The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) recently welcomed three UAMS faculty members to its leadership team, with Jason E. Farrar, M.D., Melody Greer, Ph.D., and Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., providing oversight of key programs and serving on the TRI Leadership Council.
Farrar is co-director and a multiple principal investigator of the K12 Mentored Research Career Development Award Program, joining co-directors/MPIs John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., and Mario Schootman, Ph.D. Farrar is an associate professor of pediatric hematology/oncology and director of the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Genomic Core Laboratory. He is also co-director of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Leukemia and Lymphoma Program.
Greer is co-director of the T32 Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) Training Program for postdoctoral fellows, joining co-director/principal investigator John Imig, Ph.D. Greer is an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics and a graduate of the HSIE program.
Virmani is co-director of Translational Workforce Development, joining Schootman. Virmani will also lead new initiatives in clinical trials education through the Clinical Trials Learning Collaborative, scheduled to launch in 2025. He is an associate professor in the College of Medicine Departments of Neurology and Biomedical Informatics. He is also vice chair for Education and chief of the Neurodegenerative Disorders Division in the Department of Neurology. In addition, he is director of the Mission MSA Center of Excellence, the Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Center of Excellence, and co-director of CurePSP Center of Care.
TRI Director Laura James, M.D., said she is excited to have them on the team.
“Each of these faculty leaders brings unique experience and expertise to TRI,” she said. “They are each committed to helping our programs thrive, and I am thrilled that they are here.”