UAMS Researcher’s Cat Virus Test Wins $25,000 Governor’s Cup

By David Robinson

A virus test developed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to help prevent a common cat cancer won the top $25,000 prize at the Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition.

Shana Owens, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, invented the test as her project in the UAMS Translational Research Institute’s Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) Training Program.

The program, conducted in partnership with the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business, provides two years of training to postdoctoral fellows selected through a competitive application process.

https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/14/uams-researchers-cat-virus-test-wins-25000-governors-cup/

Shana Owens, Ph.D., presented her research during the UAMS Translational Research Institute's recent Research Day. Image by Mark Mathews