Welcome to the Division of Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

The Vice Chancellor for Research is responsible for supporting and enhancing research across all colleges including the College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, College of Public Health and College of Health Related Professions. In broad terms, the Vice Chancellor for Research provides leadership in formulating and carrying out strategies to expand campus-wide research and collaborative activity.

The various offices in the Division of Research include:

• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
  - Suzanne Alstadt, M.P.A., CRA, Director; Rebecca Nickleson, CRA, Assistant Director
  
  
• Institutional Review Board
  - Jennifer Sharp, J.D., Director; Beth Scanlan, M.A.P., Assistant Director
  
  
• Research Support Center
  - Tom Wells, M.D., Director; Carole Hamon, Associate Director; Julia Washam, Associate Director
  
  
• BioVentures
  - Michael Douglas, Ph.D., Director
  
  

Additionally, the UAMS Research Committee (URC), which includes research faculty members from all UAMS colleges, meets monthly to discuss research policy, processes, and strategic planning, grant submission, and collaborative research.

The success of UAMS faculty members in obtaining American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds has also fueled the campus research enterprise substantially for the foreseeable future.

Check out the exciting work our research faculty members are doing in the new Arkansas Research in Medicine (ARM) videos where exciting advances are described in plain language.

                                    Best regards,

                                            
                                              Larry Cornett, Ph.D.
                                                 Vice Chancellor for Research