Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
May 5, 2023
UAMS CLIMB Leads Kids Out of Cancer Isolation
On a recent Wednesday night, five children ages 7 to 11 came together to draw pictures, play and talk. This wasn’t an after-school event or an arranged playdate. Instead, the gathering was a unique support group called CLIMB, a program at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute for children coping with a parent or…
April 26, 2023
UAMS Cancer Researcher Hong-yu Li, Ph.D., Awarded $3.19 Million NCI Grant for Drug Development
LITTLE ROCK — Hong-yu Li, Ph.D., a researcher with the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently received a five-year, $3.19 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to work toward advancing therapeutic treatments for certain types of cancer. Li is the Helen Adams and Arkansas…
April 25, 2023
Myeloma Center Social Worker Receives Prestigious Certification
Jael Hastings, MSW, LCSW, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center oncology social worker, recently reached a major career milestone, earning her Oncology Social Worker – Certified (OSW-C) certification. “When I learned that I had obtained the OSW-C certification I was very excited,” Hastings said. “My supervisor, Harold Dean, shared information about…
April 17, 2023
2023 Seeds of Science Awards Support Promising Cancer Research
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute awarded $850,000 in grants to 15 cancer researchers through Seeds of Science, the Institute’s intramural funding program. The long-standing program provides support for promising cancer research in its early stages, as well as studies that unite teams of researchers to tackle the most pressing issues related to cancer…
April 7, 2023
“I Have More Compassion for Patients,” Says UAMS Nurse and Colon Cancer Survivor
John Reed, RN, is on the front lines of cancer. As a nurse in the UAMS Endoscopy Lab, he spends about 50 weeks a year helping patients through colon cancer screening procedures, mainly colonoscopies. But after a routine doctor’s appointment in 2020, Reed became the patient. “I felt fine, but my iron levels were really…
April 4, 2023
UAMS, Baptist Health Announce Leadership Promotions to Support Growing Cancer Network
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) appointed two UAMS oncologists to new leadership positions to support the growth of UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Centers planned across the state. The cancer centers are part of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer network, a collaboration between the two healthcare…
March 24, 2023
From Alaska to Arkansas: A Cancer Survivor’s Journey
For throat cancer survivor Shalonda Michelle, there are exactly 3,815 miles between being sick and being healthy. It’s the distance between Fairbanks, Alaska, where her medical journey began, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, where she finally found healing. Michelle’s harrowing experience began in 2010. She was…
March 10, 2023
UAMS Contributes to Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Clinical Trial
The long-awaited results of a 10-year lung cancer clinical trial that UAMS contributed to were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UAMS was one of 83 centers in the United States, Canada and Australia that participated in the National Cancer Institute-funded trial that showed patients with early-stage lung cancer can be treated…
March 7, 2023
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., Named Chief of UAMS Hematology and Oncology Division
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Govindarajan, who is also a professor in the division, will lead a growing team of physicians treating patients with benign and malignant…
February 23, 2023
Little Rock Central Basketball Teams Host Pink Out to Support Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
It was a sea of pink at Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) on Feb. 10 for the Tigers first pink out to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. All of the school’s basketball players wore bright pink T-shirts with the school logo over their jerseys and pink socks. Cheerleaders carried ruffled pink…
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