Wright Center Director contributes to public health messaging on vaccines
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 […]
NASH and pericarditis: Wright Center researchers co-author two NEJM articles
Two leaders at the Wright Center are co-authors on articles in the New England Journal of Medicine this month. Arun Sanyal, M.D., associate director for KL2 Career Development at the Wright Center, contributed to research showing the effects of semaglutide, a medication used to treat diabetes, on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a disease that affects millions […]
KL2 scholar proposes curbing pediatric tests and procedures in JAMA Pediatrics article
Wright Center KL2 Scholar Elizabeth Wolf, M.D., MPH, published an article in JAMA Pediatrics this month addressing concerns about negative health impacts from common, and often unnecessary, medical tests and procedures for young patients. Wolf, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the VCU School of Medicine, studies health care for vulnerable populations, […]
Gut bacteria and health: VCU researcher leverages Wright Center resources to establish himself as leader in the field
Across the world, many years ago, doctors would prescribe unappealing concoctions of human and animal stool a treat a number of stomach ailments. And, in the last 10 years, clinical trials have begun to confirm why. “There’s really a factory inside our bellies,” says Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., a gastroenterologist and liver specialist at Virginia Commonwealth University. […]
“The more we share it, the better”: COVID-19 survivor shares her story as a patient and clinical trials participant
Kathy White lost some days. The Henrico County resident was admitted to Virginia Commonwealth University medical center on March 26 and wasn’t released until April 9. But it didn’t feel like 15 days. “I didn’t think I’d been there that long,” she says. “They all roll together.” White is just one of the 1.3 million […]
Congratulations to our Top Docs
Seven Wright Center clinician-scientists were recognized as “top docs” in Richmond magazine’s annual listing of leading physicians in the Richmond region. The doctors were chosen by their peers and provide a wide range of care in multiple specialties at VCU Health. Addiction Medicine Director Gerard Moeller, M.D. Emerging Scholar Caitlin E. Martin, M.D., MPH Cardiology Hub Research […]
Inside the brains of psychopaths: VCU research aims to understand antisocial empathy
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research Imagine this: You’re walking down the street in the middle of the day when you encounter a stranger crouched and crying on the sidewalk. Is your instinct to comfort the person or to use their emotional vulnerability to hurt them? […]
VCU Wright Center-funded study finds family medicine physicians often inaccurately estimate patients’ geographic footprint
Geographic locations affect social determinants of health ranging from access to nutritious foods to housing and education quality, but many family medicine physicians cannot accurately estimate where their patients live. In a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine in August, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers found that family medicine physicians overestimated the geographic footprint of their […]
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 […]
Three reasons to register for an ORCID identifier
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research The New Year inspires many of us to make positive changes in our lives. We may resolve to eat healthier, get more sleep, or save money. While those resolutions have the potential to improve our personal lives and overall health, […]