Making ground-breaking discoveries and advancing cancer research

Massey’s researchers and physician-scientists conduct lab, translational, clinical and population sciences research to discover better ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and control cancer. More than 240 of these researchers are members of our preeminent research membership program, which is for those whose primary academic interests relate to cancer. These research members are also faculty members affiliated with 38 departments in three colleges and four schools at VCU.

Preeminent research programs

Harnessing our research members’ intellectual curiosity and scientific expertise, we have three core programs through which they collaborate to conduct cancer research: