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 […]
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 […]
A VCU researcher is exploring the relationship between sleep and how the mind works
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research While completing a doctorate in clinical psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, Amma Agyemang, Ph.D., developed an interest in the effects that chronic medical conditions have on sleep and cognitive functioning. For her dissertation, she tested an online therapy for insomnia among […]
VCU and VSU researchers are studying marijuana use and the immune system
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research While working with HIV-positive patients at an infectious diseases clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, Larry Keen, Ph.D., met many people who used marijuana to treat pain. “They would roll a joint while on pain medication,” Keen said. “I was like, ‘You […]
Second Opportunities for Lasting Change
This story originally appeared in the MCV Foundation‘s Next magazine. To read the full story and other articles about life-changing innovations occurring on the MCV Campus, click here. Those who survive an opioid overdose usually do so because they’re found in varying states of consciousness by family members, friends, caregivers or first responders before their […]
Inaugural Virginia Clinical Research Conference inspires and strengthens the commonwealth’s clinical research enterprise
By Anne Dreyfuss C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research The ballroom inside the Hilton Hotel in downtown Richmond was standing room only on Friday morning, when more than 200 clinical research professionals from across the commonwealth gathered for the inaugural Virginia Clinical Research Conference. “At the end of every clinical […]
Cancer survivor advocates for clinical trial participation
T.J. Sharpe was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma just weeks after the birth of his second child in August 2012. Sharpe had overcome the most dangerous form of skin cancer 12 years prior, so news of the recurrence came as a shock. What followed was even more shocking, when doctors told him he had less than two years […]
A Better Way: Medication Reconciliation in the ER
Medication reconciliation is the term used when doctors and nurses try to determine all the medications that a patient is currently taking — including frequency and dosage. While this may seem like a straightforward discussion in the relaxed setting of a scheduled appointment with a family doctor, what happens in a trauma setting when time […]
Three reasons to attend the inaugural Virginia Clinical Research Conference
On April 12 clinical research professionals from across the state will convene at the Virginia Clinical Research Conference, Virginia’s first statewide conference that is entirely focused on clinical research. The conference, titled Engagement 2019, is focused on involving stakeholders (patients, families, communities, clinical providers, and research team members) in the planning and conduct of clinical […]
Wright Center’s Collaborative Advanced Research Imaging facility featured on VCU homepage
The Wright Center’s Collaborative Advanced Research Imaging facility was featured in a Virginia Commonwealth University homepage feature story about technology and innovation at the university. The section on the CARI MRI is below. For the full story, click here. Cognitive imaging When Meera Doshi, a psychology major, learned about the principles of magnetic resonance imaging […]