“The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients”
STAT News
Angus Chen profiles Dr. Robert Winn, director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, and his boots-on-the-ground approach to addressing cancer and health disparities in underserved patient populations. The piece demonstrates how Dr. Winn is rethinking how to deliver cancer care to underserved communities using what he calls “high tech, high touch” approaches. Chen’s piece helps inform readers about the complex intersection of cancer and health disparities, health equity, distrust of the medical system by underrepresented minority communities, and the intricacies of community-level health care, all while brilliantly showcasing Dr. Winn’s passion and nontraditional yet highly effective approaches to addressing cancer disparities.
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