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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.