Recent Awards
Congratulations to our investigators on their competitive awards!
Paul D. Drew, PhD
Dr. Paul Drew received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling approximately $2.7 million, covering the period 05/01/2026 – 01/31/2031.
James Craig Forrest, PhD
Dr. James Craig Forrest received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling approximately $2.3 million, covering the period 04/01/2026 – 03/31/2031.
Brian Koss, PhD
Drs. Brian Koss and Fen Xia received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling approximately $3.1 million, covering the period 05/01/2026 – 04/30/2031.
Fen Xia, MD, PhD
Drs. Fen Xia and Brian Koss received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling approximately $3.1 million, covering the period 05/01/2026 – 04/30/2031.
Yunmeng Liu, PhD
Dr. Yunmeng Liu received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling approximately $3.6 million, covering the period 02/15/2026 – 11/30/2030.
Biomed Building I Renovation Update
On March 23, two separate shutdowns are set to occur simultaneously for Biomed I starting at 5:00 pm and ending at 9:00 pm. The systems affected will be domestic hot water for Biomed I & II and the fume hoods that are in Biomed I.
2/2/2026: This week will continue more of the same. We are still working on hanging ceiling grid in the BSL-3 area and the surrounding corridors. There will be some drilling in those areas as the cabling is secured to the ceilings. We are also still working on painting and priming areas and installing tile in the bathrooms. We are starting on PH 6 of the epoxy flooring. This will be the area along the east wall with the labs. For reference, the rooms on the 2nd floor that are above this area are labs 214, 216, 218, 220, and 222. Each of these labs has a mechanical closet in the back of the room, but the rooms are sealed from the outside. We continue to have two wind tunnels set up and running under negative pressure. We don’t anticipate any issues this week, but if they do occur, these would be the areas that might possibly be impacted.
1/26/2026: This week, we will continue to have some drilling as hangers are installed to hang the ceiling grid that we had not completed from the seismic material installation. There will also be some bracing for the exhaust equipment that will be installed requiring additional drilling. We continue to prime and paint walls and epoxy the floors. We have completed phase 5 and we find we had an office or two that had some stronger smells than we have had in the other phases. We will continue to try and mitigate all odors to the best of our ability.
*(The Construction Team)*
If you experience any issues, please contact Paul Browning, Building Manager, at RBrowning2@uams.edu or 501.686.8899
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