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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is teaming up with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Research Institute to do something that's never been done before in the state: study the effects of secondhand smoke on minorities.
TheConnect Arkansas Research Scholars (CARS) program is part of the state's Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, and its goal is "to assist with preventing, treating, and curing minority health and tobacco-related health issues, including cancer and cardiovascular disease," per a press release.
The CARS team is made up of researchers from UAPB, UAMS, and ACRI, and it recently held a " roundtable team introductions" event at UAPB to discuss its partnership with the other two institutions.
"The concept of collaboration between Arkansas institutions goes back for many years," says Mansour Mortazavi, UAPB's vice chancellor for research and professor of Quantum Optics.
"Now, with the CARS program, we are excited to have teams of scientists from Arkansas institutions who are connecting for the advancement of research and education for the benefit of humanity."
Among the projects the team is working on: studying the effect of secondhand smoke on the body's epithelial cells, which are involved in the fight against cancer
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