NIH AWARDS UAMS $2.2 MILLION TO STUDY VENTILATOR-ASSISTED PNEUMONIA

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 8 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:

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Clay Jackson-Litteken, Ph.D.

Nov. 4, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK - A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award to support a study on ventilator-assisted pneumonia and ways to prevent it in a hospital setting.

"Ventilator-assisted pneumonia affects a significant proportion of people on ventilators," said Clay Jackson-Litteken, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the principal investigator for the five-year study. "Importantly, many of these infections are caused by ...