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: UAMS Faces Obstacles in its Efforts to Save Proton Center of Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK — While the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is working to save the Proton Center of Arkansas (PIA) from closure, numerous obstacles continue to imperil the operation, said UAMS Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, M.D.

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Subaru of Little Rock, Blood Cancer United Show Support for UAMS Blood Cancer Patients

Subaru of Little Rock and Blood Cancer United continued their long-standing collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute with donations for patients undergoing blood cancer treatment.

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Be A Part of the Cure Walk Raises More Than $500,000 for Cancer Research

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the sixth annual Be A Part of the Cure Walk on Saturday, May 2, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

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UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Receives $200,000 Grant from Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $200,000 grant from the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Radiation Oncology Center. The grant will go to the purchase and installation of the Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic System. The medical equipment and software combine surface and…

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Majid Asgari, Yamin Meng

Behind the Scenes

Majid Asgari, Ph.D. Majid Asgari, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. He earned his doctorate in medical biotechnology from the Pasteur Institute of Iran in 2021 and joined the UAMS Myeloma Center in 2024 in the lab of research director Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D. His…

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