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