U OF A RECEIVES $1.95 MILLION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TRAINING

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

The U of A will receive $1.95 million over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health to continue preparing undergraduates from across the state for careers as biomedical researchers.

"We don't needa lot of persuasionto convince people to go to medical school," said Feng Wang, the outreach program's project leader and a Distinguished Professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the U of A. "But to improve health and treatment plans,inadditiontohealthcare providers, we need people withPh.D.s."

The program offers undergraduates from schools across the state an opportunity to conduct biomedical research. The federal grant ...