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Together with our incredible partners, we are improving participation in clinical trials to drive better health outcomes in all communities and save more lives. #BetterScienceForAll
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☀️Hello, Bluesky!
We’re happy to join this space and share the mission of the Winn Awards — improving participation in #ClinicalTrials.

Founded by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation + supported by Amgen, Gilead, and Genentech, we’re training the next generation to produce better science for all.🥼
⏰ The deadline to apply to the Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP) is this Friday!

👉 Apply now: winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🎉 Applications are now open for the Winn Career Development Award (Winn CDA)!

👉 Apply now: winnawards.smapply.io/prog/winncda/

🔎 Learn more: winnawards.org/winn-cda/

💻 Attend a webinar: winnawards.org/2025/12/regi...
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Applications for the Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP) close in one week!

Don't miss your chance to take part in this transformative summer experience for medical students.

🔍 Learn more: winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
👉 Apply now: winnawards.smapply.io/prog/winn_ci...
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Here’s to a new year of collaboration, discovery, and Better Science For All.

Thank you to our community of scholars, students, mentors, partners, collaborators, and institutions who make our work possible all across this great nation.

We look forward to the work ahead in 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
2025 has been a year of meaningful progress. Cheers to the entire Winn Awards community! We look forward to continuing to advance Better Science For All with you in 2026. 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Hayley Estrella is a talented medical student at Drexel. During her time with the Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program she returned to her hometown – NYC – to work with the team at NYU on community-focused clinical research projects.

👉 Read more about Hayley here: shorturl.at/jKyvP
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#FlashbackFriday to the cohort 4 Winn CIPP symposium! Don't miss your chance to be there this year. Applications close on January 9! Apply now: winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Winn CIPP student Nathan Smith has lived a truly incredible life of service.

👉 Read Nate's story here: winnawards.org/2025/12/a-jo...

⏰ Medical students – don't forget to apply for the Winn CIPP program by January 9! winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As we near the end of 2025, we want to thank the entire Winn Awards community for an incredibly impactful year. We are grateful for all you do to advance our shared mission of #BetterScienceForAll. 🎉
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The deadline to apply for the Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP) is January 9. Don't miss your chance to be a part of this transformative summer experience for medical students.

🔍 Learn more: winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
👉 Apply now: winnawards.smapply.io/prog/winn_ci...
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Applications for cohort 6 of the Winn Career Development Award (Winn CDA) program open on January 5!

To learn more register for an informational webinar. The first is on January 12.

Register:
winnawards.org/2025/12/regi...
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
More highlights from last week's San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium! Winn Awards executive director Joy L. Jones, PhD was thrilled to connect with so many Winn CDA scholars who are dedicated to advancing #BetterScienceForAll in the area of breast cancer. #SABCS25
December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our executive director, Joy L. Jones, PhD, was in San Antonio last week at #SABCS25, where she ran into several Winn CDA scholars, including Robert Hsu, MD from cohort 4 (pictured).

Thank you to the scholars in attendance for your commitment to advancing #BetterScienceForAll. 👏
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Young adults with cancer need better access to #ClinicalTrials. Winn CDA Scholar Dr. Christopher Cann is launching a new trial at Fox Chase to improve navigation, psychosocial support, fertility access, and outcomes for patients 18–39.
👉 Learn more: www.foxchase.org/news/dr-chri...
Dr. Christopher G. Cann Leads Effort to Transform Young Adult Cancer Care
The Winn Award will support Cann in his work to close longstanding care gaps for young adult cancer patients and build a national model that strengthens trial access, fertility preservation, and…
www.foxchase.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
BIG media day for the Winn Awards! Our leaders are speaking with 14 radio stations nationwide about why clinical trials matter and why improving access is urgent. We hope these conversations reach people who need to hear them. We will share these interviews soon. #ClinicalTrials
December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There is just one month left to apply for the Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program (Winn CIPP)! Don't miss your chance to explore community-engaged clinical research with world-class mentors for 6 weeks this summer!

👉 Learn more or apply here: winnawards.org/winn-cipp/
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
👏 Thrilled to share new work from Winn CDA scholar Sara Hassani, MD, MHS, MSCR, published in JAMA Neurology calling on the research community to embrace community-engaged trials so that neurologic discoveries benefit every population. #BetterScienceForAll

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Community-Engaged Research
This essay advocates for community-engaged research as a means to help overcome the delay in disseminating research findings among the general population.
jamanetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Ruona Eruvwetere — a Winn CIPP student recently honored at the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference for the project she started during her summer with us!

www.masseycancercenter.org/news/commonw...
Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference unites cancer researchers, students, and trainees from across the state
Research & Innovation
www.masseycancercenter.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this day of thanks, we’re grateful for all who make our mission possible. The Winn Awards team is honored to stand with you in addressing one of medicine’s biggest challenges. Thank you for your dedication and partnership in advancing #BetterScienceForAll.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📽️ Check out this great video about the Winn Awards program with scenes from last week's Annual Convening in Albuquerque! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIlu...
Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award - 2025 Annual Convening
Scholars from the first five cohorts of the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials program (Winn Awards), of which VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is an implementation partner, gathered…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dr. Rob Winn and Catherine Grimes are in Albuquerque for the Winn Awards Annual Convening with hundreds of Winn CDA scholars from cohorts 3–5. Here they explain our shared mission of #BetterScienceForAll.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
✈️ Safe travels to Albuquerque, Winn Awards community!

We’re excited to see those Sandias — and even more excited to see our incredible scholars from Cohorts 3, 4, and 5.

📲 The full agenda is in the NNPHI app (Apple App Store/Google Play).
💻 Or on the web: nnphi.cventevents.com/attendee-log...
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Congrats to Winn CIPP student Chaz Crosby of Tulane University! 🏆 She won 1st place at the SNMA conference in Denver for her project: "Ocular and Systemic Complications of Type II Diabetes: Sociodemographic Predictors of Emergency Room Utilization." Awesome work, Chaz!
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌟 Want to learn more about the 79 outstanding physician-researchers selected for cohort 5 of the Winn Career Development Award program? Check out our bio book here: lnkd.in/eJvK3FuU

We're beyond thrilled to welcome to these incredible scholars!
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM