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? […]
The gift that keeps on giving
Scientists from the Wright Center stand out among competitors for National Institutes of Health funding, thanks to significant donor support By Brelyn Powell VCU Office of Development and Alumni Relations Electronic cigarette devices are often touted as a safer alternative for smokers looking to quit. Recreational use of e-cigarettes has become more common, especially among […]
VCU Clinical Research KL2 Scholar designs drug delivery systems to test nanovaccines for brain and skin cancer
While walking between meetings and the lab he maintains on the Virginia Commonwealth University MCV Campus, Wright Center Clinical Research KL2 Scholar Guizhi (Julian) Zhu, Ph.D., often crosses paths with cancer patients in the VCU Medical Center corridors. The encounters serve as daily inspiration for the VCU School of Pharmacy assistant professor. “I sometimes feel helpless […]
A VCU researcher is exploring the relationship between sleep and how the mind works
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research While completing a doctorate in clinical psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, Amma Agyemang, Ph.D., developed an interest in the effects that chronic medical conditions have on sleep and cognitive functioning. For her dissertation, she tested an online therapy for insomnia among […]
VCU and VSU researchers are studying marijuana use and the immune system
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research While working with HIV-positive patients at an infectious diseases clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, Larry Keen, Ph.D., met many people who used marijuana to treat pain. “They would roll a joint while on pain medication,” Keen said. “I was like, ‘You […]
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 […]
Community engagement transcends translational science spectrum at annual conference
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research At the Virginia Commonwealth University Community Engagement Institute on May 14, Wright Center Director F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., discussed how he harnesses community-academic partnerships to address the opioid epidemic. “Virginia has succumbed to the opioid overdose epidemic just like the […]
Wright Center hosts Mentorship Academy aimed at creating a culture of mentorship at VCU
By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research At the Wright Center Mentorship Academy on May 3, nearly 50 faculty researchers from eight schools and colleges across the Virginia Commonwealth University MCV and Monroe Park Campuses gathered to discuss mentorship best practices. “We set out to identify leadership […]
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 […]
VCU Wright Center sends six students and faculty members to national translational science conference
This week, more than 1,000 researchers from around the country will descend on the nation’s capital to hear from translational research experts, discuss their research findings, develop their careers, and speak with legislators about the value of scientific research at the Translational Science 2019 conference, held March 5 through 8 in Washington. The Wright Center […]