- VCU’s research helps power a national success storyRooted in American history, the university’s partnership – with the federal government, Virginia and private industry – is changing the world.
- 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.
- How did VCU students help Virginia protect health data? By making ‘noise.’The School of Business team partnered with the behavioral health department to facilitate research while safeguarding individual privacy.
- To combat sexual violence among college students, VCU researcher turns to video gamesSocial work professor Adrienne Baldwin-White develops interactive trainings that could engage students more deeply than traditional formats.
- For exploring COVID’s link to oral health, VCU’s Kevin Matthew Byrd wins international honorThe researcher, who is extending his efforts into cancer and other diseases, received the World Perio Research Award this year.
- VCU-born startup Evizia lands $2.2M NIH grant for commercialization of advanced DNA sequencing microscopeA small business grant will help the company, which uses technology developed by physics professor Jason Reed, to manufacture its advanced microscope system for DNA research.
- 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 students embrace the call of the wildTwo recent environmental studies courses reflect how hands-on learning – sometimes far from campus – is at the heart of the new School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.
- VCU undergraduates visit the halls of power to advocate for pancreatic disease research and fundingA showcase for state lawmakers led to an even bigger opportunity for Yatri Patel and Anusha Soni: representing a national coalition in advocacy before Congress.
- Richmond’s historic Pump House ‘works’ again, thanks to VCU and VRCollaborating with a nonprofit, engineering and arts students use virtual reality to transport visitors to the Byrd Park utility’s heyday.
- Highlighting education research and the real world, VCU scholars bring life to stories from the fieldThe School of Education’s Jesse Senechal, David Naff and Hillary Parkhouse are co-editors of a new book that offers a roadmap for research-practice partnerships that can transform schools.
- Luke Johnson wants to prepare for the worstJohnson, a medical student, co-authors a study examining how to train aspiring anesthesiologists – like him – for the daunting prospect of an operating room blackout.
- 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.
- When did bedbugs become a common nighttime nuisance? VCU expert Brian Verrelli has an answerThe closer quarters of city living helped the pest population take off around 13,000 years ago, he and his research colleagues have found.
- VCU professor Yaoying Xu honored for lifetime scholarship in multicultural/multiethnic educationThe director of VCU’s International Educational Studies Center is recognized by a national research association.
- Bubbling with brainpower, VCU researcher’s device may transform infant respiratory careThe College of Engineering’s Casey Grey is among six new recipients of Commercialization Fund awards for campus innovations.
- African American studies professor Adam Ewing earns National Humanities Center fellowshipHe will spend the upcoming academic year working on his book about 20th-century pan-Africanism.
- How I found my research: By studying grief, Diane Diaz hopes to transform ‘pain into purpose’Diaz, a doctoral student in the School of Education, said student-researchers should never underestimate the power of their voice ‘to shape what we know and how we care.’
- 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.
- Class of 2025: With dual master’s degrees, Kelci Straka-Mai promotes public health and social workAs an aspiring therapist, she is focused on mental health and substance use in marginalized communities.
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