World Sepsis Day: September 13
Every three-to-four seconds, someone in the world dies of sepsis. The life-threatening condition that is caused by the body’s response to an infection can lead to rapid tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Since 2013, Wright Center associate director of team science Alpha A. “Berry” Fowler III, M.D., has been leading multicenter National Institutes of […]
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VCU Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research seeks talented individuals for the following positions to promote translational workforce development and experienced based training in clinical and translational research (CTR) and advance CTR methods and processes to speed translation, build collaborations and optimize resources within VCU and within the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award […]
A taste of Italy: Professor’s clinical research examines whether food really is the best medicine
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research Virginia Commonwealth University assistant professor Salvatore Carbone, Ph.D., smiles as he fondly recalls dinners with his family during summers spent in Sperlonga, Italy, a coastal town overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. “Extra-virgin olive oil was on everything, from pasta to fish and […]
Wright Center funds pilot study aimed to help patients experiencing post-intensive care syndrome
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research As a nurse at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center’s Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, VCU School of Nursing clinical assistant professor Tracye Proffitt met with a former ICU patient when he returned to the hospital a year after leaving to […]
Inside the brains of psychopaths: VCU research aims to understand antisocial empathy
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research Imagine this: You’re walking down the street in the middle of the day when you encounter a stranger crouched and crying on the sidewalk. Is your instinct to comfort the person or to use their emotional vulnerability to hurt them? […]
Meet the Team: Leslie Bobb
At the Wright Center, we seek to advance science and foster partnerships that accelerate translational research for the betterment of human health. Our team members come to work every day ready to transform laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research and train a new generation of clinical and translational scholars, all […]