By Linda Haymes March 18, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A five-year, $1.47 million National Cancer Institute grant has been awarded to researcher Justin Leung, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study DNA repair. Leung’s project is a collaboration with Robert Eoff, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and […]
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UAMS’s Justin Leung, Ph.D., Receives $792,000 American Cancer Society Grant to Study DNA Repair Mechanisms
By Spencer Watson Feb. 9, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A four-year, $792,000 American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant has been awarded to researcher Justin Leung, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study DNA repair mechanisms. “Understanding the molecular processes of DNA repair can help both better diagnose cancer and to […]
Four UAMS Researchers Receive Inaugural Provost’s Innovator Awards
Jan. 29, 2021 | By David Robinson The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today announced four UAMS faculty as recipients of the inaugural Provost’s Innovator Awards. Established by the Office of the Provost and the Division of Research and Innovation, the grants of $25,000 each support groundbreaking, innovative, high-impact projects that are likely to establish new clinical […]
RRS GRID, Lattice, FLAS and Microbeam working Group published a FOCUS issue in Radiation Research, the official journal of the Radiation Research Society (RRS).
RRS GRID, Lattice, FLAS and Microbeam working Group published a FOCUS issue in Radiation Research, the official journal of the Radiation Research Society (RRS). Dr. Robert Griffin, Chairperson of Biology for the working group was a guest editor and has a special introduction in the latest issue of the Radiation Research Journal. This journal is […]
Radiation Oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
By Susan Van Dusen Dec. 9, 2020 | 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. Board-certified in therapeutic radiology by the American Board of Radiology, Crownover […]
ASTRO announces 2020 elections results
Congratulations to the following newly elected members of ASTRO’s Board of Directors: President-elect Geraldine Jacobson, M.D., MBA, MPH, FASTRO, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia; Clinical Affairs and Quality Council Vice-chair Eric Ford, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle; Education Council Vice-chair Beth Erickson, M.D., FASTRO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Government Relations […]
UAMS Radiation Oncology Residency Program Receives Full 10-Year Accreditation
By Amy Widner The Radiation Oncology Residency program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received full 10-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. When efforts to launch the program began in 2017, there was no residency training for radiation oncology in the state, and Arkansas was one of the […]
Global Insights
Dr. Arpan Prabhu, a Radiation Oncology resident, was interviewed in an article published in Medscape en Español that discusses the growing online presence of physicians, as well as patient reviews, around the world. The article, translated as “Can the opinions of patients on the internet be worth more than professional merits?” highlighted Dr. Prabhu’s previously […]
Findings on DNA Damage Repair Published by UAMS Cancer Researcher
View Larger Image A UAMS research team led by Justin Leung, Ph.D., (pictured front) was published in the journal Nature Communications. Co-authors of the study are Jessica Kelliher, B.S., (left) and Kirk West, Ph.D. Findings on DNA Damage Repair Published by UAMS Cancer Researcher By Susan Van Dusen June 3, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK — A […]
New Paper Published
Members of Dr. Justin Leung’s lab, Jessica Kelliher and Kirk West, have published their paper. Their work: “Histone H2A variants alpha1-extension helix directs RNF168-mediated ubiquitination” has been published in the “Nature Communications” journal. The article can be found HERE Congratulations to Jessica and Kirk for the publication.