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TRAINING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

Training and Education Opportunities

Learn more about training and education opportunities for members.

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Forum Series

Forum Seminar Series

The Forum seminar series brings in nationally known speakers to present on basic or translational cancer research projects.

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About Us

The cancer research training and education core of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will integrate cancer training and education of biomedical researchers and community health care professionals into programmatic efforts to enhance the scientific mission and potential of the Cancer Institute while enriching the careers of its members and working with the community to foster future scientific leaders.

Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities (GMaP)

Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities (GMaP) Region 2 is a federally funded program to support underrepresented scholars (NIH definition) pursuing cancer research and all scholars pursuing Cancer Health disparities research.  Awards are for up to $2,000 and eligible candidates include ESI junior faculty, post-docs, graduate students, medical students.

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Awards and Announcements

The cancer research training and education core’s award and other announcements.

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Pathways Academy

Cancer Research Training and Education in collaboration with the DEI Pathways Program created cancer specific modules to teach to students across Arkansas. Dr. Tom Kelly, Associate Director for Research Training and Education, and Katina White, Education Curriculum Coordinator for DEI and the Pathways Program, are seen here presenting the modules to students at Pine Bluff High on January 21, 2023. 

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UAMS Internship Program Enlists Students in the Fight Against Cancer

The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is getting medical students involved in the fight against cancer. For the third summer, UAMS hosted 12 medical students at its main campus in Little Rock for an eight-week internship experience. Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR), the…

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high school students on tour in the UAMS Proteomics Lab

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…

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Summer interns at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

UAMS Internship Program Inspires Next Generation of Cancer Researchers

When asked what he did this summer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Wyatt D’Spain gives a rather unusual response. “I learned how to grow a tumor in a flask, infect it with a virus and reassess how it affected the tumor’s viability,” he said. D’Spain’s summer project was conducted safely under…

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Cancer Institute Director Michael Birrer and a student

Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Celebrates Student Research at Symposium

The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute held its first Celebration of Student Discovery Symposium April 14 for over 30 students, teachers, and some family members from Little Rock Central High School and LISA Academy West interested in cancer research. Students who won or placed in the regional and state science fairs were invited to…

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