Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
November 24, 2025
UAMS Receives $1.5 Million NCI Grant to Train Next Generation of Cancer Innovators
UAMS has received a $1.5 million National Cancer Institute grant to launch CADET, a new graduate-level certificate program that trains scientists to commercialize cancer-related technologies.
November 19, 2025
UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters
Michael J. Birrer, director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS, was invested as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Nov. 12. The honor recognizes his decades of scientific leadership and pioneering work in gynecologic oncology.
November 10, 2025
Badger Pride Saves Lives: Arkadelphia High FBLA Champions UAMS MammoVan
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter at Arkadelphia High School is marking its seventh year of supporting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) MammoVan, a mobile mammography program that provides lifesaving breast cancer screening to women across the Arkansas. What began as a simple pink T-shirt fundraiser in 2018 has grown…
October 30, 2025
Cancer Institute Researcher Studying Whether Physical Activity Can Help Breast Cancer Survivors Remain in Workforce
Jaimi “Mimi” Allen, Ph.D., is examining the link between physical activity and employment for Arkansas women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Allen, an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, is leading the project, “Explaining the Potential Role of…
October 14, 2025
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Cancer Screenings on Nov. 8
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung cancer screenings on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to noon. Low-dose CT screenings will be given on the third floor of the Cancer Institute located at 449 Jack Stephens Drive in Little Rock. Free parking will be available…
October 10, 2025
Patient Takes Steps to Prevent Breast Cancer
When she was in her 20s, Jennifer Freeman lost her beloved grandmother suddenly and vowed then to double down on her own health care. Unaware of any genetic risk factors, she asked about a mammogram and was told to wait until she was 40.
October 9, 2025
UAMS Partners Card 2025 Expands with More Shops, Locations to Support Cancer Patients
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary Partners Card fundraising campaign is expanding in 2025, with 18 new merchants joining the effort, including, for the first time, retailers in Stuttgart. About 180 shops and restaurants across Central and Northwest Arkansas will offer 20% discounts Oct. 24 through Nov….
September 29, 2025
Gala for Life Shatters Record With $2.7 Million Raised, Honors Jo Smith Legacy
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS raised a record-breaking $2.7 million at its annual Gala for Life, fueling promising cancer research, innovative treatments and outreach for Arkansans statewide.
September 3, 2025
NIH Awards Nearly $5.8 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research on Cancer Treatment Side Effects
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year nearly $5.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue research into the often overlooked side effects of cancer therapies, including radiation and chemotherapy. The $5,737,500 grant awarded by the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds Phase 3…
August 27, 2025
UAMS Graduate Student First in State to Earn Competitive National Cancer Institute Award
Reham Sewilam, a Ph.D. student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School and a trainee of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has become the first graduate student in Arkansas to receive the highly competitive National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award. The six-year fellowship, totaling $500,776,…
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