Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
Researchers from some of the top cancer centers in the U.S. gathered in Richmond on March 16 to share ideas and discuss research that is furthering our understanding of the role of obesity in cancer risk. Scientists, students and community leaders we...
Research, Clinical
A group of approximately 75 physicians, advanced practitioners, medical professionals in oncology and cancer survivors gathered for VCU Massey Cancer Center’s 12th Annual Minority/Underserved NCI Community Oncology Research Program (MU-NCORP) Symposi...
Research
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center uncovered a previously unrecognized relationship between two sets of proteins that operate in tandem to fend off the growth of pancreatic cancer. The findings could provide pivotal information for the developmen...
Research, Clinical, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity
In early February, on the anniversary of the revived Cancer Moonshot, the Biden administration announced new initiatives to improve cancer care and prevention. At Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address, he reemphasized the Moonshot’s goal of cutting...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, COVID-19
Mar 21, 2023
This Women’s History Month, VCU Massey Cancer Center welcomed three female legislators from Virginia to Facts & Faith Fridays. The series’ co-founders Rudene Mercer Haynes, J.D., Rev. F. Todd Gray and Robert A. Winn, M.D., director of Massey, were joined by Va. Del. Delores McQuinn, U.S. Rep. Jennif...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding, Research
Mar 20, 2023
Nicholas Brucker, a 34-year-old stage four colon cancer survivor, shares his story and how he’s partnering with the Massey Alliance to raise awareness about colon cancer among young adults Nicholas “Nick” Brucker was just 31 years old when he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. The survivor ...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
Mar 20, 2023
Researchers from some of the top cancer centers in the U.S. gathered in Richmond on March 16 to share ideas and discuss research that is furthering our understanding of the role of obesity in cancer risk. Scientists, students and community leaders were among the more than 115 people in attendance at...
Research
Mar 17, 2023
“‘Education is something that nobody can take away from you.’ I’ve heard that so many times from my dad, but he’s right,” said Alexis Fakunmoju, who is graduating this spring in the first cohort of students in the oral biology track of the M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology graduate research progra...
Research
Mar 15, 2023
Research.com has named Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D., member of the Cancer Biology research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and professor and chair of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at the VCU School of Medicine, among the top female scientists both nationally and globally in 2022. “A...
Research, Clinical
Mar 13, 2023
A group of approximately 75 physicians, advanced practitioners, medical professionals in oncology and cancer survivors gathered for VCU Massey Cancer Center’s 12th Annual Minority/Underserved NCI Community Oncology Research Program (MU-NCORP) Symposium and Affiliate Retreat on March 10-11 at the Hil...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, Center News & Funding
Mar 13, 2023
VCU Massey Cancer Center is reinvesting in community organizations to reduce the colorectal (CRC) and cervical cancer burden in Virginia. On March 3, Massey awarded $5,000 COALESCE project partner seed grants to Casa de la Salud and Capital Area Health Education Center (AHEC), which are both federa...
Prevention & Control, Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Mar 13, 2023
Three local cancer survivors join Women and Wellness keynote speaker Bershan Shaw to share their stories of survivorship According to the American Association for Cancer Research, 40% of all cancers and 50% of cancer deaths may be preventable. Thanks to advances in cancer research, prevention and ea...
Research
Mar 10, 2023
As one of just two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia, VCU Massey Cancer Center is at the forefront of the nation’s cancer research efforts. Researchers at Massey conduct laboratory-based basic, population, and clinical and translational-focused research to advance improved approaches to pr...
Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Mar 10, 2023
Vanessa B. Sheppard’s dedication to researching health disparities is highlighted as part of VCU Health’s ongoing Women’s History Month series. When Vanessa B. Sheppard, Ph.D., was a newly arrived faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University, she had a memorable encounter with a student in th...
Prevention & Control, Clinical
Mar 02, 2023
Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States, and while overall incidence rates have dropped in the last few decades, they are rising among people younger than 55, according to the American Cancer Society. This trend is concerning to experts, particularly bec...
Center News & Funding, Research, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Feb 28, 2023
Robert A. Winn, M.D., director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at VCU Massey Cancer Center, will serve a three-year term as a scientific editor for Cancer Discovery, effective March 1, 2023. Launched in 2011, Cancer Discovery is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by the American Assoc...
Research
Feb 28, 2023
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center uncovered a previously unrecognized relationship between two sets of proteins that operate in tandem to fend off the growth of pancreatic cancer. The findings could provide pivotal information for the development of novel therapies for what is currently an incu...
Research
Feb 27, 2023
Arnethea Sutton, Ph.D., a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences in the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, has been named to the second cohort of the National Cancer...
Research, Clinical, Prevention & Control, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Feb 21, 2023
In early February, on the anniversary of the revived Cancer Moonshot, the Biden administration announced new initiatives to improve cancer care and prevention. At Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address, he reemphasized the Moonshot’s goal of cutting cancer death rates by at least 50% in the next 25...
Research, Clinical, Prevention & Control
Feb 20, 2023
Advances in care are leading to better outcomes for cancer patients, but some cancer treatments can lead to negative impacts on the heart and cardiovascular system, including high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, heart disease and heart failure. For many cancer patients who have completed treat...
Community Engagement & Health Equity, COVID-19
Feb 20, 2023
During the latest session of VCU Massey Cancer Center’s Facts & Faith Fridays (FFF) on Feb. 17, Christa-Marie Singleton, M.D., M.P.H., senior medical advisor to the CDC Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy, provided an update on COVID-19, stating that the virus is not going anywh...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity
Feb 13, 2023
This year, six community-led initiatives will receive funding from VCU Massey Cancer Center to expand their efforts to improve health outcomes for Virginians. On Feb. 8, the cancer center announced the following organizations have been awarded $5,000 seed grants: Baptist General Conventi...
Center News & Funding, Community Engagement & Health Equity, Research
Feb 13, 2023
Vanessa B. Sheppard, Ph.D., associate director for community outreach and engagement and health disparities research at Massey Cancer Center, has won the American Cancer Society’s 2022 Researcher of the Year Award for her remarkable advances in cancer research. The award recognizes an investigator ...
Community Engagement & Health Equity
Feb 08, 2023
On Feb. 8, the Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia (CACV) released the 2023-2027 Virginia Cancer Plan. It is designed to act as a roadmap to help Virginia residents address the burden of cancer over the next five years. VCU Massey Cancer Center is among the cancer centers, public health agencies, co...
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