Current Stories

MCV Foundation trustee Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc., is one of the leading infectious disease epidemiologists in the world. He shared expertise and guidance based on the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

A tragic personal loss has inspired one MCV Campus physician to establish a lectureship to help train and educate future doctors on addiction research and best practices.

Arun Sanyal, M.D., describes the early part of 2020 like seeing, without any defenses in place, an army advance around the globe toward Richmond.

The importance of tradition inspires alumni support for the VCU School of Pharmacy.

Keeping VCU Health team members and patients healthy and safe during the pandemic required a creative approach to avoid supply chain issues and safely disinfect critical personal protective equipment for reuse.

Team members on the MCV Campus demonstrated their resourcefulness and quick thinking to build testing capacity for COVID-19 within two weeks of the nationwide crisis beginning last March. Learn more about the creative approaches in part one of a two-part series.

Lab professionals play an important and often overlooked role in public health. COVID-19 and a recent increase in giving to the College of Health Professions are building awareness and support for the critical work these scientists carry out.

COVID-19 accelerated how one community-driven partnership is reimagining the way care is provided to vulnerable older adults through inclusion, inquiry and innovation.

COVID-19 upended and refocused research at VCU Health. And the great pivot led to valuable collaboration on new projects that have helped respond to the pandemic.

Faculty play a leading role on the MCV Campus in studying and addressing health disparities, and the effort often bridges research and practice, with an eye for training future professionals to center equity in their work.

Grateful for the years of care he and his family have received at VCU Health, Bruce Gottwald and his wife Nancy recently donated $250,000 to honor several doctors who’ve been the experts they’ve needed at various times in their lives.

The challenges and adaptations of 2020 have reminded us constantly to be grateful for the incredible efforts of our health care workers and the generosity fueling advances in research and patient care.