MCV Foundation’s NEXT magazine features Wright Center researchers, studies
The latest issue of MCV Foundation’s NEXT magazine is out, and the Wright Center plays a big role. The issue focuses on COVID-19 research and highlights the innovation and resourcefulness shown by VCU researchers, including many from the Wright Center and those funded by center grants. Director F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., and the Wright Center […]
VCU joins national trial testing three new drugs for COVID-19
As a Clinical and Translational Science Award hub, the Wright Center was key to bringing a new clinical treatment trial for COVID-19 to VCU Health. Arun Sanyal, M.D., the education core director at the center, will lead the ACTIV-1 trial, testing three immune modulator drugs on people hospitalized with COVID-19. “The hope is that these […]
NASH and pericarditis: Wright Center researchers co-author two NEJM articles
Two leaders at the Wright Center are co-authors on articles in the New England Journal of Medicine this month. Arun Sanyal, M.D., associate director for KL2 Career Development at the Wright Center, contributed to research showing the effects of semaglutide, a medication used to treat diabetes, on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a disease that affects millions […]
Memorial lectureship on opioid crisis will honor VCU professor’s son
A new lecture series at Virginia Commonwealth University will address the opioid crisis, honoring the son of a VCU professor who died of an overdose. The Adam Abubaker Memorial Lecture will bring experts and leaders together annually to focus on topics related to addiction medicine. Lecturers will present on prevention, treatment, and community health in […]
“We’ve got work to do”: Health Equity series explores lung disease disparities
This year, COVID-19 has disproportionately attacked the lungs of Black and Latino people. But inequities in lung health are nothing new to researchers, patients and health care providers in minority communities. Those lung health disparities were front and center on Tuesday for Black Lives, Black Lungs, when attendees from Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Health and […]
KL2 scholar proposes curbing pediatric tests and procedures in JAMA Pediatrics article
Wright Center KL2 Scholar Elizabeth Wolf, M.D., MPH, published an article in JAMA Pediatrics this month addressing concerns about negative health impacts from common, and often unnecessary, medical tests and procedures for young patients. Wolf, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the VCU School of Medicine, studies health care for vulnerable populations, […]
Wright Center to host community engaged research seminars
Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research introduces a new three-part seminar series to train early career faculty and researchers in community engaged research. Community-engaged research (CEnR) is a cornerstone of the Wright Center’s mission, as it works to engage stakeholder communities at every phase of the translational research process. The series will familiarize participants […]
What is natural language processing? Six questions with Amy Olex
The machines are learning. But that’s OK, because Amy Olex, M.S., is there to teach them. The senior bioinformatics specialist at the Wright Center is extracting de-identified information from troves of clinical notes so that health researchers at VCU and VCU Health can create meaningful studies and bring research results to patients more quickly. Natural […]
