Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

By David Robinson

The recent UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries featuring the UAMS Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses was a bad news/great news event for Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., who leads the center.

Smeltzer’s Showcase poster, an overview of the center’s achievements since its 2012 inception, included an impressive list of grant awards by 20 individual researchers that totaled more than $84 million. The bad news was that the numbers were outdated by the day of the event.

The great news was that the numbers were outdated because three new grant notices arrived for center-supported researchers after the poster went to the printer two days before the May 22 showcase.

Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., welcomes attendees to the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries.