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Why Is Asthma More Challenging for Arkansas Children? ACRI/UAMS Researcher Aims to Find Out with NIH Funding
Children who grow up in Arkansas have a harder time with asthma than their peers elsewhere, and a scientist at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hopes to discover why. Akilah Jefferson, M.D., an early career researcher at ACRI, will use a $662,000 four-year award from the […]
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UAMS Faculty Join TRI Leadership Team
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 […]
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75 Years after Accident, UAMS Surgeons, I³R Researchers Restore Greenwood Pastor’s Sense of Touch, Ability to Grip
As Dewey Hickey took apart and reassembled a bait casting reel using an experimental prosthetic hand system, he marveled at the revolutionary technology that made it possible. “It amazes me,” said Hickey, who in January 2023 became the first Arkansan and only the second person in the world to receive the device, which restored his […]
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UAMS Researchers Invited to Apply for Multi-institutional Pilot Awards
The Consortium of Rural States (CORES) Research Collaborative, which includes UAMS, recently released its multi-institutional pilot award Request for Applications (RFA), with up to $25,000 available per award per participating institution. All UAMS-affiliated faculty are invited to apply, including those based at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Letters of […]
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