Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received one grant of $1.7 million to study new bone-targeted therapies for the treatment of multiple myeloma, the second-most common blood-related cancer. This National Health Institute-National Cancer Institute […]

Dr. Bellido recently visited different areas in the department, showing that a pandemic won’t slow down our work!

Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., Chair of Physiology and Biophysics, held the first Annual Town Hall meeting for the Department. She discussed goals and methods to reach them and held a question and answer session. The meeting was held in the Walton Auditorium as well as virtually for social distancing Dr. Bellido presented her predecessor Michael Jennings, […]

Chair Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., is the president of The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. The ASBMR just launched its new website. Visit the site to read the President’s Letter from Dr. Bellido and watch the video that includes Amy Sato, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow and member of Dr. Bellido’s lab.

We are proud of the work UAMS is continuing to do during this pandemic, and we want to set a good example and encourage other Arkansans to do the same. Winners of the #MaskUpUAMS challenge for Friday, July 24, were: Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., assistant professor of Physiology & BiophysicsNaomi Crume, R.N.Yavonda Chase, Internal Communications managerMonica […]

The College of Medicine awarded the inaugural Michael Jennings and Paula Jennings Endowed Scholarship to Bukola Odeniyi. “I am very happy and grateful to be the first recipient of the Dr. Michael Jennings and Paula Jennings Endowed Scholarship. Thank you so much for your generous support as I complete my M.D./Ph.D. education. With this award, […]

Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., started as the new chair of our department on July 1. Things may look a little different right now, but we are excited that she is here! Welcome Dr. Bellido! We are excited about the future of our department.

Congratulations to Dr. Larry Cornett, Director of the INBRE program at UAMS as well as Dr. Jerry Ware, INBRE Program Coordinator and Professor, Department of Physiology for receiving funding for the next 5 years. See the UAMS News article for more information.  

Roy Morello, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Orthopaedic Surgery and Division of Genetics, and John L. Carroll, M.D., a Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics (James H. Hamlen II Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonology), have just published a new manuscript entitled: “Respiratory Defects in the CrtapKO mouse model […]

Great Job! Three graduate students affiliated with our Cell Biology & Physiology (CBP) Track faculty presented their research at the Annual UAMS Student Research Day this past Tuesday (March 10, 2020). Iad Alhallak (breast cancer), Caitlin Caperton (thyroid cancer) and Seunghyun Jung (nanoparticles/neural differentiation) talked about their recent findings from work carried out with mentors […]