F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., Director, Wright Center and Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, attended a roundtable with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Raul Gupta, M.D. Dr. Gupta spoke with VCU and VCU Health officials about treatment and research on substance abuse disorders. Read → | |
NIH initiative to ‘rigorously evaluate’ benefits, harms of evolving cancer screening technologies
S. Patrick Nana-Sinkam, M.D., Associate Director, Career Development and Mentorship Lead and co-principal investigator as well as Alex Krist, M.D., MPH, Associate Director, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Lead and co-principal investigator discuss the Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN) initiative.
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Dr. Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Community and Stakeholder Engagement co-Lead and Dr. Elizabeth Wolf, MD, MPH, former KL2 Scholar, were featured in The Seattle Medium's article on rising child mortality rates disproportionately affecting children of color.
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Dr. Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Community and Stakeholder Engagement co-Lead was featured in NBC News' article on overdose deaths decreasing for the first time in five years.
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Navigating the National institutes of Health (NIH) Research Grant Process
Dr. Gerry Moeller, Director, Wright Regional CCTS and Professor and Division Chair, Addiction Psychiatry, will discuss the National Institutes of Health’s application and review process. For more information, contact Dr. Pamela Dillon (pmdillon@vcu.edu).
Thursday, May 30
noon - 1 p.m.
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Survey Design for Research
The Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Health Sciences Library present their last Whetting Your Appetite for Research seminar “Survey Design for Research." Dr. Deborah DiazGranados, Director of Evaluation, Wright Center, will discuss best practices for designing and using research surveys. For questions, contact Dr. Pamela Dillon (pmdillon@vcu.edu).
Wednesday, June 12
noon - 1 p.m.
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Responding to Research Grant Critiques
Dr. Imad Damaj, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, will discuss effective strategies for responding to reviewers’ comments about your grant. For more information, contact Dr. Pamela Dillon (pmdillon@vcu.edu).
Thursday, June 13
noon - 1 p.m.
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Collaboration Webinar:
Weeding Out the Bad from the Good: Strategies for Researchers Preventing and Identifying Invalid Online Survey Responses
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This session provides an overview of identifying and preventing invalid survey responses, including examples from the presenters' experiences conducting online surveys, and the results from a recent survey of researchers conducting online surveys. The focus of the presentation will be discussing proactive strategies for invalid survey response management, including specific REDCap settings.
Rachel Schles, PhD and Caroline Deheck, MEd
Monday, June 3
12 p.m.
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Write a clearer, more persuasive grant application with 12 weeks of online self-guided training.
The next workshop begins Monday, July 8. Register now!
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The Central VA SOCRA (Society of Clinical Research Associates) Chapter congratulates recent candidates who successfully earned the Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP®) designation. CCRP® designation is an internationally accepted standard of knowledge, education, and experience by which Clinical Research Professionals are recognized. The Wright Center sponsored a SOCRA certification exam study group this spring which supported these individuals in their pursuit of professional certification and excellence.
Anarosa Rezeq, BA, CCMA, CCRP
Clinical Research Coordinator, VCU Center for Inherited Muscle Research
Josh West, MS, CEP, CCRP
Clinical Research Coordinator, VCU School of Pharmacy
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