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A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team in Northwest Arkansas will study a potential way to improve health outcomes of pregnant Marshallese women using group-based care and health care navigators. Led by UAMS researcher Britni Ayers, Ph.D.,…

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hope to gain important insights about fetal neurodevelopment in a new study with diabetic pregnant mothers. Funded by a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),…

Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) will be a key partner in a 14-state consortium focused on pediatric COVID-19 long haul cases, part of a massive nationwide research effort funded by the National Institutes of Health. The work at ACRI will…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliate research institutions saw research funding grow by 12.2 percent this past year, with $177.4 million in grants by the end of the fiscal year on June 30. It is…

Brian Koss, Ph.D., a researcher with the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, is the state’s first recipient of the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award, UAMS officials announced Monday. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Early…

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the Mayo Clinic have discovered a way to supercharge molecular cancer treatments to destroy more cancer-causing proteins in cells. The research findings of UAMS’ Hong-yu…

William J. Steinbach, M.D., will join the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and associate dean for Child Health in the UAMS College of Medicine, as well as pediatrician-in-chief of Arkansas Children’s,…

A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will fund home food delivery in rural Arkansas in an effort to reduce type-2 diabetes. The National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health will be funding a five-year,…

Moderna, a biotech company, has reported positive early results for a potential coronavirus vaccine. The company partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in order to develop the vaccine. The biotech and NIH started their work on a coronavirus…

A chemist at the University of Arkansas has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of porous nanoreactors to improve the speed and accuracy of early cancer detection through positron-emission tomography, commonly known as PET…