Light shed on an often-overshadowed side of science at 14th annual Women’s Health Research Day At the 14th annual Women’s Health Research Day last week, about 50 VCU students and faculty participated in an interdisciplinary seminar that centered on women and substance use disorders. Read more »
For Ronald Romero, researching the links between discrimination and health is personal As an immigrant, his own experiences give him a greater understanding of the issues. Read more »
Augmented reality revolutionizes surgery and data visualization for VCU researchers The Med-AR program renders 3-D models of CT and MRI scans. VCU Medical Center surgeons have already used the application to prepare for two complex cardiac surgeries. Read more »
In Norway, a VCU Fulbright scholar is examining the ties between obesity and cancer Following the Norwegians’ adaptable mindset is helping Pahul Hanjra approach the obstacles associated with scientific research with optimism. Read more »
Three new genetic markers associated with risk for depression Five genetic markers found associated with risk to the disease, VCU researchers say. Read more »
Students and faculty shed light on an often-overshadowed side of science at 14th annual Women’s Health Research Day If the future is female, then Virginia Commonwealth University students will be equipped to treat the next XX chromosome population with the advancements in scientific research and innovative medical treatment practices that they are making today. 4/18/2018
Infection detection: VCU student researcher is using the latest DNA sequencing technologies to pinpoint a malaria parasite A Virginia Commonwealth University student researcher is perfecting methods of detecting a malaria parasite in mosquitoes in the Brazilian Amazon. 4/12/2018
Student researcher finds that medicinal Chinese herbs are unsafe when not skillfully and carefully prepared Sales of Chinese herbs in the U.S. have increased in recent years, with many people viewing them as a less expensive, and more effective alternative to traditional pharmaceutics with fewer adverse side effects. However, medicinal teas brewed from these herbs are unsafe if not properly administered, VCU student Julia Grzymkowski has found in her research. 4/12/2018
A study in unpredictability: VCU senior learns that when it comes to public health research, planning is only part of the process In her office at the 500 Academic Centre building on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park Campus, Joann Richardson, Ph.D., has a framed thank you letter from a Jamaican woman who participated in a health study led by a VCU student. 4/11/2018
For Ronald Romero, researching the links between discrimination and health is personal As a research assistant in the Discrimination and Health Lab in the Department of Psychology in Virginia Commonwealth University’s College of Humanities and Sciences, Ronald Romero is helping investigate the role of discrimination in racial and ethnic health disparities. 4/11/2018
VCU student researcher explores dance as a method for combating racial inequalities and social constructs Dance can be a vehicle for examining class and racial divides in the United States and healing those wounds, a Virginia Commonwealth University student researcher has found. 4/11/2018
VCU education professor discusses his new research into how schools can better recruit and retain black male special education teachers School districts across the country are struggling to close the racial gap in the teaching workforce and hire more black teachers — particularly male teachers — who are more likely attuned to the cultural needs of black students, thereby creating a space for positive academic achievement. 4/10/2018
VCU Board of Visitors to meet May 11 The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors has scheduled committee and full board meetings on Friday, May 11, on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus in the James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., Richmond, Virginia, as follows: 4/9/2018