Research Opportunities

The UAMS College of Pharmacy offers a wide range of student pharmacist research opportunities in the areas of pharmaceutical, biomedical, social, behavioral, administrative, and clinical pharmacy. As research is a cornerstone to the future of the pharmacy profession, our faculty have made a commitment that research be an integral component of the students’ education.  

All applications are due to the COP Research Committee aallen@uams.edu by close of business on March 3rd, 2021

2021 Summer Research Opportunities and locations

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Arkansas Children’s Hospital

• Holly Maples, PharmD
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Pediatric Outpatient Arena

UAMS College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Nukhet Aykin-Burns, PhD
  • Role of IDH2 in mitochondrial metabolism following radiation
• Brendan Frett, PhD
  • Development of Precision Medicine for Oncology
• Ryo Fujiwara, PharmD, PhD
  • Toxicity of synthetic cannabinoids in adolescents
• Darin E. Jones, PhD
  • Pharmacological Modulation of Poly(ADP-ribose) Metabolism

UAMS College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacy Practice

• Lindsey Dayer, PharmD, BCACP and Jacob Painter, MBA, PharmD, PhD
  • Case Series of Outpatient Pain PCA Use
• Rachel Stafford, PharmD, and Lindsey Dayer, PharmD, BCACP
  • Development of Community and Institutional IPPE simulation using MyDispense
• Amy Franks, PharmD and Nalin Payakachat, BPharm, MSc, PhD
  • Requirements for Promotion and/or Tenure at U.S. Schools of Pharmacy
• Lisa C Hutchison, PharmD
  • Survey of Residency Program Directors Perceptions of Resident Research Projects and the Certificate Program
• Megan Smith, PharmD
  • Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Initiative: Evaluating the Initial Year 1 Flip the Pharmacy and Arkansas CPESN