VCU researchers seek new treatments for patients struggling with opioid use disorder Three projects focus on alternative therapeutics, overdose medications with fewer side effects, and treatments to help reduce cravings. Read more »
$6.8M grant supports research at VCU interdisciplinary center on opioids and other addictions The center will bring together researchers who study differing ways opioids and other drugs interact with the human body. Read more »
New VCU study links vitamin C therapy to better survival rates after sepsis Exploratory three-year study finds that treating septic patients with intravenous vitamin C could lead to decreased mortality, quicker recovery. Read more »
‘A heroic act’: Father and son mark the first living liver transplant at VCU Health since 2014 The procedure marks another chapter in the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s storied history of transplantation. Read more »
$1.35M grant expands free behavioral health care to local underserved populations The grant supports a program that embeds VCU psychology doctoral trainees in eight Richmond-area health safety-net clinics. Read more »
'It's choreographed chaos': Just two hours of poverty teaches students a profound lesson More than 400 health profession students participate in VCU’s first poverty simulation. Read more »
VCU researchers seek new treatments for patients struggling with opioid use disorder Three projects focus on alternative therapeutics, overdose medications with fewer side effects, and treatments to help reduce cravings. 10/10/2019
$6.8M grant supports research at VCU interdisciplinary center on opioids and other addictions The center will bring together researchers who study differing ways opioids and other drugs interact with the human body. 10/8/2019
New VCU study links vitamin C therapy to better survival rates after sepsis Exploratory three-year study finds that treating septic patients with intravenous vitamin C could lead to decreased mortality, quicker recovery. 10/1/2019
VCU will lead $50M study of traumatic brain injuries in military personnel The study will build on work supported by a $62M award to VCU in 2013 to lead a consortium of institutions studying combat concussions. 9/30/2019
NIH awards VCU $2.6M to study opioid use disorder treatments VCU’s awards are part of 375 grant awards across 41 states made by the NIH this year in efforts to reverse the national opioid crisis. 9/27/2019
‘A heroic act’: Father and son mark the first living liver transplant at VCU Health since 2014 The procedure marks another chapter in the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s storied history of transplantation. 9/23/2019
$1.35M grant expands pro bono behavioral health care to Richmond-area underserved populations The grant supports a program that embeds VCU psychology doctoral trainees in eight Richmond-area health safety-net clinics. 9/11/2019
'It's choreographed chaos': Just two hours of poverty teaches students a profound lesson More than 400 health profession students participate in VCU’s first poverty simulation. 9/9/2019