Real Cancer Talk

Dr. Robert Winn welcomes Dr. Richard Silvera, associate program director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, for a special edition of Real Cancer Talk in a series for Black History Month with The Cancer History Project podcast. Dr. Silvera, one of the first recipients of the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program grant, discusses his work of building trust with communities in the Bronx dealing with a heavy burden of anal cancer. This interview originally

On this “fireside chat” edition of Facts & Faith Fridays, Dr. Robert Winn and community leaders are joined by Special Advisor for Special Projects for the White House, Francis Collins, M.D, Ph.D. to talk about the current state of science and community outreach and engagement. Dr. Collins first discusses the intersection of facts and faith in the scientific communities and the importance of effective communication in fighting misinformation. Then Dr. Winn asks Dr. Collins about different aspects

Dr. Robert Winn and Dr. John Stewart welcomes Dr. Harold Freeman, Founding director of NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, for a special edition of Real Cancer Talk in a series for Black History Month with The Cancer History Project podcast. Dr. Freeman tells the story of how he got into surgery in Harlem during the 1960s with the goal to “cut cancer out of Harlem,” but discovered patients were seeking treatment too late due to a number of disparities. Dr. Freeman explains later how this

Clinical trials are not experimental. They are an extension of the standard of care and personalized for the individual.Dr. Robert Winn, Director of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Community Clovia welcomed cancer survivor and Massey Cancer Champion Mary Simmons to share her journey. Simmons speaks passionately about how clinical trials at Massey saved her life after a diagnosis of acute lymphoma leukemia gave her only two weeks to live. Dr. Winn, Community Clo and Simmons then talk