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August 21, 2019
TRI Announces Implementation Science Scholars Program for UAMS Clinical Faculty
Information Sessions about the Program will be: Monday, Aug. 26, 2 – 3 p.m., UAMS, ED II, G131A Thursday, Aug. 29, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Arkansas Children’s Hospital, South Wing, 2nd Floor, Committee for the Future Room, K2101 The Translational Research Institute (TRI) today announced UAMS’ first Implementation Science Scholars Program, with awards available for…
August 20, 2019
Friday: Information Session on Grants Supporting Diversity and Re-Entry of Underrepresented Groups in Research
Information session this Friday, Aug. 23, 10 – 11 a.m. Rahn Building, G226 The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) is inviting Letters of Interest from individuals in groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research who could benefit from a new program aimed at increasing diversity in the field. The program is funded by the National…
July 30, 2019
Five UAMS Researchers Receive Translational Research Training Awards
The UAMS Translational Research Institute has awarded five early-career UAMS researchers with KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Scholar Awards. The program provides two years of instruction and mentored research training. Scholars receive 75% salary support and up to $25,000 per year for research, tuition, travel expenses and education materials. The KL2 Scholars were chosen from 11 applicants,…
July 17, 2019
UAMS Translational Research Institute Launches Entrepreneurship Training Program with University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
A first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will teach its most promising young innovators how to move their health-science technologies into the marketplace. The UAMS Translational Research Institute kicked off the program with the announcement of its first four postdoctoral trainees in the Health Science Innovation & Entrepreneurship…
July 8, 2019
NIH Awards Five-Year, $24.2 Million Grant to UAMS Translational Research Institute
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute announced July 3 it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that addresses Arkansas’ biggest health challenges. The Translational Research Institute helps researchers turn their ideas and findings into new medical treatments and other health interventions. Its focus is…
June 20, 2019
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…
The 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…
May 21, 2019
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…
April 30, 2019
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 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…
April 29, 2019
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 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,…
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