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VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center (Massey) was founded in 1974 and received its initial NCI designation the following year. In 2023, Massey was recognized as an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Center and subsequently changed its name to VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. Massey’s mission is to reduce the state cancer burden for all Virginians by addressing the confluence between biological, social, and policy drivers through high-impact, cutting-edge research; person-centered care across the continuum, from prevention through survivorship; community integration; and training the next generation of community-centric researchers and health care professionals. As a leading academic medical center within the Commonwealth of Virginia, Massey serves a 66-locality catchment area spanning central, southern, and eastern Virginia. This region is home to more than four million residents and is characterized by communities with substantial racial, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity that contributes to a higher overall cancer burden and significant health disparities than reported nationally. 

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Robert Winn, MD
Director
PO Box 980037
Richmond, VA 23298-0037
(804) 828-0450
Michelle Lin, BS
Chief Administrative Officer, Associate Director for Administration
Vanessa Sheppard,  PhD
Associate Director for Community Outreach Engagement and Health Disparities
Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, PhD
Associate Director for Education and Training

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Biology Azeddine Atfi, PhD; Paula Bos, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Victoria Findlay, PhD; Oxana Palesh, PhD, MPH
Developmental Therapeutics Steven Grant, MD; Anthony Faber, PhD; Xiang-Yang Wang, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Rebecca Martin, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Lipidomics/Metabolomics Shared Resource Lauren Cowart, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Microscopy Shared Resource Tytus Bernas, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science Transgenic/Knockout Mouse Shared Resource Jolene Windle, PhD
Cat 4: Clinical Research Tissue and Data Acquisition and Analysis Shared Resource Michael Idowu, MPH, MBBS; Jennifer Koblinski, PhD
Cat 6: Biostatistics Biostatistics Shared Resource Roy Sabo, PhD
Cat 7: Informatics Cancer Informatics Core Tamas Gal, PhD
Last Updated
June 5, 2024