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  3. TRI Announces Pilot Awardees for Biomedical Informatics Studies

TRI Announces Pilot Awardees for Biomedical Informatics Studies

The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) today announced four recipients of its biomedical informatics-focused pilot

grants.

The recipients are required to use translational biomedical informatics approaches to health care issues that particularly affect rural individuals and/or that directly examine or impact rural health. They will receive up to $50,000 for their one-year projects and are expected to develop findings that lead to larger programs of research with national funding.

The awardees, all from the College of Medicine, are:

Hari Eswaran, Ph.D.; Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Identification of Pregnant Women at High Risk of Maternal Morbidity

Hari Eswaran, Ph.D. - Identification of Pregnant Women at High Risk of Maternal Morbidity

Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics; Using Genomics to Track Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Linking Rural and Urban Health in Arkansas

Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D.

Sacha McBain, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Digital PTSD Screening and Intervention to Meet Rural Needs

Sacha McBain, Ph.D.

Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Utilization of a Neuroinformatics Research Platform (ARIES) to Develop Quantitative Tools for Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Patients in Rural Arkansas

Tuhin Virmani, M.D.,Ph.D.

Recipients of the Translational Biomedical Informatics Awards were selected by a study section of UAMS and external faculty reviewers, as well as community reviewers.

TRI is supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, grant UL1 TR003107.

Posted by uamsonline on June 9, 2020

Filed Under: Front, News, Newsroom

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