National Institutes of Health
University of Arkansas Researcher Awarded $1.8M for Gene Therapy Study
Researchers in biomedical engineering will use the NIH award to conduct an in-depth analysis of the genetic and cellular determinants of gene therapy longevity. read more >
UAMS Researcher Marius Nagalo Receives NIH New Innovator Award (Super Mover)
Nagalo will receive a five-year, $2.3 million award from the NIH Common Fund. read more >
UAMS Establishes Proteomics Center in Little Rock
Proteomics allows researchers and clinicians to rapidly identify novel disease biomarkers, new drug targets and unique mechanisms driving human diseases. read more >
UA Researcher Gets $3.4M Grant to Study Situational Bias in Health Care
Anastasia Makhanova will study how stress, illness or worries about personal health may cause health care workers to show more bias toward patients from racial or ethnic minority groups. read more >
UAMS Researcher Awarded $3.7M Grant for Tuberculosis Vaccine Studies
Huang is looking at how to develop a more effective TB vaccine by focusing his research on a type of lung immune cell. read more >
Arkansas State University Receives $1.8M NIH Grant for Oral Health Research
A team of faculty members, doctoral degree candidates, student researchers and lab professionals will research the molecular mechanisms underlying tooth decay pathogens. read more >
UAMS Researcher Awarded $3M to Improve Feeding Practices at Early Child Care Sites
Taren Massey-Swindle found in prior studies that early childhood care and education settings frequently use inappropriate feeding practices such as hurrying children and encouraging them to eat more. read more >
UAMS Awarded $31.7M in Grants for Research, Training and ‘Critical Resources’
One of the federal grants will support new efforts in artificial intelligence to develop better and faster ways to diagnose patients. read more >
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UAMS Awarded $1.3M for High School-Focused Tech and Data Science Program
The five-year grant will support an outreach program focused on technology and data science in health care for high school students, teachers and the community, primarily in northwest Arkansas. read more >
UAMS Researchers Get $3.7M Grant for High Blood Pressure Studies
After the first phase of studies showed indicators that immune cells play a key role in the development and progression of hypertension, Dr. Shengyu Mu and his team of researchers at UAMS have been awarded $3.7M from the National Institutes of Health to delve even deeper. read more >
UAMS Researcher Awarded $1.6M to Study Liver Repair
The research team is hopeful that the research will lead to new drugs that mirror the effects of phosphatidic acid to promote the natural repair process to improve transplant-free survival in acute liver failure. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Awarded $2.3M for Food Allergy Studies
The seven-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will equip the center to continue hosting innovative therapeutic trials, longitudinal studies and research design concepts. read more >
Arkansas Children’s and UAMS Get $3.2M to Study Treatments for Vascular Abnormalities
Dr. Graham Strub is using a novel approach to reverse the growth of lymphatic malformations. read more >
UAMS Gets $2.3M Grant for Bone Loss Study
The study aims to answer questions about the cellular mechanisms used by estrogen to prevent bone loss and osteoporosis. read more >
NIH Awards UAMS $1.5M to Tackle Brittle Bone Disease
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is using a $1.54 million grant to help find better treatments for osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. read more >
UAMS Researcher Gets $1.8M to Study Treatments for Neurological Disorders
Zheng's initial research has focused on the underlying mechanisms of neurovascular coupling dysfunction. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Gets $2.5M Grant for Cancer Study
The study will examine the long-term side effects of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. read more >
UAMS Professor Helps Lead NIH-Funded Vaccine Hesitancy Study
Geoffrey Curran is working with rural pharmacists to identify the methods that work best for addressing hesitancy in a pharmacy setting. read more >
$2.4M Grant Funds UAMS Study on Tick-Borne Fever Bacterium
Jon Blevins, a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is leading the four-year study. read more >
UAMS Gets $7.9M Grant to Create Pandemic Response Lab
The new 9,900-SF lab will be created by renovating an existing space. It's expected to be completed in 2025. read more >
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