Shona Ray-Griffith

December 7, 2018

UAMS Exercise Study Looking for Pregnant Women with Depression

David Robinson

Ten pregnant women are needed for a study testing exercise as a possible treatment for depression during pregnancy.

A new study at UAMS is testing whether exercise for pregnant women with depression could become an evidence-based treatment and alternative to antidepressant medications. The pilot study supported by the UAMS Translational Research Institute is the first to test exercise as a possible treatment option for depression during pregnancy. Ten pregnant women with depression are…

June 28, 2018

Study Shows UAMS Device Can Help Assess Fetal Health after Opioid Exposure

Ben Boulden

Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., Jessica Coker, M.D., center, and Diana Escalona-Vargas, Ph.D., stand next to the SARA imaging device. They completed a pilot study that determined the SARA can be used to assess the health of fetuses exposed buprenorphine.

June 28, 2018 | A biomagnetic technique developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) can be used to assess the brain and heart health of third-trimester fetuses exposed to opioids, UAMS researchers showed in a recent pilot study. The study was published online this month in the medical journal Addiction, authored by…

February 11, 2015

Physician Wins Postpartum Research Award

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Shona Ray-Griffith, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded the 2015 Susan A. Hickman Memorial Research Award by Postpartum Support International (PSI).