Robert McGehee Jr.

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Graduate School Program Gives Undergraduates a Chance to Explore Research

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By Nathan Tidwell

For many undergraduate students, research isn’t an area they often get to experience. The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Arkansas of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) offers that opportunity.

SURP is a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded effort sponsored by the UAMS Graduate School.

Program co-directors are:

  • Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., dean emeritus of the Graduate School, distinguished professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and executive director of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute

  • Billy Thomas, M.D., professor and neonatologist in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics

Eleven students from six different colleges and universities were chosen for this year’s program, which ran from May 20-July 19.

Graduate School Program Gives Undergraduates a Chance to Explore Research

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UAMS Students Shine in Student Research Day Presentations

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By Nathan Tidwell

Graduate and professional students, post doctorate fellows, and medical house staff presented research to faculty and peers during Student Research Day at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Nobel Prize winner Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., spoke as part of the Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research.

A concurrent Student Research Day was held at the Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville for the second consecutive year.

In addition to the Mello presentation, the March 5 event, held at the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building, consisted of two research project presentation poster sessions, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and awards in various categories. More than 250 posters were submitted, with all five colleges and the Graduate School represented between the two participating campuses.

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Student Research Day Continues to Grow with Inclusion of Northwest Campus

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By Andrew Vogler

Graduate and professional students, postdoctoral researchers, medical staff and fellows presented their research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Student Research Day, a university-wide event hosted by the Division of Research and Innovation, Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, the Northwest Regional Campus and Academic Senate.

Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health, was present to view projects at Student Research Day.Andrew Vogler

This year’s event was the first in which the Northwest Regional Campus facilitated participation for its students. Participants at the Fayetteville campus and those unable to attend the event in person were able to view the event’s activities remotely.

“Student Research Day has always been one of my favorite events over the years — it not only provides a showcase for our students to let everyone see the work that they have been pursuing but also highlights the remarkable faculty who mentor them,” said Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School and distinguished professor in the Department of Pediatrics. “The breadth of the projects is also amazing, literally from the frontlines of community-based research projects to the most minute changes in genetic signaling.”

https://news.uams.edu/2023/03/27/student-research-day-continues-to-grow-with-inclusion-of-northwest-campus/