Research
May 7, 2019
Johann Granted $1.47 Million to Continue Cutting-Edge Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
What will lung cancer diagnosis and treatment look like in the future? Look no further than the research happening today at UAMS. “We’re coming into the long-promised ‘future’ of cancer treatment,” said physician-scientist Donald J. Johann Jr., M.D. “For the last 50 years, the holy grail of cancer research has been being able to detect…
April 25, 2019
UAMS Cancer Researcher to Speak at May 16 Event in Hot Springs Village
You are invited to learn about the latest advances in cancer research, treatment and prevention at a free event at 11:30 a.m. May 16 in Hot Springs Village featuring a researcher from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
March 13, 2019
UAMS-led Study Shows Potential to Alter Neck Dissection Surgery by 21 Percent in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
A study led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeon Brendan C. Stack Jr., M.D., has shown the potential to alter neck dissection surgeries in about 21 percent of head and neck cancer patients.
March 11, 2019
Bill Signing Propels UAMS Cancer Institute’s Quest for NCI Designation
With the stroke of a pen, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson brought the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute one step closer to its goal of achieving National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation.
March 6, 2019
UAMS Graduate Student Receives Prestigious NCI Fellowship
A prestigious fellowship from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will allow UAMS Graduate School student Brian Koss to advance his melanoma research.
February 6, 2019
UAMS Researchers, Clinicians and Patients Collaborate to Advance Cancer Research
The past two decades have seen unparalleled advances in cancer therapies. Where patients with many types of cancer were once given a grim prognosis, many now go on to live long and productive lives. These life-extending treatments are undoubtedly blessings for patients and their families, adding years to their time together and offering them the…
February 5, 2019
UAMS Scientists Awarded Grants for Cancer Research
Researchers at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a funding boost thanks to the efforts of two volunteer groups.
November 8, 2018
UAMS Cancer Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop New Cancer Therapies
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received a $604,208 grant to study how an abnormal protein found in ovarian cancer and some brain tumors helps tumors grow. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the three-year grant to Karen Abbott, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAMS College…
May 25, 2018
UAMS Scientist Crooks Honored by Cancer Institute Auxiliary
May 25, 2018 | The process of creating new drug therapies is completely foreign to most people. But for UAMS’ Peter Crooks, Ph.D., D.Sc., it’s just another day at the office.
May 15, 2018
BioVentures fastPace Course Helps Researchers Grasp Business Basics
May 15, 2018 | Even a classroom full of experienced researchers with Ph.D. and medical degrees still found useful things to learn about business during the fastPace course organized by BioVentures. “We enrolled in the class because we thought we had a good idea, but we didn’t really know how to take it to the…
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