National Institutes of Health
UAMS Gets $10.5M Grant to Develop Biomarkers Across All Diseases
The grant supports ongoing efforts to make advanced protein analysis available to biomedical researchers nationwide. read more >
Worsening the Health Care Crisis (Editorial)
UAMS and other medical centers across the state could be in dire straits in the near future with the changes to the H-1B Visas. read more >
UAMS Gets $11.5M Grant to Expand Maternal Health Research
In addition to expanding research, UAMS will use the funds to host a conference in spring 2026 on maternal and reproductive health. read more >
University of Arkansas Researcher Awarded $1.8M to Study Cell Movements
The award will help investigate how physical forces influence the way cells move, grow, divide and respond to their surroundings, particularly in the context of diseases. read more >
UAMS Receives $5.8M to Study Cancer Treatment Side Effects
The grant will increase research into the often overlooked side effects of cancer therapies, including radiation and chemotherapy. read more >
UAMS Researchers Awarded $3.4M to Study Virus Linked to Cancer
The long-term goal of the research is to find a way to silence the virus permanently or eliminate it from the body altogether. read more >
![Dr. Michael Birrer, UAMS vice chancellor, is director of UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. He is working toward UAMS receiving a National Cancer Institute designation, which would have an estimated economic impact on Arkansas of more than $70 million. [Karen E. Segrave]](https://dqndh7utxx63f.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ARBusiness-UAMS-Cancer-154_opt-300x194.jpg)
UAMS Prepares for High-Stakes National Cancer Institute Bid
With no NCI-designated cancer centers in Arkansas, UAMS is racing the clock — and potential NIH budget cuts — to change that in 2025. read more >
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UAMS Receives $575K to Study Eye-Tracking Technology for Autistic Children
The project aims to indicate understanding of words in minimally verbal or non-speaking autistic children. read more >
UAMS Awarded Nearly $3M to Study DNA Cancer Treatment
The five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health could create natural cancer treatments from damaged segments of DNA. read more >
UAMS Joins NIH Effort, Receives $506K to Increase Rural Health Research
A portion of the one-year grant will be used to support a national weight loss study, and the rest will go toward identifying and pursuing research that addresses the health needs of Arkansas’ rural populations. read more >
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 >
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