Cocaine use disorder, asthma and conduct disorder: Wright Center funds three pilot projects
The Wright Center has awarded three VCU researchers grants from the CCTR Endowment grant program for health sciences research. The awards support preliminary studies that enable researchers to develop hypotheses, collect preliminary data and establish methods necessary for successful external funding. Rebecca Martin, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was awarded […]
Blood pressure, proteins and precision health: Three research projects funded by the Wright Center
The Wright Center has awarded three VCU researchers grants from its Endowment Fund for health sciences research. The awards support preliminary studies that enable researchers to develop hypotheses, collect preliminary data and establish methods necessary for successful external funding. Lana Sargent, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, assistant professor in the VCU School of Nursing’s Department of Adult […]
Children are at heart for investigator funded by Wright Center’s pilot imaging grant
The Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU spoke to Uyen Truong, M.D., about her research into pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Last year, Truong received a Wright Center Pilot Imaging Fund award, supported by the National Institutes of Health, for her project titled “The impact of bariatric surgery on adolescent cardiovascular function.” The fund supports pilot work that uses the […]
The Wright Center is here to help with your research resolutions
Last year did not go as planned for anyone. But 2021 will slowly, we hope, bring a return to the new normal in our professional lives. If more or better health-related research at VCU is one of your 2021 resolutions, the Wright Center can help. Find your research resolution below and see how. Wright Center […]
Highlighting the Work of Richmond’s Community Health Workers and Advocates
The health of our community plays a key role in our personal well-being, which is why the work that community health workers and advocates do is so impactful. Public health warriors are on the front lines serving Richmond City’s vulnerable populations by advocating and educating their communities about their health and helping them navigate to […]
Wright Foundation gifts $16 million to the Wright Center
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research has received a $16 million gift from the foundation of its namesake benefactors. The funds are part of a $24 million gift from the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Foundation, announced on Friday. Four million dollars will go to the VCU College of […]
New K Award Seminar Series will help VCU early career faculty apply for NIH grants
The Wright Center introduces a new seminar series that will serve as an insider’s guide to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) K Awards. Successful K Award applicants will share tips and tricks that attendees can apply to their own writing in a five-part series beginning in December. Attendees will be prepared to tackle their […]
MCV Foundation’s NEXT magazine features Wright Center researchers, studies
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 […]
VCU Wright Center joins national project to advance health research for all
The National Institutes of Health awarded the Wright Center a grant to support the center in joining a national health research project. The largest-of-its-kind database aims to enroll 1 million or more people from across the U.S. in order to advance health research for all. “We’re proud to contribute to this historic project,” said F. […]
OB/GYN, psychology, pharmaceutics: Wright Center awards three grants to VCU faculty
The Wright Center has awarded three Endowment Fund grants to VCU faculty from departments across multiple schools at Virginia Commonwealth University. Caitlin Martin, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the VCU School of Medicine, was awarded funding for her project titled “Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) […]