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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.
Graduate and professional students, postdoctorate fellows, and medical house staff presented research to faculty and peers during Student Research Day at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Nobel Prize winner Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., spoke as part of the Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research. A concurrent Student Research…
Read moreLITTLE 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.
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