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 […]
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 […]
5 Questions with Emily Zimmerman
Emily Zimmerman, Ph.D., M.S., MPH, wrote the book on community engaged research – literally. Released in March, “Researching Health Together: Engaging Patients and Stakeholders, From Topic Identification to Policy Change” features a collection of experiences from researchers across the country, sharing how and why their projects are designed to engage the community. The Wright Center […]
“We knew we had to be nimble”: Wright Center helps create new models for clinical research during pandemic
If you get COVID-19, go to your local academic research hospital. That’s what Margaret Lessard told her parents. “The pandemic really emphasized to me how going to an academic medical center opens up the possibilities for you as a patient,” said the senior clinical research coordinator at VCU Health. “We had treatments here that weren’t […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Massey and Wright Center developing next-generation model for cancer research training program
Faculty members at VCU Massey Cancer Center and the VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research are expanding the curriculum for the Cancer and Molecular Medicine (CAMM) Ph.D. program at VCU to better meet the nation’s needs for the next generation of cancer scientists. Backed by a two-year, $324,000 R25 grant from […]
