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College of Health Professions: Research Office

College of Health Professions Research Office

Welcome to the College of Health Professions Research Office. Here you will find all the resources needed for success in your academic endeavors. We hope this research-focused site will augment your efforts in submitting grants, increasing collaboration, and discovering new avenues in research.

Important Links

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Institutional Review Board

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Research Resources

View campus-wide research resources

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Research Calendar

See the research schedule for the college

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Faculty Poster Presentation Abstracts

Use the button below to download the abstracts for the faculty poster presentations happening on April 10, 2026

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Federal Funding Updates from Research and Innovation

Click the button below to view updates from Daniel E. Voth, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, regarding news about federal funding of research.

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Funding Proposal Submission Portal

To help streamline the proposal submission process in the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, we are implementing a funding proposal submission portal for the research community at UAMS. Click the button below to visit the portal.

Benefits of the portal:

  • Single repository for first contact from PIs
  • Simplified, accessible platform for all proposal-related information
  • Standardization of information requested from all PIs
  • Tracking system for receipt of first contact
  • Reduced communication delays

How the portal process will work:

  • PI will enter proposal information into the portal at least 30 to 45 days prior to the sponsor deadline
  • Team member from Research & Sponsored Programs will receive a notification from the portal
  • Team member from Research & Sponsored Programs will assign the proposal to the appropriate person to prepare the proposal
  • Within 2 business days, a team member will provide the PI with a project-specific timeline and PI questionnaire
  • Research & Sponsored Programs team member will then begin the Muse entry and formal proposal collaboration with the PI
  • The proposal timeline must be followed as very few timeline extension requests will be approved

If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to Andi Ham (acham@uams.edu) or Daniel E. Voth (dvoth@uams.edu).

View the Portal

Grant Submission Notification Form

Do you plan to submit a grant proposal soon? Let the associate dean of research know about it at least four weeks before the grant deadline using our online form.

Complete the Form

UAMS Research News

UAMS Investigator Receives $2 Million to Study How Joint Injuries Contribute to Osteoarthritis

LITTLE ROCK — The National Institutes of Health recently awarded more than $2 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study how injuries to the blood vessels within the joints contribute to osteoarthritis development. Sanja Novak, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Physiology and Cell…

NIH Awards UAMS $2.2 Million to Study Ventilator-Assisted Pneumonia

LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award to support a study on ventilator-assisted pneumonia and ways to prevent it in a hospital setting.

Clawson Leads Project Designed to Prevent Youth Nicotine Use in Rural Arkansas

Ashley Clawson, Ph.D., faculty in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, has a goal to help improve the health of Arkansas’ families through addressing youth nicotine use.

UAMS Cancer Institute Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Findings in Prestigious Scientific Journal

A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was recently published in Cell, one of the world’s leading scientific journals, for a promising discovery that may lead to more effective cancer immunotherapies.

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Contact Information

Primary Contacts

General Information
Phone: 501-686-6166
Fax: 501-686-5716
Email: ADResearchCHP@UAMS.edu

Reza Hakkak, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
Professor and Chair, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Email: HakkakReza@UAMS.edu

Kariba Harmon, B.B.A.
Executive Assistant II
Email: KHarmon3@UAMS.edu

Mailing Address

Research Office
College of Health Professions
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham St., Slot 627
Little Rock, AR 72205