Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
August 8, 2023
Harold Dean Named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year
LITTLE ROCK — Harold Dean, MSW, social work program manager for the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year. Dean received the award during the Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference June 19-21 in New Orleans….
August 3, 2023
UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Contributes to Major Ovarian Cancer Discovery; Findings Published in Cell
The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way the disease is treated around the world. The discovery, which identifies a 64-protein-gene signature that can predict primary treatment resistance in patients with high grade…
August 1, 2023
National Cancer Institute Awards UAMS Researchers $2.26 Million to Continue Multiple Myeloma Study
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., and Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., recently received a five-year, $2.26 million continuation award from the National Cancer Institute. Bellido is a professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in the UAMS College of Medicine, while Delgado-Calle is an…
July 31, 2023
UAMS Internship Program Enlists Students in the Fight Against Cancer
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is getting medical students involved in the fight against cancer. For the third summer, UAMS hosted 12 medical students at its main campus in Little Rock for an eight-week internship experience. Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR), the…
July 19, 2023
UAMS Performs 1,000th Gamma Tile Brain Surgery in U.S.
UAMS neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and radiation oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., successfully performed the 1,000th Gamma Tile brain surgery in the United States last month. Gamma Tile is a fairly new surgical procedure in which a thin collagen tile infused with radiation is embedded in the tumor cavity immediately after a brain tumor…
July 18, 2023
UAMS Opens New Radiation Oncology Center; Proton Therapy Coming Soon
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute opened a new Radiation Oncology Center today with expanded capabilities to provide advanced radiation treatments for children and adults with cancer, including the state’s first Proton Center. The $65 million, 58,000-square-foot structure at 3900 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock was built…
July 12, 2023
American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study to Understand Treatment Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
Adam Wolfe, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has received a $583,200 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer, a lethal disease with the highest mortality rate of all cancers. The four-year ACS Clinician Science…
July 7, 2023
Little Rock Subaru Delivers Blankets, Activity Boxes to UAMS Myeloma Center
The Subaru Loves to Care initiative returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) this summer. In partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Subaru of Little Rock delivered 100 blankets and 30 arts and crafts kits to the Myeloma Center on June 21. The blankets are intended to provide comfort for myeloma…
June 8, 2023
Cancer Institute Hosts Annual Celebration of Student Discovery Symposium
The Celebration of Student Discovery Symposium, now in its second year at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, recently brought together 50 top middle and high school science students for a day of hands-on learning with nationally recognized cancer researchers. Students invited to the UAMS symposium distinguished themselves…
May 24, 2023
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Names Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., as Gynecologic Oncology Chief
Board-certified gynecologic oncologist Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is also co-director of cancer services and a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to…
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