UAMS Gets $11.5M Grant to Expand Maternal Health Research

UAMS institute to acquire $11.7M National Institutes of Health grant for maternal health research | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The National Institutes of Health's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence has awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences a five-year, $11.7 million grant that it will use to establish a maternal health research center, university officials announced Monday.

UAMS Gets $11.5M Grant to Expand Maternal Health Research

The UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation will expand research for maternal health in Arkansas with support from a five-year, $11.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence. In a news release, UAMS said the funds will establish the Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence research center. The research center will focus on training and supporting new researchers who deve…