New funding program targets rural recruitment through technology
The Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research announced a new funding program aimed at helping researchers recruit study participants in rural areas. The Rural Pilots Voucher Program offers VCU researchers and investigators at partner institutions the opportunity to apply for a voucher to offset costs related to innovative digital health methods for participant engagement […]
Join the Wright Center in celebrating Clinical Trials Day on May 20
In March 2020, when the pandemic hit, there were no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID-19. A little more than a year later, much of the world is being vaccinated, and fewer people with COVID-19 are dying — kept alive and off ventilators with the help of approved treatments. None of that would be possible […]
The Wright Center is here to help with your research resolutions
Last year did not go as planned for anyone. But 2021 will slowly, we hope, bring a return to the new normal in our professional lives. If more or better health-related research at VCU is one of your 2021 resolutions, the Wright Center can help. Find your research resolution below and see how. Wright Center […]
“We’ve got work to do”: Health Equity series explores lung disease disparities
This year, COVID-19 has disproportionately attacked the lungs of Black and Latino people. But inequities in lung health are nothing new to researchers, patients and health care providers in minority communities. Those lung health disparities were front and center on Tuesday for Black Lives, Black Lungs, when attendees from Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Health and […]
Raising the Standard of Treatment: Wright Center joins community conversation about clinical trials and COVID-19
Lauren Harris, M.S., M.Ed., the Wright Center’s hub research capacity administrator, joined experts at VCU and VCU Health today to engage the community in Virginia Commonwealth University’s role as a clinical and translational science hub. Harris offered participants an overview of the importance of clinical trials in human health research. “They really show researchers what […]
WATCH: Antonio Abbate and Joan Greer in conversation with Lauren Harris for Clinical Trials Day
Lauren Harris, Wright Center’s hub research capacity administrator, interviews Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D., the medical director of the Clinical Research Unit and an associate director at the Wright Center, and Joan Greer, R.N., nurse manager at the Clinical Research Unit at VCU Health. Abbate and Greer answer your questions about clinical trials participation and what […]
Now, more than ever: Clinical Trials Day 2020
Patient-centric care means patient-centric research. And that’s what the Wright Center and VCU Health do. International Clinical Trials Day on May 20 celebrates the tireless work of the doctors, nurses and staff that make clinical trials happen. And it’s a chance to encourage patient participation in clinical trials. On May 20, 1747, Scottish physician […]
Wright Center Welcomes Three VCU Faculty to its Leadership Team
Three VCU faculty joined the leadership team of the Wright Center – official today. They bring a breadth of expertise and experience to the center’s mission of providing the infrastructure and resources that promote interdisciplinary human health research at VCU. Robert Winn, M.D., who became director of VCU’s Massey Cancer Center in December, joins the […]
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? […]
Interested in helping us advance Clinical and Translational Research?
VCU Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research seeks talented individuals for the following positions to promote translational workforce development and experienced based training in clinical and translational research (CTR) and advance CTR methods and processes to speed translation, build collaborations and optimize resources within VCU and within the CTSA network. Education Coordinator – https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/83660 […]