UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Invites Public to June 10 Town Hall in Texarkana
| The public is invited to a town hall meeting featuring community outreach and education programs on cancer at noon, Tuesday, June 10, at Sandflat Glendale Shannon Neighborhood Center located at 209 E. 14th Street in Texarkana, Arkansas.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is holding the event to share information with area residents about the Institute’s outreach services, including access to a large number of cancer clinical trials to treat more than 15 types of cancer.
Lunch will be provided for the first 50 people in attendance. No preregistration is required.
The town hall is open to anyone interested in learning more about the Cancer Institute’s statewide patient navigation and outreach services, extensive cancer research and clinical trials programs.
Dan Dixon, Ph.D., associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement for the Cancer Institute, will lead the event that will include a series of short presentations highlighting the institute’s clinical trials program.
“Bringing the latest cancer treatments to the communities of Arkansas is central to the mission of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute,” he said. “The goal of this town hall meeting is to provide community members with knowledge and opportunities to participate in clinical trials.”
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is Arkansas’ only academic cancer research center with more than 150 scientists actively researching high priority cancers affecting Arkansans. In addition to a statewide outreach and engagement program and the largest cancer clinical trials program in the state, UAMS is home to the state’s only bone marrow transplant program and the world-renowned Myeloma Center.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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