C. KENNETH AND DIANNE WRIGHT CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH VCU BLOG

Wright Center Translational Scholar Caitlin Martin, M.D., MPH, joined one of her patients, Nichole Hollie, for a conversation about addiction treatment and recovery this week. Hollie sought care at VCU Health’s OB MOTIVATE Clinic, designed for women to address substance use disorders before, during and after pregnancy. Martin was her provider. “The care I received […]

The Wright Center introduces a new seminar series that will serve as an insider’s guide to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) K Awards. Successful K Award applicants will share tips and tricks that attendees can apply to their own writing in a five-part series beginning in December. Attendees will be prepared to tackle their […]

The latest issue of MCV Foundation’s NEXT magazine is out, and the Wright Center plays a big role. The issue focuses on COVID-19 research and highlights the innovation and resourcefulness shown by VCU researchers, including many from the Wright Center and those funded by center grants. Director F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., and the Wright Center […]

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, […]

Originally posted June 23, 2020. Updated August 3 to reflect extended deadlines and remove past info session. The Wright Center invites faculty from VCU and its partner universities to submit applications for two new funding opportunities. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is offering the Wright Center, as a Clinical and Translational Science Award […]

Wright Center scholar Guizhi “Julian” Zhu, Ph.D., presented to 35 peers across the country yesterday about his research into nanomedicines. Zhu has worked to develop experimental treatments that use nanoparticles or functional molecules to deliver drugs directly to lymph nodes and tumors for multiple modalities of tumor therapy. His research has implications for treatments across […]

This summer, the Wright Center will host National Institutes of Health (NIH)-style mock study sections to support faculty science and funding. The sections closely mimic an actual NIH study section and are scheduled for researchers looking to apply for one of their fall grant cycles. All VCU junior faculty interested in clinical and translational research […]

Deborah DiazGranados, Ph.D., the Wright Center’s director of evaluation and co-director of Team Science, has been voted in as a board member of the International Network for the Science of Team Science, a nonprofit for researchers, scholars, policymakers and institutional leaders engaged in enhancing and fostering team science. The network held a virtual four-day conference […]

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 […]

By Anne Dreyfuss VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research As a Wright Center KL2 Mentored Career Development Scholar, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine associate professor April Kimmel, Ph.D., researched HIV care delivery models and access to care in the South. Among her findings was the discovery that a […]