National Institutes of Health


June 28, 2016

UAMS Receives NIH Grant for First Comprehensive Study of Synthetic Marijuana Dangers

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK — A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers has received a federal grant to conduct the first comprehensive study of the dangers posed by synthetic marijuana products. The $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will enable a seven-member interdisciplinary…


June 26, 2015

UAMS-based Arkansas INBRE Receives $3.9 million for Biomedical Research

Kelly Gardner

June 26, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, and Helen Benes, Ph.D., associate director of the Arkansas INBRE.has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the program.


June 10, 2015

UAMS-based Arkansas INBRE Receives $3.9 million to Support Biomedical Research

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the program.


September 17, 2014

UAMS Research Grant Money Strong Despite Difficult Funding Environment

Ben Boulden

Sept. 17, 2014 | Research funding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) remained strong during the last year, strengthening the state’s economy with the ability to innovate and grow new business.


UAMS Research Grant Money Strong Despite Challenging Funding Environment

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Research funding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) remained strong during the last year, strengthening state’s economy with the ability to innovate and grow new business.


May 2, 2014

Discovery Helps UAMS Researcher Land $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Herpes Virus and Cancer Research

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – A surprise discovery that could lead to new treatments for herpes viruses that infect more than 90 percent of the world’s adult population has led to a $1.8 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


December 10, 2013

UAMS Hosts Researchers From Several States

Ben Boulden

Dec. 10, 2013 | Scientific researchers shared their findings with each other at the UAMS-hosted 2013 Southeast Regional IDeA meeting in mid-November at the Little Rock Marriott while learning about a new funding opportunity to commercialize their discoveries.


October 16, 2013

UAMS Research Wins NIH Grant for Fourth Time

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>Oct. 16, 2013 | Although Kevin Young, Ph.D., hopes his research will aid in the practice of medicine 20 years in the future, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to value it in the present. </p>


August 30, 2013

UAMS Researchers Land $2 Million NIH Grant to Study Golgi Apparatus

Ben Boulden

Aug. 30, 2013 | A pair of UAMS College of Medicine researchers recently received a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop super-resolution holography methods to study the Golgi apparatus and defects that have been associated with conditions such as glaucoma, chlamydia infection, neurodegenerative disease, viral entry and aging.



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