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National CTSA Workgroup to Learn about the Science of Translation

Wright Center Director of Evaluation Dr. Deborah DiazGranados (pictured left) and her colleague Dr. Clara Pelfrey Director of Evaluation at the Case Western CTSA (pictured right) are leading a national CTSA workgroup focused on learning about the science of translation. The workgroup will conduct a comparative analysis of many kinds of successful translational science case […]

Request for Applications – Diversity, Re-entry and Reintegration Scholars Program

The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research is now accepting applications for three new funding opportunities. The Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA-21-071) and Supplement to Promote Re-entry and Re-integration into Health-Related Research Careers (NOT-OD-21-134) represent two funding mechanisms that support these investigative career supplements. PA-21-071: This […]

Wright Regional CCTS: A central and southeastern Virginia collaboration in clinical and translational science

To advance the development and transfer of clinical innovations to patient care, a flourishing future of clinical and translational science requires greater diversity among patient populations and researchers. That’s why the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Virginia Commonwealth University created a new collaboration with sister universities: to grow […]

Wright Center associate director joins national committee on lung health

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, […]