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Graduate School Recognizes New Ph.D. Candidates
Graduate School students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated a major step in their pursuit of a doctoral degree during a recent research induction ceremony. Students were presented with white coats at the Sept. 8 event in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens…
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UAMS Graduate Student First in State to Earn Competitive National Cancer Institute Award
Reham Sewilam, a Ph.D. student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School and a trainee of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has become the first graduate student in Arkansas to receive the highly competitive National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award. The six-year fellowship, totaling $500,776,…
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UAMS M.D./Ph.D. Student Receives Fellowship Award from National Cancer Institute
Sydnye Shuttleworth, a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and an affiliate trainee member of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship award for aspiring physician-scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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Undergraduate Researchers Gather at UAMS for Summer Symposium
Students from 36 colleges and universities along with eight high schools across the United States presented research during the 12th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The event, held July 23 at the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building, was organized and sponsored by the UAMS College of…
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Welcome to the UAMS Graduate School, home to several graduate programs leading to Graduate Certificates, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. We are excited about our new and restructured basic science program, the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences (GPIBS), that after completing a common core curriculum, allows students to select among seven different tracks that include Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology, Microbiology and Immunology, Neuroscience, Pathobiology, or Pharmacology-Toxicology and Experimental Therapeutics. In addition to GPIBS, we also have graduate programs Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Clinical Nutrition, Clinical and Translational Sciences, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Prevention Research, Health Systems and Services Research, Implementation Science, Nursing Science, Pharmaceutical Science, and Regulatory Science.