May 4, 2021

Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA, Named Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA

LITTLE ROCK — Pearl McElfish, Ph.D., MBA, has been named associate director of community outreach and engagement at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). McElfish’s position will involve creating a state-wide community network to support rural and minority communities for cancer prevention, education, navigation to treatment…


April 6, 2021

UAMS Researchers Named Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar, Fellow

Susan Van Dusen

Edward T.H. Yeh, M.D., (left) and Alan Tackett, Ph.D., have been honored by the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA). The group named Yeh an ARA Scholar and Tackett an ARA Fellow.

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced today that two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be joining their ranks.


April 5, 2021

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Unveils New Breast Center

Susan Van Dusen

Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., (left) shows off the new UAMS Breast Center to Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA; Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D.; Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D.; and other staff at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

LITTLE ROCK — A spacious new center offering comprehensive breast imaging services opened today in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


March 24, 2021

Four UAMS Cancer Institute Scientists Receive Research Grants

Susan Van Dusen

Seeds of Science grant awardees

Four researchers at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a funding boost thanks to newly awarded $50,000 grants, which were announced in a virtual ceremony March 11. Presented annually since 2009, the Seeds of Science pilot grant awards assist cancer researchers in collecting data and developing projects that have the potential to result…


February 10, 2021

Tackett Named Deputy Director of UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

Cancer researcher Alan Tackett, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

LITTLE ROCK — Cancer researcher Alan Tackett, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


December 14, 2020

UAMS to Offer Free Online Smoking Cessation Class

Susan Van Dusen

smoking cessation clip art

Start the new year tobacco free with help from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A series of six free, weekly online classes titled Quit & Stay Quit Mondays will begin at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 4. Individual goal-setting consultations also are available for anyone who desires to quit smoking.


December 9, 2020

Radiation Oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

Richard L. Crownover, M.D.

Radiation oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center and specializes in the treatment of gynecological cancers, breast cancer and sarcoma.


November 30, 2020

Fellowship-Trained Surgical Oncologist Michail Mavros, M.D., Joins UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

Michail Mavros, M.D.

Michail Mavros, M.D., a fellowship-trained surgical oncologist who specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients in the Surgical Oncology Clinic at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.


November 5, 2020

UAMS-UA Fayetteville Host Joint Cancer Research Retreat

Susan Van Dusen

Cancer Retreat Zoom image

More than 160 scientists gathered online Oct. 30 for the first-ever UAMS – UA Fayetteville Collaborative Cancer Research Retreat.


November 3, 2020

UAMS Lung Cancer Screening Program Teams up with MammoVan

Susan Van Dusen

Chaunacy McRae

For more than 10 years, women across Arkansas have relied on the UAMS MammoVan for their annual screening mammograms. Now, as the mobile mammography unit rolls across the state, it also will offer patients in designated counties the chance to schedule another important screening — lung cancer.



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