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Research at UAMS

Research at UAMS is key to scientific/medical innovation in Arkansas. Our basic and clinician scientists transcribe cutting-edge research findings into methods for identification, prevention, and treatment of disease to help advance the health of people in Arkansas.

College of Pharmacy Research

College of Pharmacy researchers work with the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, along with other national/international agencies and foundations to advance biomedical research into drug development, benefits and risks of dietary supplements, the treatment and side effects of cancer, and many other research areas. These research efforts have resulted in many patent applications and small companies.

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Affiliated Faculty

  • Rachel Stafford, Pharm.D.
  • Nalin Payakachat, Ph.D.
  • Taren Swindle, Ph.D.
  • Tiffany Haynes, Ph.D.
  • Eva Woodward, Ph.D.

News & Announcements

UAMS Begins Final Study of First Rapid Test for Acetaminophen Toxicity with $3.2 Million Grant

LITTLE ROCK —The first rapid diagnostic test for acetaminophen toxicity has cleared a major hurdle on its long road to the marketplace from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The test’s inventors, UAMS’ Laura James, M.D., Jack Hinson, Ph.D., and Dean Roberts, Ph.D., received a three-year, $3.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

ARresearch Study Participants Celebrated on Clinical Trials Day

As part of today’s international Clinical Trials Day 2022, research leaders saluted the more than 8,400 Arkansas volunteers in the ARresearch registry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “We have had an incredible response from people in all 75 counties who want to be part of our research,” said Jean McSweeney, Ph.D.,…

UAMS Study Found Large Segment of Arkansans Still Susceptible to COVID-19 in Late 2020, 2021

LITTLE ROCK — A team of scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) carried out an eight-month seroprevalence survey that found 85% of the state’s population was still susceptible to the virus in late 2020. This project – which the Public Library of Science ONE recently published – focused on the number…

UAMS Infectious Disease Researchers Awarded $5.7 Million COBRE Grant Extension

LITTLE ROCK — The National Institute of General Medical Sciences within the National Institutes of Health awarded an additional $5.7 million, five-year grant to fund the third and final phase of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences program that supports infectious disease research. This final phase of the Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)…

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