Wright gift enables researchers to find answers in data
This story originally appeared in the MCV Foundation‘s Chronicle of Giving magazine. To read the full story and other articles about the life-saving effect of private gifts on the MCV Campus, click here. Thanks to a $5 million gift last spring from one of Virginia Commonwealth University’s most generous supporters, biomedical informatics at the C. Kenneth […]
Wright Center associate director honored for his contributions toward undergraduate mentorship at VCU
By Anne Dreyfuss C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research At a study abroad program in Fondi, a city halfway between Rome and Naples in central Italy, Henrico-native Krishna Ravindra discovered a passion for clinical and translational science. “Working with Dr. Abbate allowed me to see how a background in clinical […]
VCU’s Jordana Kron is searching for answers to a mystery disease
By Anne Dreyfuss C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research A disease that has no cause or cure, sarcoidosis affects people of all ages throughout the world. Once considered a rare disease, the inflammatory condition now affects about 40 in every 100,000 African Americans in the U.S. and about five in […]
Congratulations to our Top Docs
Five Wright Center clinician-scientists were recognized as “top docs” in Richmond magazine‘s annual listing of leading physicians in the Richmond region. The below-listed physicians were chosen by their peers and provide a wide range of care in multiple specialties at VCU Health. Congratulations to this year’s winners! Director F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., Addiction Medicine Associate […]
Meet the Team: Pam Dillon
At the Wright Center, we seek to advance science and foster partnerships that accelerate translational research for the betterment of human health. Our team members come to work every day ready to transform laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research and train a new generation of clinical and translational scholars, all […]