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Extramural Funding
Total Research Funds at UAMS increased 86% from 2019 to 2023
UAMS NIH Funding
Data are total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds rounded to nearest million.
A study by Stanford University lists over 50 current and retired UAMS faculty among the top 2% of most influential researchers.
Learn MoreThis “research yearbook” celebrates UAMS researchers and highlights their accomplishments during 2022-2023.
Click to view Research WinsTotal Research Funds at UAMS increased 86% from 2019 to 2023
Data are total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds rounded to nearest million.
LITTLE ROCK — A potential new drug to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with the so-called Alzheimer’s gene has been discovered by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team led by Sue Griffin, Ph.D. The findings were published Jan. 8 in Communications Biology and include discoveries of a druggable target and a…
Read moreLITTLE ROCK — Eighteen-year-old Anu Iyer, the recent Little Rock Central High School graduate and machine-learning sensation collaborating with a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team, is the lead author on a publication in Scientific Reports, part of the Nature portfolio journals. She was joined as co-first author by UAMS’ Aaron Kemp,…
Read moreA Little Rock man with resistant kidney cancer who underwent experimental immunotherapy in Phase 1 Clinical Trials at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has experienced a complete remission.
Read moreLITTLE ROCK — A UAMS research team is using a $1.54 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support its goal of finding better treatments for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease. The four-year award from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will allow Roy Morello, Ph.D.,…
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