July 24, 2024

Wright Center in the News

13% of Patients with Dementia May Instead Have Cognitive Decline from Cirrhosis

A Brunswick Times-Gazette article covered a recent JAMA paper that is gaining national attention because of the new VCU-VA analysis suggesting that physicians treating veteran or non veteran patients with dementia – even without a cirrhosis diagnosis – should consider assessing them for liver disease.

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Funding Opportunities

CCTR Endowment Fund Grant

Are you an individual investigator or part of a small research team? You can now apply for up to $50,000 over an 18-month funding period for your research! We highly encourage applications that include researchers from multiple disciplines to foster innovative and impactful research.

How to Apply:

Submit your grant applications via REDCap using the Wright Center Endowment Fund grant application.
Detailed instructions and a checklist are available here.

📅 Next Deadline: August 1st

For any questions or more information, please contact Pamela Dillon, PharmD at

📧 pmdillon@vcu.edu.

Wright Center Events

The Wright Center in partnership with TriNetX presents:

Leveraging TriNetX for Clinical and Translational Research

TriNetX will be live at VCU on August 7, 2024 to support researchers interested in learning about TriNetX and how their platform enables Real World Generation for Clinical Research. This year's training options will be in person only and seats are limited. Registration is required.

Save the Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

How do I get the data needed for my retrospective research project? Use of TriNetX, Cosmos, and Epic

The Wright Regional Center for Clinical and Translational Science and VCU Health's Office of Clinical Research invite you to participate in a monthly series that will address various topics about clinical research, provide updates from VCU and VCU Health, and address hot-button topics or concerns.

For next month’s topic, please join Dr. Brian Cassel, Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology & Palliative Care; Lanie Salzman, Epic Cosmos & Research Support; and Evan French, Data Team Manager, as they discuss “How do I get the data needed for my retrospective research project? Use of TriNetX, Cosmos, and Epic.”

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Time: noon - 1 p.m.

Other Events

Bioinformatics Shared Resource Presents: Bioinformatics Bites

Loop Catalog: a Comprehensive HiChIP Database of Human and Mouse Samples

HiChIP enables cost-effective and high-resolution profiling of regulatory and structural loops. To leverage the increasing number of publicly available HiChIP datasets from diverse cell lines and primary cells, we developed the Loop Catalog (https://loopcatalog.lji.org), a web-based database featuring HiChIP loop calls for 1319 samples across 133 studies and 44 high-resolution Hi-C loop calls. We demonstrate its utility in interpreting fine-mapped GWAS variants (SNP-to-gene linking), in identifying enriched sequence motifs and motif pairs at loop anchors, and in network-level analysis of loops connecting regulatory elements (community detection). Our comprehensive catalog, spanning over 4M unique 5kb loops, along with the accompanying analysis modalities constitutes an important resource for studies in gene regulation and genome organization.

Date: Today, July 24

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

On behalf of the ComPASS initiative, Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR) is delivering 5 webinars on distinct topic areas designed to support community organizations and research teams in preparing and implementing research proposals.

In this webinar, participants will:

Learn how to leverage research findings for relevant and applied social change
Explore policy’s role in Dissemination and Implementation efforts
Discuss how to accelerate the public health impact of evidence-based policies or practices

Date: Wednesday, August 14

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical & Translational Research presents: Digital & Community Engaged Approaches to Support Research Recruitment

This two-day in-person event will serve as an educational platform for research professionals nationwide to exchange successful tools, strategies, and insights. Our goal is to enhance sustainable methodologies that increase participation in clinical and translational research. The symposium will feature esteemed speakers from the CTSA consortium, NCATS, and the NIH, offering a dynamic agenda that promises to be both informative and transformative.

Attendees will include a diverse group of researchers, recruitment teams, and engagement specialists, all dedicated to advancing the field of research through digital and community-engaged methods. We encourage you to view the registration details on our webpage and join us for what is sure to be an enlightening experience.

Wright Center Community and Collaboration Program Manager, Leah Gregory, MPH, MSW, will be in attendance to present a poster on the CAB stakeholders survey!

Date: September 11 - 12, 2024

Location: Turner Auditorium

Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus

750 Rutland Ave

Baltimore, MD 21205

Resources

Need a consultation for community engaged research? Fill out the form here→

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