Education and Training
September 27, 2022
UAMS Internship Program Inspires Next Generation of Cancer Researchers
When asked what he did this summer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Wyatt D’Spain gives a rather unusual response. “I learned how to grow a tumor in a flask, infect it with a virus and reassess how it affected the tumor’s viability,” he said. D’Spain’s summer project was conducted safely under…
May 3, 2022
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Celebrates Student Research at Symposium
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute held its first Celebration of Student Discovery Symposium April 14 for over 30 students, teachers, and some family members from Little Rock Central High School and LISA Academy West interested in cancer research. Students who won or placed in the regional and state science fairs were invited to…
March 16, 2022
Study Puts More Than 50 UAMS Faculty Among Top 2% of Influential Researchers
LITTLE ROCK — A study by Stanford University lists over 50 current and retired UAMS faculty among the top 2% of most influential researchers. The study is based on an analysis of Scopus, the largest database of peer-reviewed research literature. To determine the most influential researchers, the study authors used a combination of citation metrics…
March 2, 2022
High School Student Earns Spot on UAMS Research Team
When a UAMS Parkinson’s disease research project needed someone with machine learning expertise, Fred Prior, Ph.D., asked Anu Iyer if she would be interested. It would have been a routine invitation among researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), but Iyer is a junior at Little Rock’s Central High School. Prior, Iyer’s…
January 18, 2022
UAMS Webinar to Highlight New HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research will host a public webinar, “Getting Back on Track After the Impact of COVID-19: HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening Guideline Updates,” on Friday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. In addition to new recommended screening guidelines by the American Cancer…
January 6, 2022
Kirk West, Ph.D., Receives American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kirk West, Ph.D., a Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute researcher, is the first UAMS scientist to be awarded the prestigious American Cancer Society (ACS) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Only 14% of ACS fellowships are funded from a nationwide pool of applicants. The three-year fellowship will help fund West’s research on the role of LC8-TLK1/2 axis in the…
December 2, 2021
Ashley County Cares Donations to UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Near $500,000
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $36,000 in additional funding from nonprofit Ashley County Cares (ACC) to further the institute’s statewide cancer prevention, treatment and research programs. The donation, presented Nov. 18 by Ashley County Cares co-directors Donna Shields and Bernice Nelms to Michael J….
November 15, 2021
Pioneering Researcher Returns to UAMS Myeloma Center
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Ph.D., has rejoined the Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a principal staff scientist and professor of medicine. “It feels great to be back,” said Shaughnessy, whose research is focused on developing new targeted therapies for multiple myeloma,…
October 28, 2021
UAMS Researchers See 12% Increase in Grant Funding for FY2021
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliate research institutions saw research funding grow by 12.2% this past year, with $177.4 million in grants by the end of the fiscal year on June 30. It is the second consecutive year with double-digit increases in research funding that comes from…
July 6, 2021
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts First Summer Research Intensive for Medical Students
New discoveries in cancer treatment might come from 24-year-old Nadia Safar, one of 12 UAMS medical students participating in the state’s first and only undergraduate cancer research program at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
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