Nancy Gray


July 17, 2019

UAMS Translational Research Institute Launches Entrepreneurship Training Program with University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

David Robinson

Astha Malhotra, Ph.D., discusses her research in 3-D printing and tissue regeneration during a kick-off meeting of the entrepreneurship training program.

A first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will teach its most promising young innovators how to move their health-science technologies into the marketplace. The UAMS Translational Research Institute kicked off the program with the announcement of its first four postdoctoral trainees in the Health Science Innovation & Entrepreneurship…


September 18, 2018

Arkansas Summit Oct. 25 to Showcase State’s Life Science-based Companies

Ben Boulden

Sept. 18, 2018 | Entrepreneurs, investors, research scientists, service providers and the public interested in technology companies that develop products to improve people’s lives and health are invited to the Arkansas Life Sciences Summit to be held Oct. 25 in Conway. The event will showcase presentations from 11 of the fastest-growing technology companies with research…


August 21, 2018

BioVentures, Boot Camp Garner National Award, Recognition

Ben Boulden

Nancy Gray, far left, gets ready to present prizes to the winning team at the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in May.

In less than three years, the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp has gone from pilot project to national award winner, recently earning a second place Innovations in Research and Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. “Being able to claim the Boot Camp has won an award like this means it’s had…


June 6, 2018

Health Sciences Boot Camp Helps Students Get Started on Startups

Ben Boulden

Seventeen undergraduate and graduate students along with faculty and mentors gather for a group photo at the conclusion of the third annual Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp.

June 6, 2018 | Just as academic years at Arkansas colleges and universities were winding down in May, 17 undergraduate and graduate students were starting up at the third annual Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway. The boot camp from May 20-25 was a joint initiative of…


May 15, 2018

BioVentures fastPace Course Helps Researchers Grasp Business Basics

Ben Boulden

Marie Burdine, Ph.D., left, makes her presentation to the judges, foreground, during the final class session of the fastPace course.

May 15, 2018 | Even a classroom full of experienced researchers with Ph.D. and medical degrees still found useful things to learn about business during the fastPace course organized by BioVentures. “We enrolled in the class because we thought we had a good idea, but we didn’t really know how to take it to the…


April 12, 2018

Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Sign-up Extended to May 7

Ben Boulden

April 12, 2018 | Arkansas undergraduate and graduate college students interested in learning the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and forming new health science ventures at a residential boot camp at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway have until May 7 to register. The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp will be held May 20-25. It…


March 14, 2018

Boot Camp, BioVentures Propel Researcher into Award-winning Business

Ben Boulden

Rejuvenix CEO Joshua Phillips, left, Jay Gandy, Ph.D., and Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Rejuvenix Technologies chief science officer, stop outside the offices of BioVentures before meeting with BioVentures director Nancy Gray, Ph.D.

March 14, 2018 | Sometimes a motivation and an idea grounded in the academic world make the same journey and reach the same destination together. They did for Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D. in 2016. At the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in the summer of 2016, Stolarz’s motivation to do purely academic research met up with an…


February 13, 2018

Out of Research at UAMS HD Nursing Grows, Succeeds in Business

Ben Boulden

Amy Hester, Ph.D., R.N., right, prepares to make a presentation about HD Nursing to attendees at the 2016 Life Sciences Summit.

Feb. 13, 2018 | Increasing success in preventing injuries to patients in falling accidents has resulted in ever rising licensing revenue for HD Nursing, a company started with help from BioVentures at UAMS. “By the end of 2016, we were at about $250,000,” said Amy Hester, Ph.D., R.N., chief scientific officer for HD Nursing. “We…


June 14, 2017

UAMS Patent Hopefuls Gather for Medical Inventions Showcase

Benjamin Waldrum

Venumadhav Janganati (background), a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, explains his research on anti-leukemia drugs.

June 14, 2017 | Potential patents for medical inventions as small as a molecule prompted big discussions among UAMS researchers who gathered for a showcase hosted June 6 by the College of Medicine to highlight medical research. “Every poster you see here today has a patent application on file with the Patent and Trademark Office,”…


May 12, 2017

BioVentures Earns UAMS National Ranking of 87th Out of 225 Universities for Technology Transfer

Ben Boulden

May 12, 2017 | BioVentures recently earned the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) a national ranking by the Milken Institute of 87th out of 225 universities for technology transfer — the ability to take basic research and develop it into new technologies, products and companies. UAMS ranked above several well-known institutions, including the…



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