Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
Sep 16, 2024
On Aug. 28, Michael Rao, Ph.D., VCU president and chair of VCU Health System Authority, looked across a crowded conference room and applauded VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center’s five decades of positive impact upon cancer outcomes and disparities in the Commonwealth and beyond. “This is our 50t...
Research, Center News & Funding
Aug 08, 2024
A scientist at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded more than $2.7 million in grant funding to evaluate the effectiveness of a new targeted drug in treating the most common type of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., where approximately 80-85% of ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control
Aug 05, 2024
A retired firefighter takes on the battle of a lifetime with the support of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, reminding others that there’s hope “even in your darkest moments.” Greg Leitz is no stranger to battling adverse circumstances. He fought hundreds of fires during his 20-year tenure wi...
Research, Center News & Funding
Aug 05, 2024
Moriah Bellissimo, Ph.D., R.D., a former T32 fellow at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and postdoctoral fellow at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, has received a Career Transition Award from Susan G. Komen in support of her project “Physical Activity to Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Morbidity...
Center News & Funding, Research
Jul 22, 2024
As one of just two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Virginia, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is at the forefront of the nation’s cancer research efforts. As Massey celebrates 50 years of fueling innovation in cancer research, scientists at Massey continue to conduct cutting-edg...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control
Jul 09, 2024
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center took its community-centered approach to research and clinical care to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture (ESSENCE Fest), held July 4-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as the largest African American culture and music event in the United States, ESSENC...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control, Clinical
Jun 21, 2024
Christine Wilson described what life with cancer was like in the not-so-distant past — the years prior to the 1970s — when a diagnosis often silenced patients. “The notion of advocacy did not exist at that point. The notion was that cancer was an incurable disease,” said Wilson, the vice presiden...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Clinical, Research, Prevention & Control
Jun 14, 2024
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center placed its reputation as an international leader for cutting-edge cancer care and clinical research on display at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 31 - June 4. The clinical oncology conference brought togeth...
Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding
Jun 10, 2024
More than two dozen faith leaders and representatives from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center bowed their heads as Rev. Rachel Pierce, M.A., offered a blessing over food and extended it to the group for continued fellowship. Pierce, the faith liaison and engagement coordinator at Massey, said th...
Center News & Funding
Jun 04, 2024
On June 1, 2024, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center director Robert A. Winn, M.D., received the American Society of Cancer Oncology (ASCO) Allen Lichter Visionary Leader Award First awarded in 2017, the ASCO Lichter Award recognizes members who have transformed the oncology field or significant...
Center News & Funding, Research
Jun 03, 2024
Nearly 75 medical students to participate in groundbreaking national Diversity in Clinical Trials Research Program The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program (Winn Awards) today announced that 72 medical students who are underrepresented in medicine and/or from disadvantaged backg...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Prevention & Control, Diet & Nutrition
May 28, 2024
This year, three community-led initiatives are utilizing funding from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center to expand their efforts to improve health outcomes for Virginians. In March, Massey announced the following organizations have been awarded $5,000 seed grants: Community Transformers Fo...
Center News & Funding, Research
May 24, 2024
As one of just two NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Virginia, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is at the forefront of the nation’s cancer research efforts. As Massey celebrates 50 years of fueling innovation in cancer research, scientists at Massey continue to conduct cutting-edg...
Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
May 21, 2024
Amy McDaniel Williams, vice chair of the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board and a dedicated donor, epitomizes resilience and determination. In 2007, she watched her father battle lymphoma, and she emerged from a sedentary lifestyle to an athlete’s lifestyle. Her first race was the...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
May 21, 2024
Cancer survivors, advocates, congressional representatives, and other supporters packed a briefing room at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 15 to learn about cancer equity advances made in recent years. Robert A. Winn, M.D., director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at VCU Massey...
Center News & Funding, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity
May 21, 2024
On May 14, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center leaders and community partners joined Del. Delores McQuinn (D-81) at the Virginia Capitol as Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) signed into law HB 238 Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening. “I know that cancer touches lives, colorecta...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Massey 50
May 15, 2024
Juanita Lawrence scanned the crowd while her grandchild climbed through one of the inflatable play areas at the Comprehensive Carnival, a free community event held by VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lawrence was one of more than 1,000 community members who turned out to celebrate Massey's ac...
Research, Center News & Funding
May 13, 2024
Kaustubh Datta, Ph.D., sat behind his new desk in the Goodwin Research Laboratory and reflected on what motivates him every day to study the biology of prostate cancer. “It’s who I am,” he smiled from behind a pair of black rimmed glasses. “I always think if I can extend a patient’s life at least fo...
Center News & Funding, Massey 50, Clinical
May 06, 2024
In 2024, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is enlisting the help of individuals who contributed to the foundation laid over the past 50 years. Through these interviews, Massey is able to preserve moments in time and recognize how far oncology has come since the beginning of the cancer center in...
Prevention & Control, Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity
May 06, 2024
“I feel like a speck of dust in comparison to the size of the problems we face,” said Lisa Richardson, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, during the 2024 Health District Directors’ Summit on May 1. “I don’t know the a...
Treatments in clinical trials may be more effective or have fewer side effects than the treatments that are currently available. With more than 200 studies for multiple types of cancers and cancer prevention, Massey supports a wide array of clinical trials.
Massey supports hundreds of top cancer specialists serving the needs of our patients. Massey’s medical team provides a wealth of expertise in cancer diagnosis, treatment, prevention and symptom management.