Wright Center informaticist leads international team for COVID-19 research
Organ transplant recipients, people with HIV, those with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis – the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially scary for people whose immune systems are compromised or suppressed. They’ve fought or are fighting battles against other diseases – or even their own immune systems. And the newness of the virus […]
VCU researchers can now access national COVID-19 data
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers can now tap into a national resource to further their study of COVID-19. The National COVID Cohort Collaborative, or N3C, led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), securely collects and organizes clinical and diagnostic data from patients across the country to create a dataset broad enough to engage in meaningful research […]
VCU joins national data collaboration to fight COVID-19
Virginia Commonwealth University has joined a national, centralized data resource designed to help researchers study COVID-19 for years to come. The National COVID Cohort Collaborative, or N3C, led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will securely collect and organize clinical and diagnostic data from patients across the country to create a dataset broad enough […]
Request for Applications – Diversity and Re-entry Scholars Program
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research is now accepting applications for two additional funding opportunities. The Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research (PA-18-906) and Supplement to Promote Re-entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (PA-18-592)represent two funding mechanisms to support investigative careers. PA-18-906:This administrative supplement is designed to provide […]
Congratulations to Wright Center’s Director of Education Programs, Dr. Arun Sanyal, on this groundbreaking $40M project
A groundbreaking $40 million project aims to develop a better test for liver disease Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 CONTACT: Leha Byrd University Public Affairs Phone: 804-828-7028 Email: llbyrd@vcu.edu A pioneering European research project with assistance from a Virginia Commonwealth University clinician aims to lead to new diagnostic tests to assess patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease […]
Congratulations to Dr. Fowler!
Check out this month’s NIH-NCATS Website and Newsletter! CTSA Program-Supported Researchers Test Low-Cost Treatment for Deadly Illness Alpha “Berry” Fowler III, M.D. Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) researchers have discovered a low-cost and potentially lifesaving treatment for sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the body’s immune system produces an extreme response to an […]
CCTR Doctoral Candidate Shares Experience at NIH’s Clinical Center Summer Course
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (Wright CCTR) at VCU held a CCTR Student Talk on Wednesday, September 7 in the Richmond Academy of Medicine’s conference room. Elizabeth K. Do, MPH, a doctoral candidate in the Wright CCTR’s psychiatric, behavioral and statistical genetics concentration, presented on her two-week intensive program experience at the National […]
Dr. Carmen Sato-Bigbee Hosts “F Grant F.A.Q.”
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) proudly hosted Carmen Sato-Bigbee, Ph.D., associate professor for the VCU Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and NIH NRSA Fellowship reviewer, who recently led an informal discussion on submitting Individual Research Fellowships (F) grant applications. The event, titled “F Grant F.A.Q.,” took place Tuesday, […]
APSA Science Symposium Brings Yale School of Medicine and Duke Health Researchers to VCU
On Thursday, March 3, the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) sponsored a symposium titled, “Science in the Service of Human Health.” A brain child of the VCU chapter of the American Physician Scientist Association (APSA), the symposium brought together Clara Abraham, MD, associate professor of medicine (digestive diseases) for Yale School of Medicine, and […]