Research
December 14, 2023
UAMS Researcher Takes Aim at Drug-Resistant Myeloma
UAMS Myeloma Center researcher Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., has spent his career in search of clues to help fight drug-resistant myeloma. His findings recently led him to establish a translational research project to beat drug-resistant myeloma for his 11-member myeloma research team, based at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. While the…
Expanding the Field: Clinical Trials Diversity Benefits Myeloma Research
Clinical trials have long been an established part of medical research. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center and the Clinical Trials Office work together to create a more diverse pool of clinical trial participants in the continuing research of multiple myeloma. Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., is a driving force in this…
October 23, 2023
Five UAMS Researchers Awarded Grants for Breast Cancer Research
For the 26th year during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP) has awarded funding to kick-start promising breast cancer research projects. Since the passage of the Arkansas Breast Cancer Act in 1997 that created the ABCRP, the Arkansas State Legislature has set aside funds that UAMS invests in novel research…
September 25, 2023
UAMS Division of Research and Innovation Engages Researchers at Orientation and Administrative Showcase
UAMS research faculty got to hear directly from Division of Research and Innovation staff during a fun and informative afternoon that featured brief presentations and concluded with a poster session and reception with drinks and light hors d’oeuvres.
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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