Art Carpenter Earns Sponsored Projects Administration Certificate
Art Carpenter, senior financial analyst for the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) at VCU, completed the “Sponsored Projects Administration Certification Program” and received his certificate on Tuesday, May 24 at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park – BioTech One building. This voluntary five-month long program is jointly sponsored by the VCU […]
CCTR Hosts Final BIC Brown Bag Seminar Focused on Cohort Discovery and Clinical Data Reporting
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) hosted the final seminar in the BIC Brown Bag Lunch series which featured the various resources offered by the CCTR’s Biomedical Informatics Core (BIC). On Thursday, May 12, Shannon Bruffy, IT specialist for BIC, and Jun He, research informatics application analyst for BIC, led […]
CCTR Hosts Seminar to Explore Gambling Concerns in Fantasy Sports
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) held a Discovery Dialogue on Monday, May 9 at the Main Hospital’s Learning Center. Brendan Dwyer, Ph.D., director of research and distance learning for the VCU Center for Sport Leadership, led the presentation titled, “Exploring Gambling Concerns in Fantasy Sports Participation.” Dwyer […]
Clinical Trials Awareness Week May 2-6, 2016
Whether you’ve taken a medication today to manage a chronic disease or simply to keep a headache at bay, you know that medical innovations have the power to change lives. But these breakthroughs don’t just happen. Developing new medicines is a lengthy and complex process, relying heavily on volunteer participation to evaluate potential therapies for […]
Biomedical Informatics Core Presents BIC Brown Bag Seminar on REDCap
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research recently hosted the second seminar of the four-part BIC Brown Bag Lunch series. Tim Aro, information systems manager for the CCTR’s Biomedical Informatics Core (BIC), and Michael Tran, IT specialist for BIC, reviewed the benefits of REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture), the basics of building a project, […]