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Annual Report 2023-2024

Steering committee appointment for NIH’s CTSA program

School of Medicine professor and Wright Center director Gerard Moeller, M.D., appointed to NIH steering committee to advance translational research

Virginia Academy of Family Physicians’ next president

Department of Family Medicine's Dr. Denée Moore named 2023-24 president of statewide advocacy organization

Innovator of the year

Inventor of ‘world standard’ for determining ICU patient comfort named VCU Innovator of the Year

Making history at the Medical Society of Virginia

Alice Coombs, M.D., chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, became MSV's first Black female president.

Senior membership with National Academy of Inventors

Department of Microbiology and Immunology's Dr. Richard Marconi named senior member of the NAI

No. 1 lifetime ranking with ScholarGPS

Dr. Kenneth Kendler achieves top status on platform that analyzes productivity, impact and quality of researchers and publications

President-elect for SCARD medical education leadership society

Department of Radiology chair Ann Fulcher, M.D., begins her term as president in October 2024

New family medicine residency program

VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program to welcome its first cohort of trainees in July 2024

Early specialty exposure

M2 Thérèse “Tess” Weidenkopf reflects on 'utterly fascinating' early exposure to neurosurgery

F3 fellowship funds orthopaedics research

Aspiring medical scientist Anne Skelton wants to use her research to become a better surgeon

A tool in battling COVID

A tool in battling COVID: Simple liver test developed by VCU researcher is highly predictive of a patient’s need for respirator

Multidisciplinary research for movement disorders

Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center funds three interdisciplinary scientific investigations

Uncovering TBI mysteries

VCU-led study will examine how traumatic brain injuries impact Alzheimer’s disease development

Promising new therapy for sickle cell disease

Promising therapy trialed at CHoR and VCU Medical Center receives green light from FDA