Article Courtesy: Talk Business & Politics
FORT SMITH, AR — National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli expressed her excitement at work and research being conducted by the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education during a tour of its facilities on Monday (Oct. 21).
Bertagnolli’s visit to ACHE was part of an Arkansas tour hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 22).
“I am just thrilled to be able to spend the day learning about this amazing institution, being able to meet with the students and see the incredibly quality of the student body and to be able to view all the resources that are available not only to the students but to the building scientific community here,” Bertagnolli said. The resources provided through ACHE and the administration’s support will allow that scientific community to do “incredible things for the people of Arkansas,” she said.
Included in the tour was a look at the research facilities at the ACHE Research Institute Health and Wellness Center located at the former Golden Living facilities on Fianna Way in Fort Smith. Kyle D. Parker, ACHE President and CEO, said part of why the research center will make a difference in Arkansas is they think differently.
“I want to do research to solve a problem, not to do research for the sake of research,” Parker said. For example, that means those working at the center will look into what neurological impact aircraft being used at the foreign military pilot training center in Fort Smith will have on pilots and how they can reduce that, he said.
“Can we help create, through the incubation programs, g-suits capable of handling the kind of forces that these planes submit on these pilots, giving them more longevity as opposed to potential neurological damage being done?” Parker said. “It’s about figuring out solutions as opposed to just identifying them.”
He said he tells recruits that one of the great advantages of the facility is that it can be molded into what they need for research but that also means they need to think outside the box and come up with the best ways to use the facility.
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