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Training Grant of More Than $740,000 to Encourage Drug Development Renewed for Five Years

A prestigious grant has been renewed for $742,840 over five years that gives Ph.D. students in the biomedical sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) an added foundation in pharmacology and toxicology research. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded the Institutional Predoctoral Research Training Grant (T32) to the Department of […]

Connecting with the Next Generation

One of the most important roles for biomedical scientists and research leaders is inspire those who will follow in their footsteps. Richard Morrison, Ph.D., a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Executive Associate Dean for Research in the UAMS College of Medicine, recently shared insights about careers in biomedical research with Lindsey Motes, a freshman […]

Latest on NIH Salary Cap

The new salary cap, effective January 7, 2018 is 189,600. UAMS effective date for the change to the new cap will be 2-1-18. Current awards will be migrated to the new salary cap amount effective that date.

New Pilot Awards Available for CTSA Inter-institutional Studies

  The Western States Consortium, which includes the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) and four other Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions, has issued the call to all faculty for pilot award applications. In addition to TRI, the Western States Consortium members are the University of Kentucky, University of New Mexico, University of Kansas Medical […]