COVID-19 registry now available to aid VCU researchers
A growing COVID-19 registry is now easily accessible to all Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. Any VCU investigator working in basic science, clinical and translational research may request access to registry samples, data, or both. Principal Investigator Somaya Albhaisi, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the VCU School of Medicine, created a COVID-19 registry […]
COVID-19 survivor finds hope and health at Community Memorial Hospital
“You’re not going to get anywhere with cures if you don’t have clinical trials. I do it because I might help many people down the road. I might help my daughter.” Rebecca Jennings shared her story about surviving COVID-19 at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital. Jennings participated in a clinical trial led by Antonio Abbate, […]
Arun Sanyal: the liver specialist leading some of Virginia’s earliest COVID-19 clinical trials
Before the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset in Virginia, Arun Sanyal, M.D., a liver specialist at VCU Health and associate director at the Wright Center, saw the promise of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir against the disease. Determined to do right by patients, he contacted its manufacturers at Gilead Sciences, Inc. to push for VCU Health to […]
Wright Center Master’s program welcomes new students
One faculty, one post-doc, one recent undergraduate: Three new people with diverse backgrounds joined those earning their Master’s in Clinical and Translational Science at the Wright Center this month. Calvin Kiani, M.D., is a new junior faculty member in Internal Medicine at VCU and is a School of Medicine Rising Scholar. He will do clinical […]
Ph.D. program welcomes three new students
The Wright Center welcomed three new students into its doctoral program for Clinical and Translational Science yesterday. Christiana Appiah completed the first year of a Ph.D. program at Marquette University in Wisconsin and transferred to VCU. She earned her Master’s degree researching cancer cell signaling but is open to new specializations. Carmen Camarena spent the […]
To zoom or not to zoom: That is one question psychologists are asking
It’s not your imagination: you’re working longer hours and you have more meetings. At least, that’s what early research is showing since the COVID-19 pandemic sent many people home to work remotely. And like the virus, virtual offices don’t seem to be going away any time soon. Joseph Allen, Ph.D., a professor of industrial and […]
COVID-19 survivor joins Wright Center’s clinical trial oversight committee
Kathy White, an early COVID-19 patient at Virginia Commonwealth University medical center, has joined an oversight committee designed to bring the best treatment options to VCU Health system and the Richmond community. The COVID-19 Clinical Trials Oversight Committee, formed in April, brings together experts from across the health system and university to evaluate and prioritize […]
New pilot funding opportunity with Pauley Heart Center
The Wright Center is joining forces with the Pauley Heart Center this year to offer an up-to-$50,000 grant to VCU faculty. This one-time funding opportunity for a pilot project is intended to stimulate new collaborative initiatives and support critical experiments that will lay the groundwork for further funding and published research. Pauley and Wright seek […]
DEADLINE EXTENDED: funding opportunities for diverse scholars and scholars returning to research
Originally posted June 23, 2020. Updated August 3 to reflect extended deadlines and remove past info session. The Wright Center invites faculty from VCU and its partner universities to submit applications for two new funding opportunities. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is offering the Wright Center, as a Clinical and Translational Science Award […]
