Community

Sheryl Garland talks about her passion for helping improve access to care for the community served by VCU Health and why the health system’s commitment to continual improvement keeps her motivated to lead as chief of health impact.

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.

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.

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.

MLP-Richmond at VCU Health, is a medical-legal partnership (MLP) that works to ensure legal and social issues no longer challenge patients and their families, enabling those patients to focus instead on treatment and healing.

Gurpal Bhuller, M.D., has treated patients for more than 30 years at both VCU Health and his own practice in Colonial Heights.

Smell loss, a key symptom of many COVID-19 patients, is being studied by a national project based at VCU. Recent support from the MEDARVA Foundation has enabled this important research to continue.

While VCU Health is one of the top health systems in Virginia, where many of the most advanced surgeries, therapies and other treatments are available, it also is the state’s leader in caring for vulnerable populations. The health system sees more patients who are uninsured or covered through Medicaid than any other entity in the commonwealth.