Gut bacteria and health: VCU researcher leverages Wright Center resources to establish himself as leader in the field
Across the world, many years ago, doctors would prescribe unappealing concoctions of human and animal stool a treat a number of stomach ailments. And, in the last 10 years, clinical trials have begun to confirm why. “There’s really a factory inside our bellies,” says Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., a gastroenterologist and liver specialist at Virginia Commonwealth University. […]
VCU joins national data collaboration to fight COVID-19
Virginia Commonwealth University has joined a national, centralized data resource designed to help researchers study COVID-19 for years to come. The National COVID Cohort Collaborative, or N3C, led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will securely collect and organize clinical and diagnostic data from patients across the country to create a dataset broad enough […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Raising the Standard of Treatment: Wright Center joins community conversation about clinical trials and COVID-19
Lauren Harris, M.S., M.Ed., the Wright Center’s hub research capacity administrator, joined experts at VCU and VCU Health today to engage the community in Virginia Commonwealth University’s role as a clinical and translational science hub. Harris offered participants an overview of the importance of clinical trials in human health research. “They really show researchers what […]
Wright Center COVID trials expanded with the help of medical language services
adapted from a VCU Health news story Clara Dutari is bilingual, interpreting for Spanish-speaking patients at VCU Health. But she doesn’t just convert words, like a Spanish-English dictionary. She provides context, nuance and intuition to improve communication. One of six interpreters and translators at VCU Medical Center, Dutari sometimes sees patients nodding as their doctor […]
Wright Center to host mock study section for NIH applicants
This summer, the Wright Center will host National Institutes of Health (NIH)-style mock study sections to support faculty science and funding. The sections closely mimic an actual NIH study section and are scheduled for researchers looking to apply for one of their fall grant cycles. All VCU junior faculty interested in clinical and translational research […]
Four VCU faculty teams awarded Wright Center pilot grants
The Wright Center has awarded funding to four faculty research teams whose projects will use the center’s innovative imaging facilities. The pilot imaging fund supports clinical research that uses the Wright Center’s innovative Collaborative Advanced Research Imaging facility. The facility features 6,000 square feet of research space, including a research-dedicated MRI scanner, a mock scanner, […]
