Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP)

Program Overview

In 1997, through Act 434, The Arkansas Breast Cancer Act, the Arkansas General Assembly authorized monies to, “support research efforts into the cause, cure, treatment, earlier detection and prevention of breast cancer,” through the creation of the Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP). The goal of ABCRP is to fund research that supports the mission of ABCRP, as defined above, and complements federally funded research.

Each year, the program funds up to 3, two-year $50,000 pilot awards and one, two-year $250,000 investigator award.

Fiscal Year 2027 Award Winners

Amit K. Tiwari, Ph.D., DABT

Investigator ($250,000) Awardee

"Drp1-Targeted Immunogenic Cell Death to Overcome Chemoresistant TNBC"

Donald J. Johann Jr., M.D., M.Sc., FACP

Pilot ($50,000) Awardee

"Approaching Virtual Clinical Trials by Unlocking Archival FFPE Breast Cancer Specimens: Demonstration of Analytical Validity"

Zhiqiang Qin, M.D., Ph.D.

Pilot ($50,000) Awardee

"Identification of SPG21 as a New Oncogene in Triple Negative Breast Cancer"

Shelbie D. Stahr, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Pilot ($50,000) Awardee

"Environmental Metal Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk: Integrating Geospatial and Biomarker-Based Assessment in Arkansas Women"