- Patient practice: Simulation training prepares medical students for real patientsThe School of Medicine’s Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety teaches students to navigate uncomfortable, intimidating and impactful patient interactions that come with being a physician.
- In stalking the ‘silent killer,’ he transforms health in the liver and beyondVCU transplant hepatologist Arun Sanyal targets liver disease and its wide-ranging implications.
- VCU innovators look to streamline pacemaker procedures and safetyUniversity grants fuel two clinical tools created to improve implantation accuracy and device management.
- VCU summer program puts two heads together for migraine researchUndergraduate Sunwoo Kim and School of Pharmacy professor Joseph McClay explore genetic angle to debilitating headaches.
- Faith Parker relished her brain-tester of a summerIn Boston, the VCU senior delved into neuroscience, surgery and research, with support from the Internship Funding Program.
- A portable water tank from a VCU public-private partnership is designed to transform cancer radiation therapyWilliam Song, a professor in the School of Medicine, and his partners hope to take a complex, costly process in cancer care and make it faster, more affordable and more accessible.
- VCU study identifies potential therapeutic strategy for treating cocaine use disorderBy uncovering molecular clues about the brain’s reward system, researchers see a path to keep two key proteins functioning properly.
- Burhan Buttar deepens his interest in medical career with internship at Wake ForestButtar is exploring different paths for where his pre-med track could take him. His recent internship was focused on dermatology and gave him invaluable experience.
- Neural networks: How mentorship shaped two neurologists’ careersMore than a decade after they met, Emma Parolisi, M.D., and Kelly Gwathmey, M.D., reflect on how mentor-mentee relationships have impacted their journeys.
- Primary care shortage affects 44% of Virginia’s neighborhoods and almost 3.8 million residents, new VCU study findsRural communities are particularly hard-hit, and the research could point to workforce initiatives.
- Her mission: Clearing the air about the hidden danger in vapesMold? Nail polish remover? VCU forensic toxicologist Michelle Peace is unearthing what’s truly inside the unregulated products that are billed as alternatives to smoking.
- Learning at the intersection of OB-GYN and addiction treatmentThrough early clinical exposure and innovative curriculum, the OB MOTIVATE clinic prepares physicians to deliver compassionate care to pregnant and postpartum patients with substance use disorders.
- VCU researchers identify drug candidate for curbing alcohol misusePreclinical study points to potential for a drug now being tested to treat brain disorders.
- VCU School of Dentistry taps Kahler Slater and Hanbury to design new dental school buildingA new building will allow the school to welcome more patients and support continued innovation in clinical care and learning.
- Don’t cringe: Fecal waste prompts a patient-centric innovation from VCU Health nurseEmma Necessary is working with the College of Engineering and TechTransfer and Ventures to bring her bedside wedge to market.
- Nursing students use art to explore psychiatric-mental health topics in innovative final projectAs part of a class project, students made art to explore complex mental health topics, turning classroom concepts into powerful visuals rooted in empathy and clinical understanding.
- Stars of the show: Trained actors bring simulated medical scenarios to lifeAt VCU’s Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety, standardized patients use their theater backgrounds to help medical students practice both clinical and communication skills.
- Medical student investigates rare surgical complication that changed her grandfather’s lifeAlex Erling’s grandfather lost his leg to a post-operative infection. She wants to understand why and prevent it from happening to others.
- VCU Center for Drug Discovery realigns to advance innovative therapiesLed by new director Yan Zhang and working with TechTransfer and Ventures, the center aims to commercialize treatments for sickle cell disease, opioid addiction, dementia and other conditions.
- VCU inventors take a big step toward lifesaving therapy for premature infants in respiratory distressThe simple-to-use powder inhaler from Michael Hindle and Worth Longest shows strong test results and moves closer to market.
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