Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Treatment Center
Accelerating Discovery, Accelerating Hope
Within the Emory Winship Cancer Institute cancer treatment center, at this very moment, most people are thinking, testing, collaborating, exploring ways to treat all types of cancer.
That's because the next great discovery in cancer research and treatment could occur at any time, but only if we commit ourselves, our talents and our time to making it happen.
That commitment motivates and drives the people of the Winship cancer treatment center every day. Their life's work revolves around a single idea: to accelerate the discovery of treatment for all types of cancer and to apply this discovery to give people hope.
Learn more about the types of cancer our cancer treatment center works with.
Working to Cure All Types of Cancer
What makes Winship different? In a word, focus.
Winship is on track to become Georgia's first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer treatment center, and its sights are set on how to best apply the latest findings in cancer research to the treatment of this disease, for the future and right now. This is called translational research, a way of taking the latest discoveries and putting them to work as quickly as possible to treat people with all types of cancer.
The center maintains its focus by recruiting and retaining some of the world's most eminent researchers and physicians. These are brilliant, dedicated individuals who work in teams to explore new approaches and therapies to make Winship Cancer Institute a "team of teams." As an organization, these teams have the flexibility, freedom and support to accelerate their efforts.
Emory Winship Cancer Institute cancer treatment center is also distinguished by the following:
- A multidisciplinary approach. As part of Emory University, one of the nation's leading scientific research universities and home to the world-renowned Emory University Hospital, Winship recruits experts and researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Physicians, scientists and social scientists from Emory's School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing all play an active role in Winship's efforts to accelerate discovery. The Institute firmly believes that this multidisciplinary approach is its best chance to defeat all types of cancer.
- A culture of caring. Winship cancer treatment center places a high priority on embodying a "culture of caring." It offers an array of services to patients and their families, and it pays attention to matters both large and small. This high level of support and care helps sustain positive thinking and determination, both of which are crucial in the fight against cancer.
- An emphasis on collaboration. Winship is a partner in the Georgia Cancer Coalition, a groundbreaking public-private partnership that unites Georgia's leading hospitals, universities, biotech firms, civic groups and non-profit and government agencies. So Winship shares its findings and leverages the excellent work of other organizations.
- A world-class facility. Winship's seven-story, 280,000-square foot pavilion brings together patients with cancer, doctors, nurses and scientists, all under a single roof. It is built the way the cancer research-treatment facilities will be built in the future, serving as a "discovery accelerator" that facilitates new advances in genomics and molecular medicine.
- Enterprising science. Winship researchers push the limits of science. Whether pinpointing new drugs and vaccines for AIDS-related types of cancers; exploring the capacity of a "policing gene" that may protect against breast, ovarian and prostate cance;r or undertaking clinical trials of melanoma vaccines and treatments; Winship scientists constantly strive to break new ground.
- Its location. Winship cancer treatment center is based in Atlanta, one of the world's most accessible international cities. It is a block away from the world headquarters of the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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