Glenn Family Breast Center created with generous gifts

we hope that others will invest in Winship’s research and exceptional care for all types of cancer so many more families can be helped. Just as we benefited from investments made years before we were touched common cancer diagnosed in women. The Glenn Family Foundation gift will bolster Winship’s cancer biospecimen bank, clinical trials, community access, and multidisciplinary approach to screening and caring for women at high risk for this disease. One research focus is to better understand triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionately affects African American women. by this disease, we are confident that this investment will help future patients survive and thrive.”

The National Cancer Institute estimates that one of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. It is the most

“The Glenn Foundation’s generosity will empower the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship to benefit generations of families in Atlanta, Georgia, and beyond,” says Emory University President James W. Wagner. “Their leadership echoes that of Robert Winship Woodruff, whose philanthropy in honor of his mother’s battle with cancer led to the founding 76 years ago of what became Winship Cancer Institute. We are honored to serve as the destination for patients seeking innovative and individual-

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