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VCU Surgery Strategic Plan Executive Summary 2019–2023 explores areas central to our work and mission.
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Latest News
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A VCU School of Medicine researcher is exploring the genetic underpinnings of trauma responses in the hope of improving mental health care.
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The addiction treatment clinic has expanded to meet the growing need for its services, bringing options to patients across central Virginia. “It’s about achieving a better quality of life.”
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The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology’s training program in addiction research has secured 50 years of continuous funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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The role gave Schrier, a VCU pharmacy student, the opportunity to speak out on medication safety and the opioid epidemic.
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The newly funded study will focus on serving Richmond’s minority, low-income or low-education community members and, if effective, could be replicated elsewhere.
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Doctors often remove lymph nodes to see if cancer has spread from breast to surrounding tissue, but that’s now avoidable for many patients.
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A VCU project aims to strengthen self-advocacy and problem-solving skills, and reduce the stigma of homelessness among health care practitioners.
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Researchers, including VCU’s Stephen Fong, will add local air pollution measurements to climate maps of Richmond.