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Dr. Bellido

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The mission of our department is to carry out high quality basic biomedical research and educate students in the mechanisms of biological processes at organ systems levels.

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Hayley Sabol working in Dr. Bellido's Lab

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Our Ph.D. students work directly with our faculty on exciting research opportunities.

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Dr. Bellido with Arkansas governor and others

Welcome Dr. Bellido!

Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., an internationally known leader in bone research, is the new chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.

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News and Announcements

Brian Storrie’s Retirement

February 6, 2026 | sbryant

On Thursday February 5th, 2026, Dr. Brian Storrie presented his seminar titled: “Leveraging Blood Flow Dynamics to Give Two Different Platelet Responses to the Same Drug”

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Deck The Doors

December 19, 2025 | sbryant

The admin team wanted to have some holiday fun for the Holidays. We did a “Deck the Doors” contest. Each lab had to decorate their doors in creative fun ways. We also provided lunch for the department. We wanted to show them how much we appreciate them and all their hard work.

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UAMS at the UAFS Research Den

December 5, 2025 | sbryant

On December 4, two of our graduate students presented their research to undergraduates and faculty at the UA-Fort Smith Research Den.  Steven Murdock (Craig Forrest’s lab) and Walter Saul Aragon-Ramirez (Vladimir Lupashin’s lab) did a great job presenting and answering questions about life as a graduate student at UAMS.  Our GPIBS director, Karl Boehme, drove […]

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Dr. Bellido gets invited to present in Tokyo Japan

December 1, 2025 | sbryant

Dr. Teresita Bellido was invited to present her lecture, “Role of osteocytes in bone pathophysiology” at the prestigious 2025 Japan Bone Academy in Tokyo on November 24th. Her presentation summarized advances in the field regarding osteocyte biology and their role in the mechanisms of bone diseases and their treatment.

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