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The UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) provides services and resources to ensure the swift translation of research into health care advances. This support is available to all UAMS researchers at the UAMS campus in Little Rock, the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute in Little Rock, and the Central Arkansas Veteran’s Healthcare System in Little Rock and North Little Rock. TRI is supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
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TRI Study of the Month
Principal Investigator: Nishank Jain, M.D., associate professor, UAMS College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology; TRI KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Scholar Summary: An investigator-initiated study analyzing blood samples of adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), adults with kidney transplants, and healthy adults to understand the interactions between platelets and leukocytes […]
Read moreThe TRIbune Is Here!
In this issue of The TRIbune, we highlight the latest clinical trial success led by Stacie Jones, M.D., and Amy Scurlock, M.D., UAMS researchers at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute. Their decades-long research careers have included consequential collaborations in national clinical trials of new treatments for food allergies. Their work shows how clinical trials can benefit Arkansans, […]
Read moreTranslational Research vs. Translational Science – What’s the Difference?
The terms translational research and translational science have been used interchangeably for more than a decade, but that’s changing across Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)-funded institutions, including TRI. Driving the transformation is the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), which funds the CTSA program. Beginning in July of 2024, TRI supported awardees […]
Read moreThe TRIbune Is Here!
In this issue of The TRIbune, we feature a notable achievement led by Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA, and Krista Langston, MBA, that is improving the pay of community health workers. They successfully established a career ladder program in 2023 that raises salaries with additional training, certifications, as well as an opportunity to obtain college credit. Community health workers […]
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