UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
September 1, 2016
Radiation Effects Expert Martin Hauer-Jensen Invested in J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology
Sept. 1, 2016 | The family of the late William E. “Bill” Clark has given $300,000 to establish a distinguished endowed chair in honor of J. Thomas May in which world-renowned radiation effects expert Martin Hauer-Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., was invested Aug. 29 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Hauer-Jensen, a professor of…
May 11, 2016
Donna Gullette Named Outstanding UAMS Woman Faculty Member
May 11, 2016 | Donna Gullette, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., associate dean for practice and professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, received the 2016 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the UAMS Women’s Faculty Development Caucus. Gullette, who is also director of the college’s Master of Nursing Science (M.N.Sc.) program, was recognized April 28 at the caucus’…
March 30, 2016
UAMS Researchers Help Uncover Possible Sex Determinant in Mammals
March 30, 2016 | A group of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) helped discover a new molecular “earmark” on DNA that may determine the sex of all mammals. The sex of human and all mammalian babies may be determined by a simple earmarking of an ancient virus that inserted itself…
March 28, 2016
Now Cancer-Free, Nurse Regrets Skipping Colonoscopy
March 28, 2016 | As a nurse, Beverly Seaberg spends her time at work caring for patients. As a wife and mother, she also makes sure her husband, John, and two daughters, Cori and Caroline receive the best health care possible. Seaberg, 58, is an R.N. in the Quality Management department at UAMS. She has…
March 17, 2016
Ten-year-old Donates Birthday Money to Cancer Institute
March 17, 2016 | Ten years ago, Lennon Tusieseina had just entered the world. Meanwhile, a team of doctors at UAMS was saving his grandfather’s life. Earlier this year, they saved his uncle, too. Lennon wanted to give something back. Toting a jar one-third his size stuffed with dollar bills, 10-year-old Lennon recently took his…
March 11, 2016
Friends of UAMS – Jonesboro Meets at Rotary Club
March 11, 2016 | More than 125 business and community leaders and members of the Rotary Club of Jonesboro enjoyed an afternoon of food and conversation March 8, during the second gathering of the Friends of UAMS – Jonesboro Chapter. The noontime event was held during the rotary club’s weekly meeting at the St. Bernards…
February 18, 2016
Cancer Program Focuses on State’s Cancer Disparity Rates
Feb. 18, 2016 | Joseph Su, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., have a big job ahead of them. As co-directors of the Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences (CPPS) program in UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, they are working to solve the problem of cancer disparity in Arkansas. According to the Centers for…
January 29, 2016
Three Grants Presented to UAMS Cancer Researchers
Jan. 29, 2016 | Three UAMS scientists recently received start-up grants to advance their cancer research. The three grants of $10,000 each were presented to investigators at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute by the Envoys, a volunteer advocacy group of the Cancer Institute Foundation, during their “Doctor is In” reception and research poster…
December 4, 2015
UAMS Becomes Home to Cancer Imaging Archive for NCI
Dec. 4, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become home to The Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with the transfer to UAMS of more than 40 terabytes of data from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St. Louis. “Through the archive, UAMS has important linkages…
November 25, 2015
Sports Broadcaster Shares Family’s Alzheimer’s Struggle
Nov. 25, 2015 | Looking back, his dad having a mini-stroke in 1995 while visiting him at a golf tournament was a harbinger of things to come, said CBS Sports commentator Jim Nantz. That stroke, together with other similar episodes of mini-strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), led to an eventual diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…
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