Heather Montgomery recently joined our department as the new Executive Assistant to Dr. Teresita Bellido, Professor and Chair of the Physiology and Cell Biology department. She comes from Gainesville, Fl. She was a previous employee at the Village at Gainesville as a Care Coordinator. Welcome, Heather!
Department News
Dr. Rosalia (Rosie) Simmen Receives UAMS College of Medicine Master Teacher Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Simmen who received the 2023 COM Master Teacher Award at the COM Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 25, 2023. The prestigious award was presented to Dr. Simmen in recognition of her exemplary commitment to educational excellence in the classroom, her outstanding mentorship of graduate and medical students and early career […]
Dr. Jesús Delgado-Calle Receives 2023 Seeds of Science Award Supporting Promising Cancer Research
Congratulations, Dr. Jesús Delgado-Calle, for your new grant featured today in the UAMS announcement! Read the announcement on the UAMS News page.
Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., Receives National Award for NIH IDeA Contributions
Congradulations to Dr. Larry Cornett on being awarded the prestigious W. Fred Taylor Ph.D. award in recognition of his extensive contributions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Development (IDeA) Program.
2023 Women’s History Month
Dr. Teresita Bellido was highlighted on the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research website for the Women’s History Month. Congratulations Dr. Bellido!
Congratulations to Our Department-Affiliated UAMS Medical Students Matching to Residencies!
Congratulations to Caitlin Caperton and Garrett Graham!
Dr. Morello Featured in Physiological Society Video
Roy Morello, Ph.D., appears in a video shared by the Physiological Society. In the video, Dr. Morello discusses his research article that investigated the distinct type I collagen alterations that cause intrinsic lung and respiratory defects of variable severity.
UAMS Research Day
CBP Track Graduate Students (Farhana Sumya, Meghan Crimmins, Amrita Khakurel, Aric Anloague, Mohsin Ali, Haley Sabol) and Department Postdoctoral Fellows (Manish Adhikari, Japneet Kaur) participated at the UAMS Research Day event, March 7, 2023, by presenting their research work in poster formats.
Recent Publications (Jan-Feb 2023)
Our faculty conduct cutting-edge research. See our recent publications here.
Three Grants Aiding UAMS-Based Program’s Efforts to Expand Research in Arkansas
A UAMS-based program will use $614,117 from three recent grants to expand biomedical research in Arkansas. The program is led by Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Physiology & Cell Biology.