Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute


June 5, 2025

Arkansas’ Leading Cancer Researchers Gather at Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Retreat

Marty Trieschmann

Arkansas’ Leading Cancer Researchers Gather at Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Retreat

In a strong showing as the state’s leader in cancer research, the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute hosted its annual research retreat May 7 for scientists across the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Held at the Robinson Center Grand Ballroom in downtown Little Rock, the daylong event served as an opportunity for researchers…


May 22, 2025

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

Marty Trieschmann

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk on Saturday, May 3, in Little Rock. With a total of 1,700 walkers registered from 71 cities and 10 states, the huge crowd circled the War Memorial Stadium’s outdoor course…


May 9, 2025

UAMS Invests Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, in Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology

Andrew Vogler

Webber, Govindarajan and Patterson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, in the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D., Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology…


April 22, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies

Marty Trieschmann

Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D.

Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the research on the process…


April 7, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer, Rison Pharmacy Partner to Host Colon Cancer Screening Event April 17

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer, Rison Pharmacy Partner to Host Colon Cancer Screening Event April 17

Residents of Cleveland County are invited to a colon cancer screening event on Thursday, April 17, in Rison. Patient navigators from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer free take-home colorectal cancer screening kits, as well as information and resources on other recommended cancer screenings….


Looking Toward the Future: Myeloma Center Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Nathan Tidwell

Myeloma Center physicians

The Myeloma Center, located in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has firmly established itself as an international leader in myeloma treatment. From its beginnings in 1989, UAMS’ myeloma program is recognized for detailed patient care, groundbreaking research and pioneering advances in the management of myeloma…


April 3, 2025

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts Fifth ‘Be A Part of the Cure’ Walk on May 3

Marty Trieschmann

Lesley Murphy

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk to support cancer patients, survivors and families at 8 a.m., May 3, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Gates open at 6:30 a.m.


March 31, 2025

NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment

David Robinson

Kevin Raney, Ph.D. (center), is leading exciting new research of unique DNA structures called quadruplexes with his team (l-r): Yu Chen, research assistant, Jun Gao, Ph.D., instructor Kirk West, Ph.D., assistant professor, Farhana Nasrin, Ph.D., assistant staff scientist, and John Marecki, Ph.D., instructor.

LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…


March 28, 2025

24-Year Myeloma Survivor Cites Positive Attitude as Key to Longevity

Nathan Tidwell

Jeff and Leigh Ann Williams.

Jeff Williams maintains a basic approach to living with multiple myeloma. “Get as much exercise as possible,” he said. “I work about a mile from a YMCA. I stay in shape. It has to be a habit. If you go long enough, it will become a habit. Resistance training builds bone density.” Williams, 66, is…


March 19, 2025

UAMS Invests Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., in Inaugural Barlogie Chair for Myeloma Research

Andrew Vogler

Zhan

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., a tenured professor of medicine and the research director of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myeloma Center, in the Dr. Bart Barlogie Chair for Myeloma Research during a March 13 ceremony. Zhan is…



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