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

With COVID-19 affecting the lungs of patients and survivors, lung research and science has never been more important. To help guide national review of that science, Wright Center Associate Director Patrick Nana-Sinkam, M.D., has joined the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Lung Association. Founded in 1904, the oldest voluntary health organization in the country, […]

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 […]

One faculty, one post-doc, one recent undergraduate: Three new people with diverse backgrounds joined those earning their Master’s in Clinical and Translational Science at the Wright Center this month. Calvin Kiani, M.D., is a new junior faculty member in Internal Medicine at VCU and is a School of Medicine Rising Scholar. He will do clinical […]

The Wright Center welcomed three new students into its doctoral program for Clinical and Translational Science yesterday. Christiana Appiah completed the first year of a Ph.D. program at Marquette University in Wisconsin and transferred to VCU. She earned her Master’s degree researching cancer cell signaling but is open to new specializations. Carmen Camarena spent the […]

Recent Wright Center Ph.D. graduate Tia Turner has won VCU’s 2020 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Life Sciences. Turner received a National Cancer Institute grant to fund her research aimed at uncovering novel drug combinations to treat triple-negative breast cancer last year. She graduated from the Ph.D. program in May after defending her award-winning dissertation and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Five students defended their dissertations this semester and officially graduate on Friday from the Wright Center’s Ph.D. program. Their multi-year research projects ran the gamut from genetic analysis of individual patient needs to therapeutic strategies in cancer patients. Tia Turner – “From Bedside to Bench: Use of Patient-derived Xenograft Models to Develop Novel Therapeutic Strategies […]

An earlier version of this story was published by VCU Engineering.  Computer science doctoral candidate Amy Olex received a travel grant to attend the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2019 Annual Symposium held in November in Washington, D.C. This event is considered the foremost symposium for the science and practice of biomedical informatics in the […]

Scientists from the Wright Center stand out among competitors for National Institutes of Health funding, thanks to significant donor support By Brelyn Powell VCU Office of Development and Alumni Relations Electronic cigarette devices are often touted as a safer alternative for smokers looking to quit. Recreational use of e-cigarettes has become more common, especially among […]