C. KENNETH AND DIANNE WRIGHT CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH VCU BLOG

The researchers and study teams that make clinical research happen at VCU have gone above and beyond this year. They worked quickly to adapt ongoing research. They started new studies hoping to contribute to knowledge of COVID-19. They joined national and international studies. And they continued their important research on all the other diseases that […]

As the nation gets closer to authorized COVID-19 vaccines, VCU Health is gearing up to be part of the unprecedented distribution in central Virginia. Wright Center Director F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., joined other researchers and health care providers to offer fact-based perspective on the safety and efficacy of vaccines for a story in VCU Health […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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, […]