Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute


October 23, 2026

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Unveils State’s First Lung Screening Fleet

Katie Fite

UAMS Mobile Lung Screening Van

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

Katie Fite

Brian Koss, Ph.D., and Joonas Jämsén, Ph.D.

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

Katie Fite

Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., speaks at the 2026 Gala for Life

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

Nathan Tidwell

Tamer Hellou

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

Nathan Tidwell

Chris and Liz Seab

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

Katie Fite

Karlene Beams, Lois Callahan, and Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. with donation check

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

Katie Fite

Craig Forrest, Ph.D.

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).


August 19, 2026

UAMS Cancer Institute Awards 4 Researchers with Grants for Breast Cancer Research

Katie Fite

ABCRP Awardees

The Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP), a statewide fund administered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has awarded $400,000 in grants to support research focused on improving prevention, detection, and treatment options to ultimately alleviate the burden of breast cancer.


August 17, 2026

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Researchers’ Blood Cancer Therapy Discovery Published in Top Journal

Katie Fite

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Building

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute made a breakthrough while studying a new therapeutic strategy for blood cancer that may lead to better future treatment options.


August 13, 2026

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Host Aug. 20 Town Hall in Blytheville

Katie Fite

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Building

The public is invited to a community town hall meeting on cancer clinical trials, as well as prevention and screening at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at Arkansas Northeastern College, 2501 S. Division St., in the John Sullins Building, Room A101, in Blytheville.



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