Seven values that guide us every day

Each of the seven floors of Emory Winship Cancer Institute is named for an ideal. These ideals are embedded in the landings of Winship's stairwell, and they are equally embedded in the value system of everyone who works here:

1. Compassion. We are always mindful of the suffering of others. Our compassion compels us to do everything humanly possible to prevent, treat and ultimately cure cancer.

2. Caring. Winship has developed a culture of caring that transcends every department, every floor and every team in our institute. We believe in being attentive and sensitive to our patients and their needs.

3. Courage. This ideal is embedded in Winship's ground floor, where patients and their friends and families enter the institute. We believe that courage is the power supply for the efforts on the other six floors of the building.

4. Hope. In working every day to accelerate discovery, we also working to accelerate hope. We approach our work with determination and optimism in order to give our patients and their loved ones greater reasons to hope.

5. Imagination. We are not constrained by impossibilities. Rather, we foster creativity and innovation in our work because we believe a cure for cancer will only come if we commit ourselves to dream and invent.

6. Translation. One of the twin signposts of research, translation involves taking what we learn and putting it to work to treat people. Translation keeps our research focused on the implications of each new discovery.

7. Discovery. The other signpost of research, discovery represents Winship's enterprising approach to science. Winship scientists are committed to constantly accelerating efforts to discover new advancements in the fight against cancer.