LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 10 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., gives an overview of the workshop and its goals to the students and faculty in attendance.
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June 10, 2026 | Thirty college students from across the country recently gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to learn about one of medicine's most pressing challenges, the opioid crisis.
The "Bench-to-Bedside" workshop, hosted by UAMS' IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)program, gave the students a firsthand look at the science behind addiction and the treatments researchers are developing to fight it.
Shona Ray-Griffith, M.D., ...