The 2017 Susan G. Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 in Downtown Little Rock, between Capitol and Fourth Streets.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series is the world’s largest, most successful fundraising and education event for breast cancer. The race series includes more than 140 events on four continents, with over one million participants coming together every year to take part in the fight against breast cancer.
A nationally funded research center, that was created to help the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grow its research enterprise, has helped UAMS researchers successfully compete for grants totaling more than $100 million in just 13 years.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that it will reorganize several units into a new Office of Security, Compliance and Integrity as part of an effort to strengthen the agency’s internal integrity and controls, and bolster its ability to find, and fight, fraud. The new office will report to David Sterling, Senior Legal Advisor and Chief Counsel at DHS.
Five-year-old Lilly Johnson may dream of going to Madagascar, but on a recent sunny Saturday, she was happy to enjoy some wild animals a little closer to home.
A $50,000 grant from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance (OCRFA) will allow the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to expand its support services to women with gynecological cancers.
The one-time grant provides resources to bring OCRFA’s Woman to Woman support program to the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The program pairs newly diagnosed patients with specially trained survivor volunteers who provide one-on-one support and mentoring.
