Zero to Sixty: The Wright Center’s rapid response to COVID-19
The Wright Center has been on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 since March. As Virginia Commonwealth University’s home for interdisciplinary human health research, the center is uniquely positioned to act as a bridge between the physicians, faculty, researchers and staff that are engaged in fighting the pandemic on multiple fronts. And it’s […]
“The more we share it, the better”: COVID-19 survivor shares her story as a patient and clinical trials participant
Kathy White lost some days. The Henrico County resident was admitted to Virginia Commonwealth University medical center on March 26 and wasn’t released until April 9. But it didn’t feel like 15 days. “I didn’t think I’d been there that long,” she says. “They all roll together.” White is just one of the 1.3 million […]
WATCH: Antonio Abbate and Joan Greer in conversation with Lauren Harris for Clinical Trials Day
Lauren Harris, Wright Center’s hub research capacity administrator, interviews Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D., the medical director of the Clinical Research Unit and an associate director at the Wright Center, and Joan Greer, R.N., nurse manager at the Clinical Research Unit at VCU Health. Abbate and Greer answer your questions about clinical trials participation and what […]
Now, more than ever: Clinical Trials Day 2020
Patient-centric care means patient-centric research. And that’s what the Wright Center and VCU Health do. International Clinical Trials Day on May 20 celebrates the tireless work of the doctors, nurses and staff that make clinical trials happen. And it’s a chance to encourage patient participation in clinical trials. On May 20, 1747, Scottish physician […]
Three VCU Faculty Awarded Wright Center Grants
Three VCU faculty members recently received Wright Center awards supporting projects from the School of Medicine and the colleges of Engineering and Health Professions. Ranging from $40,000 to $50,000, the awards from the Wright Center Endowment Fund support the collection of pilot data for clinical and translational science research projects – to be collected within […]
Five Set to Graduate Wright Center Ph.D. Program after Dissertation Defense
Five students defended their dissertations this semester and officially graduate on Friday from the Wright Center’s Ph.D. program. Their multi-year research projects ran the gamut from genetic analysis of individual patient needs to therapeutic strategies in cancer patients. Tia Turner – “From Bedside to Bench: Use of Patient-derived Xenograft Models to Develop Novel Therapeutic Strategies […]
Wright Center Welcomes Three VCU Faculty to its Leadership Team
Three VCU faculty joined the leadership team of the Wright Center – official today. They bring a breadth of expertise and experience to the center’s mission of providing the infrastructure and resources that promote interdisciplinary human health research at VCU. Robert Winn, M.D., who became director of VCU’s Massey Cancer Center in December, joins the […]
