Robert Winn, MD, director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, will be at UNMC on July 8 as the featured speaker at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
Dr. Winn’s grand rounds presentation is titled, “One Team. One Fight: An Update on the Fight Against Cancer.” The speech will be at noon Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Ground Floor, Conference Room 0.12.101.
UNMC faculty, researchers, clinicians, trainees and community partners are invited to hear from one of the leading voices in cancer research and innovation. To watch the presentation virtually, see this event listing.
Dr. Winn is a pioneer of the “community to bench” model of research, which reverses the traditional research approach by placing the community at the heart of scientific discovery.
During his presentation, Dr. Winn will share insights into how this model is driving change at local, national and international levels. He will discuss the importance of infrastructure to support data sharing across community health centers, as well as how community-engaged research can inform translational science and clinical trials.
Dr. Winn is a senior associate dean for cancer innovation and professor of pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at VCU School of Medicine.