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April 2, 2019

Garcia-Rill Closing Out Successful 15-Year NIH Grant, Distinguished Career

David Robinson

For Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., successful leadership of the Center for Translational Neuroscience includes his many honors for mentorship of early-career researchers.

After 50 years as a biomedical researcher, Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., is close to hanging up his lab coat. When he does, he’ll look back on the last 15 years as the most rewarding of his distinguished career. “It will be like retiring after winning the Super Bowl,” said the UAMS professor in the Department of…


May 23, 2018

UAMS Professor Offers Insights into Criminal Intent, Co-Authors Law Review Article

Ben Boulden

Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., recently co-authored a Kentucky Law Review article that offers insights into the nature of criminal intent .

May 23, 2018 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor of neurobiology recently co-authored a Kentucky Law Review article that offers insights into the nature of criminal intent and urges the court system to admit more expert testimony into trials regarding the subject. In “Actus Reus, Mens Rea, and Brain Science: What…


September 5, 2017

UAMS Center Helps Secure More than $100 Million in Research Funding

David Robinson

Dr. Garcia-Rill seated at desk

Sept. 5, 2017 | A nationally funded research center that was created to help the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grow its research enterprise has helped UAMS researchers successfully compete for grants totaling more than $100 million in just 13 years. UAMS is reaping the rewards of its first Center of Biomedical Research Excellence…


May 15, 2017

UAMS Researcher’s Mobile Application Enhances Training for Emergency Dispatchers

Ashley McNatt

LITTLE ROCK — A mobile training application developed by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher aims to reduce mortality rates during emergency situations by helping dispatchers provide improved, more in-depth information to paramedics. Of the 75 counties in Arkansas, only five have emergency medical dispatchers. The classification requires dispatchers undergo six months…


March 26, 2014

Showcase Highlights UAMS Neuroscience Research

Ben Boulden

March 26, 2014 | The UAMS College of Medicine’s “Showcase of Medical Discoveries: A Focus on Neuroscience” on March 19 put the spotlight on the field of medical research that’s a top priority for the university and the nation.