Massey catchment area includes 66 Virginia localities spanning central, southern, and eastern Virginia and is home to approximately four million individuals.
Identification of pillar goals
Each pillar goal collectively works towards enhancing cancer health outcomes and improving survivorship for all, with particular emphasis on lung, breast, prostate, and gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, which demonstrate disproportionate incidence and mortality in key demographics across Massey’s catchment area. In addition, Massey is addressing significant behavioral factors driving the cancer burden within the catchment area such as tobacco use and obesity control.
Learn more about each pillar goal below.
Pillar goals
Infuse community engagement through all Massey endeavors including prioritizing and promoting cancer education and screening, facilitating catchment area-relevant research, and promoting clinical trials to reduce the cancer burden across all communities.
Attract individuals from high school students to early-stage health care and research professionals, to pursue contemporary oncology-focused education and training opportunities
Strengthen clinical research capabilities and infrastructure and provide access to cutting-edge clinical trials to patients throughout Massey’s catchment area
Build scientific depth to unravel the mechanistic underpinnings of tumorigenesis and dissect key interactions between tumors and their microenvironment with the ultimate goal to discover novel cancer-causing pathways and identify molecular targets and biomarkers for translational studies
Leverage Massey basic science discoveries as well as the translational capabilities of its physician scientists to discover, develop, and evaluate novel, Massey-conceived small molecules and biologics through precision medicine-driven clinical trials
Generate high-impact research across the cancer control continuum focused on reducing cancer incidence and mortality and improving cancer outcomes in the catchment area with an emphasis on eliminating cancer health vulnerabilities among these areas