Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
November 4, 2026
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Screenings on Saturday, Nov. 14
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung screenings Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon for the fifth annual National Lung Screening Day and Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
October 27, 2026
UAMS Cancer Institute Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Findings in Prestigious Scientific Journal
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was recently published in Cell, one of the world’s leading scientific journals, for a promising discovery that may lead to more effective cancer immunotherapies.
October 26, 2026
Radiation Oncologists Hershel Garner, J.D., M.D., Uwajah Uzomah, M.D., MPH, Join UAMS
Two radiation oncologists, Hershel Garner, M.D., J.D., and Uwajah Uzomah, M.D., MPH, have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and are seeing patients at the UAMS Health Radiation Oncology Center.
October 23, 2026
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Unveils State’s First Lung Screening Fleet
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute announced today the arrival of Arkansas’ first lung cancer screening vans and the launch of an unprecedented statewide effort to reduce the state’s leading cause of cancer death.
October 20, 2026
NIH Awards Fund Promising Cancer Research at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Two researchers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute have received National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards to support studies aimed at better understanding cancer and identifying new methods for prevention and treatment.
October 12, 2026
Annual Gala for Life Raises $1 Million to Advance Cancer Research
The 2026 Gala for Life, themed “Garden of Hope,” raised over $1 million dollars for cancer research at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
September 22, 2026
Hematologist Tamer Hellou, M.D., Joins UAMS Myeloma Center
Hematologist Tamer Hellou, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myeloma Center.
September 4, 2026
Myeloma Patient, Family Credit UAMS for His Improved Outlook
Chris Seab has come a long way since his myeloma diagnosis, and the future looks better every day.
August 31, 2026
VFW Auxiliary Donates $25,000 to UAMS Cancer Research
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute recently received a $25,000 donation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) Auxiliary to support cancer research. As Arkansas’ only academic cancer center, the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute supports groundbreaking research in cancer biology, prevention and population…
August 25, 2026
UAMS Cancer Institute Receives $2.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Pathogens that Lead to Burkitt Lymphoma
A five-year National Institutes of Health grant over $2.3 million will fund researchers at the Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute studying how being infected with a gammaherpesvirus (GHV) and malaria parasite at the same time can lead to endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL).
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